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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30964	The speeches and prayers of John Barkstead, John Okey, and Miles Corbet together with severa[l] passages at the time of their execution at Tyiburn [sic], the nineteenth of April, 1662, with some due and sober animadversions of the said speeches.; Selections. 1662	Barkstead, John, d. 1662.; Corbet, Miles, d. 1662. Selections. 1662.; Okey, John, d. 1662. Selections. 1662.	1662 (1662)	Wing B816; ESTC R305	18,945	39

I hope God will hear their Prayers In the peace of our Nation we are to rejoice privat interests should give way to publick I desire from my very soul to forgive every man I desire if I have wronged any man that they will forgive me particularly the Court that past Sentence upon me I forgive them both Judge and Jury I think they did acording to their places I commend you all to God Farewell Corbet having ended his speech Coll. Okey spake further Okey Gentlemen as God hath given us of this Nation such Ministers as neither are nor have been in any other Nation that I know or have read of I cannot but begg of God that ye may all walk worthy of them I was sixteen years in the Army I do not know whose Oxe or whose Ass I took away whom I have wronged if I have wronged any I heartily begg theer forgiveness not knowing whom I have wronged if any one hath wronged me I do the same particularly my Chaplaine who pursued my life to the Death I forgive both Judge and Jury and all others and those of Holland who did that which they engaged not to do I pray that our Blood may not be layd to any ones charge Barkstead Mr. Sheriff I would not willingly speak any thing that should give offence my weakness being such that I cannot speak much but were I able I should but speak over again what my Brethren have spoken before As to the Cause I hope I may speak it without offence God hath owned it I confess I ingaged very farr in it being chosen by them to Matters of great Trust I bless God I was Faithfull to them whom I Served Before I came hither I begged of God that he would pardon all my Sins which through Mercy and Grace I trust he hath done otherwise I could not have stood here with so much Comfort as I do where God speaks Peace none can speak War or trouble I conceive it is not proper to give an account of my faith otherwise I would only in the general I declared the way I have walked in and which I own is the Congregational way in which I have found much Comfort I would be glad that they which walke in that way and all others would walk more answerable to that great Gospel mercy I do not know any place in the World where it is so perfect as in England would to God we had hearts to walk worthy of that Mercy As to the Government as it now is I have and will so long as I have breath pray for it and that the Lord would give the King a wise and understanding heart to Reigne for God and that he may Reigne in glory hereafter As to the people my desire is that God would make them all of one minde that is the work of the Lord and in his time he will do it I speak the rather of this because there hath formerly been somthing done by me for which I am sorry I do desire that all that fear the Lord would love God and one another more The work of the people of God in this day is to sit still for the Lord will do his own work in his own time we have had experience of it I must own it I am sorry my strength will not suffer me to speak more as to this my weakness hath been long upon me as many know Then looking upward he said Thine is the Kingdome the Power and the Glory O Lord. Thou hast been giving the Kingdomes of the Earth to Jesus Christ he shall Reigne His Majesty to Reigne under him is no dishonour it is my desire that they all would live peaceably under him As for that for which we come to suffer I can say I was no Contriver of it within nor without at that time I was many miles from the place and did not know of it until I saw my Name in a Paper I being put in by the Authority that then was which then was looked upon as a good Authority What I did I did without any malice I did pray for him from my very soul OKEY It is no● onely our Judgments now but was our Practice beyond the Sea's to shun even our own Country-men because we would not have any thing to do with any affairs in England I may say as S. Paul in another case They neither found us in the Temple disputing neither raising up the People neither in the Synagogues nor in the City We medled not with the Government CORBET Having done speaking to Men we desire to speak to our God he must help us and give us his own Spirit it is no easie matter to pray we may easily say Prayers but to pray by the Spirit is a hard work we must have strength from God to do it CORBET'S Prayer OH Lord our God our dear and heavenly Father thou that art the great and mighty God the God of glory all the Nations of the Earth are unto thee as the drop of the Bucket and as the smal dust of the Ballance Oh Lord what are we sinful dust and ashes Look upon us in our Lord Jesus the great Mediatour we desire to come to thee in the name of that blessed Redeemer we pray thee accept of us through him Oh that we may come to the Throne of Grace and obtain mercie with thee and find grace and help in this time of need Truly Lord it is a day of misery to thy poor worms we are despised of men we are condemned of men as being not worthy to live upon the Earth thou mayst also justly condemn us and then woe would be to us But Oh Lord forgiveness belongs to thee mercy belongs to thee we acknowledge our iniquities before thee against Thee Thee onely have we sinned our iniquities are gone over our head● they are a burthen too heavie for us to bear We desire to bewail our Gospel sins our barrenness under the means of grace our unthankfulness for those glorious appearances of thy self in these Nations Oh we have held thy truth in unr●ghteousness we desire to be●ail our sins against right and love and mercie ●hough we have profest the Gospel of Christ where ●ath been that love to it which ought to have been ●here hath been that fruitfulness that should have ●●en amongst us We desire to be humbled for our ●amily-sins our personal sins the sins of our callings ●●at thou God calledst us unto Oh our God! thou art just and righteous in all thy ●hastisements we desire to humble our selves and ●●cover our faces with shame here in thy presence ●o unto us because we have sinned against thee Are ●ere not mercies with thee that thou maist be feared ●●h the sins of every one of us and particularly the multitude of the sins of thy poor worm that sp●●●s to thee Yet Lord was not Jesus Christ made si●● Where si●● there is shame death and a curse H●●● not he born our sins and

our sh●m● and carried our sorrow Thy poor Worms are a shame in the eyes of men Jesus Christ he was despised and rejected of men he suffered the bitterness of death he poured out his soul to death it pleased thee to put him t● death He hath born our sins oh Lord the chast sement of our peace was upon him We desire thou wouldst lay our sins upon him the onely true Scape-Goat We desire through his blood we may be pardoned for by one offering he is able to save all that come to him We desire to lay hold of his Merit and of that full satisfaction he hath made to thy Justice for sinners He that knew no sin was made sin he dyed that we might live Oh accept of his satisfaction for us and as he is risen and ascended up to thy right hand and even lives to make intercession for us that was the Blood o● God God-Man he died that we might live he bore thy wrath that we might be delivered from wrath Oh God thou God of Mercy shew mercy to the Souls of thy poor creatures for thy Mercies sake and to the Souls of all this great Assembly Christ he died but once yet he ever lives to make intercession for sinners O there there is comfort for poor sinners that the great Mediator him thou hearest alwayes O now now now and accept of us we make our request known to thee it is pardoning mercy we seek we believe Lord help our unbelief O come and sprinkle our souls with his precious blood that we may stand before thee in his Righteousness Thou hast made him our righteousness O cover us with the Robe of his Righteousness that we be not found in our own Righteousness that we may be presented before thee as having neither spot nor wrinkle Thou hast made him our King come and tread his Enemies under his F●e● he hath condemned sin he took the likeness of sinful flesh and in that likeness condemned sin in the flesh O that through him we might stand righteous in thy sight Thou hast set before us the hopes of eternal life which thou hast promised to give to all those that love thee Thou hast said we shall reign with thee we flie to thee in this day of our distress Oh that we might have strong consolation Seeing thou hast confirmed thy promise with thy oath O make good that to all of us say to us We are thine though we are despised Worms Lord do thou speak peace to us and we shall have peace Thou alone givest true peace this is onely given by our dear Lord Jesus himself O come and comfort our hearts with thy love Lord let thy Banner over us be Love thou dost not despise the afflictions of the afflicted We bless thy Name for that we are able to bear witness of thy faithfulness mercy and goodness before this great Congregation and this great City Thou hast been good to us do not leave us Thy poor Worms are now to go through a great storm O that we may find thy strength enabling us in this great Work O that we may find Death a passage to Life VVhen our Souls are coming to thee give thy Angels charge over us Let fresh-springs come from Jesus Christ at this time if it seem good to thee Let us hear those joyful tydings saying Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you Though some despise us we desire to bless thy Name that we are not despised of thee Lord pardon their sins There is a Crown of Life laid up for those that fear thee VVe desire to love thee for thy Chastisements Let our cry pierce the Heavens We come in hopes of the appearance of Jesus Christ He that shall come will come and will not tarry Lord Jesus come quickly Thy Servant Stephen saw the Heavens opened and Jesus Christ sitting at thy right hand though we cannot see thee with our bodily eyes oh that we could see thee by the eye of faith we pray thee let not that fail O that thou wouldst strengthen us wit hs all Might in this hour without thy strength our heartr and our flesh will fail us Thou art the God of ous strength come and save us let thine everlasting armn be under us We pray thee Lord let us see thee ir mercy do not correct us in wrath We are unde the wrath of men good Lord do thou forgive them Lay no more upon thy poor Worms then thou wilt enable them to bear Our Fore-runner is gone before us O that we may follow him accept of us in him The Lord bless this Nation continue thy gospel thy gospel is the glory of this Nation let thy people glorifie that gospel and do thou prevent those heavy Judgements that hang over it Pardon the great sin of the prophanation of thy day which is so general throughout the Nation Continue thy gospel in power and purity The Lord forgive the sins of those that bear thy Name Thy wrath is ki●●e● 〈◊〉 us but do not thou destroy us Heal our backslidings give a spirit of love to them that they may love one another Take away the enmity that is between Ephraim and Judah Let thy people be of one mind and of one heart Prevent the growth of Popery and Superstition Shew mercy to the Kings Majesty whom thou hast set over us O that he may rule for thee as he rules from thee that his Throne may be established in Judgement The Lord bless all thy faithful Ministers and continue them to thy people encrease their gifts and graces And now O Lord we commit our selves to thee we are coming Lord meet us take us into thy arms What ever else thou knowest needful and necessary for us thy Church and all the Israel of God we beg in the Name and for the sake of Jesus Christ OKEY'S Prayer MOst Holy Glorious and Eternal Lord God who art the blessed Maker of all things who art from everlasting to everlasting blessed for evermore thou art worthy to be praised from the rising of the Sun to the going down thereof thou art cloathed with Honor and Majesty as with a Garment thou art the Fountain of all good the Well-spring of Life and Happiness We bless thy Name that thou hast been pleased to give us this opportunity once more to pour out our souls before thee before we go hence and be no more seen For Christ's sake thou that hast put a price into our hands give us hearts to improve it enable us to pour out our souls before thee at this time Draw nigh to in that we may draw nigh to thee O Lord we pray thee for Christ's sake give us the Spirit of VVisdom Vnderstanding and Knowledge whereby we may be enabled to come to thee in the Name of Jesus Christ we beg a supply of all our wants humbly beseeching thee for his sake to shew mercy to us Do not remember against us what we have done

against thee VVe pray thee for Jesus Christ his sake blot out our iniquities let none of our nakedness appear cover us with the Robes of his Righteousness speak peace to our souls O seal to us the assurance of the pardon of all our sins O seal to us the assurance that thou lovest us then it shal go wel with us Pour upon us t●y holy Spirit that he may teach us how to pray acceptably Let us see our Names written in the Lambes book of Life O wash us in his Blood which is able to take take away all our Sinnes of what nature or kind soever O Lord we beseech thee receive us into thy everlasting Armes of Mercy O that thou wouldst let us see by the eye of Faith Heaven opened and the Lord upon his Throne and Jesus Christ at thy right hand and his holy Angels ready to receive our Souls We beseech thee be with us it is but a little time that we are to be here O leave us not shew us mercy only in and upon the account of Jesus Christ With us bless thine all the World over think upon these Nations of England Scotland and Ireland O that they may live in thy sight that England may be a happy peaceable and quiet Nation give the Nation of England a heart to walk answerable to the Gospel which they have so long enjoyed that it may be a Nation fruitfull in all good works and more zealous than ever it hath been yet remove the judgements felt prevent the judgements feared To this end we beseech thee blesse Him whom thou hast set over us we begg that he may live in thy sight and Reign here for thee and Reign hereafter with thee O Lord make Him a Friend to thy Friends let Him see that His Interest lyeth there Blesse the Great Councell of the Land the Lord guide them and direct them that they may do nothing against thy Truth The Lord blesse the faithfull Ministers of the Word O that thou would double thy Spirit upon them and let not thy Judgement come upon this Nation that the Godly faithfull Ministers should be driven or removed out of it O do not bring a famine of thy Word whatever Judgement thou bringest upon this Nation We humbly begg that Popery may not return hither again We begg for thy Names sake that thou wouldst look in mercy upon this great City and as thou hast made them famous for Religion and owning the Professors thereof the Lord grant that they may not decline but increase more and more therein the Lord give them the Blessings of the Right Hand and of the Left that they may dwell together in Love Unity and Peace The Lord look upon any that is near and dear to us our dear Relations we leave them with thee Lord do thou take care of them and provide for them according to that good Promise which thou hast made Now we beseech thee Lord accept of us and our Services pardon the sins of our holy things our wandering and starting aside from thee accept of us and do us good and receive us into the arms of thy mercy This and whatever else thou seest in thy Wisedom to be good for us we begg in the name and for the sake of Iesus Christ to whom be honour and glory and praise both now and for evermore Amen After he had done he gave the Sheriffs thanks for their Civilities to them BARKSTEADS Prayer O Eternal and ever blessed Lord God thou who sittest upon the highest Heavens and hast the Heavens for thy Throne and Earth for thy Foot-stool we are here by thy Providence brought to this place in which we blesse thee and for which we blesse thy name we blesse thy name that thou hast kept us hitherto that thou hast preserved us thus long that thou hast given us peace and pardon forgive to us the iniquities of our holy things that thou hast enabled us to own thee Remember the Nation where wee live the Lord blesse the Kings Majesty and make him to Rule for thee to the Comfort of all that fear thy Name Look in mercy upon all that fear thy name make them of one mind and of one heart Let them seek peace and pursue it Advance the Kingdome of Iesus Christ that is comming and will come Carry forth the Spirits of thy People to honour thee more and love one another more Remember the Relations of thy poor Creatures Doe good to them that wee leave we leave them in the assurance of the Faithfullnesse of th● promise Thou ●ast said Leave your Fatherlesse Children to me and I will keep them alive and provide for them and let your Widdowes trust in me We desire that thou wouldest pardon all that have done us wrong we freely and fully forgive them and begg that thou wouldest doe so too whether in ENGLAND or elsewhere Shew kindnesse to those who have shewed kindnesse to us Look in Mercy upon the Magistrates here present pardon the Sinns of him who is appointed our Executioner he that is to wash his Hands in our Bloud lay not our Bloud to his charge nor to any ones else We leave our Selves with thee we bless thee for thy Mercies to us at this Hour that Death is not terrible to us that thy poor Creatures can in truth say There is no trouble of Soul upon us Wee begg further supplyes from thee that wee may be enabled those few minuts wee have to live that thou wouldest still be with us and this we begg for Jesus Christs sake Amen After their Speeches and Prayers ended the Executioner cleared the Cart of the rest of the people who were gotten in and pulled downe their several Caps over their Eyes and upon the lifting up their hands the Cart was drawn away and which was wondred at without any shout at all They all hung near about a quarter of an hour the first that was Cut down was Colonel Barkstead who was quartered according to the Sentence the other two hanging all the while The next Cut down was Col. Okey Miles Corbett hanging still who after Colonel Okey was Quartered had the like Execution done upon him according to the Sentence Their several Quarters were brought back to Newgate about 5 a Clock in the afternoon to be Boyled THus ended they with an apparent Zeal for the Prosperitie of their Nation which themselves so mainly opposed out of cajole to the People whose detestation and hatred they were for that very Cause If they build again the things they destroyed what are they And now when there was no need of their devotion while all along they have lifted up and stretched out their Arms to violence they lift up their voices in prayer that they may be heard of men For where 's one word of repentance for all the mischief and bloudshed they have caused It is insensible to believe these fine Ejaculations for Pietie while there appears no sense of any publique sin Indeed