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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28412	The Bloody murtherer, or, The unnatural son his just condemnation at the assizes held at Monmouth, March 8, 1671/2 with the suffering of his sister and servant, for the murther of his mother, Mrs. Grace Jones, for which the said son was prest to death, his sister burnt, and his boy hang'd : with a true accompt of their trials, penitent behaviour, prayers, speeches, and circumstances thereunto relating : with letters of several worthy divines.		1672 (1672)	Wing B3259; ESTC R18868	28,377	74

blood of Iesus and that he was going to take possession of Ioys unspeakable and endless ravish'd with the apprehension thereof he could not only go through but welcom the greatest pains that in this World could be inflicted George Bridges his unhappy servant stood his trial was found guilty of the Murther and condemned to be hang'd which was accordingly ex●cuted on Saturday March 16. last past He seemed very sorrowful and penitent and confessed he did cut his Mystriss's Throat after she was shot The Prayer used at his death was as follows A Prayer at the Execution of George Bridges O Eternal God and Father of mercies in much pity and compassion behold this weak and rrembling Malefactor who in all Humility begs the remission of his sins and follies who with shame and sorrow casts himself down at thy feet and confesses his manifold and insufferable wickednesses his ignorance of thy Law and contempt of holy duties his falshoods and lies dissimulations and hypocrisies cruelties and blood-guiltiness He confesses O God that he has deserved the heaviest of thy wrath to beseparated from the comforts of thy Presence and the Glories of thy Kingdom But blessed be thy Name that thou invitest sinners to thy ●elf and offerest them Pardon upon repentance that thou hast sent thy only Son into the World to die for such and ●ast promised salvation upon their true Confession and deep Humiliat on O holy God who art full of long-suffering ●nd patience have mercy upon this fearful miserable sinner ●nd pardon him his ignorance and anger and all the errors of his life and hear his earnest groans now in the time of his affliction and trouble O what shall we say to thee thou Preserver of men thou takest no pleasure in seeing the blood of thy children thou wouldst not have any to die in his transgressions O God of mercies pity and pardon this timorous dying person and clense his guilty soul in the blood of the immaculate Lamb which speaketh better things then that of Ahel Return O Lord deliver his soul O save him for thy mercies sake For in death there is no remembrance of thee in the Grave who shall give thee thanks Blessed God thou hast said thou wilt hear the prayer of two or three Will thou not attend unto the cries an● tears of a Multitude who are at thy Throne of grace in behalf of this poor wretch who by the Seductions of the devi● and his own hearts lusts was drawn to commit a black an● horrid wickedness to plot and contrive the de●th of hi● Mistriss and to lie in wait for her fall For thy Name-sak● O Lord pardon his iniquity for it is great The trouble of his heart are enlarged O bring thou him out of his d●stresses O most Gracious Father let not this sad and timerou● Sinner sink under the burden of his transgressions and cal●mities To thee alone he makes his complaint and Prayer And he trembles at thy judgements let not the evil Spiri● and his feares prevaile in the time of his trouble and sorrow and dissolution O God we beseech thee give thy afflicted servant a pe●fect and sound repentance and assurance of thy favour tell him that thou hast seal'd his Pardon to him with t●● blood of Jesus that thou hast accepted his Confession a●● hast heard his g●oans and that he shall quickly be tak●● from a miserable and sinful world to a Celestial Mansion 〈◊〉 dearest Lord take from thy poor and sinful servant all ino●dinate fear of death and give him earnest desires after C●lestial pleasures and when his soul shall take a farewel● this world let thy holy Angels carry it into the Regions eternal joy peace and felicities for Christ Jesus sake o● dearest Lord. In whose Name and words we further pra● Our Father c. As for Mary Jones though she from first to last protested her innocency yet it being proved Not only that she stay'd up for her brother that fatal Night the Murther was committed but that very Night washed his bloody Clothes beat the Chil●ren for enquiring after their Mother and since ●ndeavoring to flie for it all which was testified with several other circumstances by two credible Witnesses she also was hereupon found guilty as consenting to the Fact and condemned to be burnt Which Sentence was executed the same day that the Boy suffered viz. Mar. 16. she being drawn along with him on a Sledd and burned at a Stake nigh the Gallows She to the last insisted on her Innocence and gave Certificates thereof to several Persons under her own hand with most solemn Protestations and begged of the Lord on the day she was to die That he would please to shew some sign or token to clear her to the world which some will have to be Answered by the stubborn Horses refusal to go on with the Sledd when she came against the Church going to the place of suffering the falling down of part of the Church-wall then a strange Meteor and Storm with I know not how many other Prodigies but wiser men judge all these to be but raised stories or at best forced observations of some melancholy and credulous Heads 'T is certain her sex youth and vehement denial of being privy to the Fact were very powerful Advocates to plead for pity in the spectators breasts whose tears at her death seem'd almost enough to quench the flames she was exposed to she said not much at the stake but what ten●ed to declare her innocency in the particular fa● charged though having bin a grand sinner she a●knowledged she had otherwise duely deserved t● worst she could suffer And concluding her discour●● with a Protestation that she freely and heartily di● forgive all the world The Prayers following were put up for her as she sto●● at the Place of Execution a numerous throng acco●panying each word with sighs and tears A Prayer at the Execution of Mary Jones O Eternal and most merciful God who hast made the way 〈◊〉 troubles and afflictions the way to Jerusalem and everlasti●● pleasures Look in abundant mercy upon a sorrowful sin 〈◊〉 soul upon a wretched and vile sinner who hath none to he●● and deliver her O pardon and forgive her all her secret sin lusts and passions her averseness to religion and vertue and h●● want of love to Prayer and holy Offices to the Word of G●● and pious Christians her easie yieldings to the assaults of S●tan and violent resistings of the motions of thy Spirit H●● slavish fears and distrust of thy Providence her greediness of t●● world and neglect of the things above the omissions and lu●● warmness of her Prayers and whatsoever has provok'd the● lay this great punishment upon her O God we beseech thee 〈◊〉 ●●e be guiltie of the charged crime of taking away the lif● 〈◊〉 her Mother let a River of tears run down her cheeks and w●●● her clean in the blood of the Holy Jesus If she was not c●●scious to that fearful

me unhallow thy day and despise Religion the promises of God and Eternal felicities it was my filthy base and sordid covetousness which drew me to disobedience and blood guiltiness which cuts me off in the midst of my days O that I should be such a Son of Belial as to die my hands in the blood of my Parent that bore me upon her Knees and laid me in her bosom that I should be such a wretch as to side with the Devil and the unrighteous Mammon in taking away her life who groaned for me O the fulness of this deed of darkness which fills me with grief horror and astonishment but is there no Balm in Gilead no Physician there to heal a wounded spirit to support a sinking sinner O Father of Mercy though my goods and life is forfeited by this Hellish deed let not my hopes of Heaven be left and my precious Soul Thou O God of truth hast said it John 1.9 If we confess our sins thou art faithfull and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness And how unrighteous was I to send her out of the world who rejoyced greatly when I came into it I speak it Lord in the bitterness of my heart I am the vilest Son the bloodyest Villain that ever breathed in the Air. Never was Turk or Moor guilty of such horrid wickedness but thou seest my prost●ation and thou hast heard my groans put my Tears into thy Bottle are they not in the Books O searcher of Hearts thou knowst it is not life but unfaigned sorrow and Mercy that I implore Burn this my flesh wound and destroy it so that my Soul lie in the Arms of Jesus O wash me clean in that purple River which flowed from his side and let all my lusts be drowned in my sorrows Jer. 1.9 O that my head were Waters and mine Eyes a Fountain of Tears that I might weep day and night O God of Patience and consolation look not upon the blackness of my crime but upon the wounds of thy Son who is mighty to save Isa 63.1 for his sake let my Prayer come before thee for my soul is full of troubles and my life draweth near unto the Grave Isa 63.15 Look down from Heaven and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy Glory where is thy zeal and thy strength the sounding of the bowels and of thy mercy towards me are they restrained O holy Jesus offer up my suit to thy Father and plead for a Soul who begs compunction of Spirit and thy loving kindness and the addition of a few days to my life that I may give testimony to my friends and the world that I am a penitent Murderer as David and Manasses and many more who now are in the City of God O most Gracious and Merciful Father who art unwilling that any should perish speak Peace to my troubled and guilty Soul and heal the gaping wounds which I have made in my Conscience and knock off my Chains of flesh and take me to thy self though I become least in the Kingdom of Heaven Ever blessed Jesus I humbly beseech thee to save the Soul of my servant whom I have drawn to the gates of death and misery by engaging him to joyn with me in spilling the blood of the Innocent for the horridness of which I cannot weep enough if my Tears would make a River and rise above its Banks and drown the Fields where I sinned O thou Prince of Peace look with a favourable Eye upon thy Servants who are bound in affliction and Iron may thy wounds satisfie for those which we have given and thy blood for that which we spilt and deliver us from the Eternal Prison the crime I confess was hainous and desperate but it was I O Lord it was I that did it lay not my sin to my Servants charge but pity and pardon him for thy name sake and deliver him from the spirits of darkness and eternal damnation O my dear Saviour though we suffer here an ignominious death and become objects of scorn and derision spectacles to men and Angels do thou hear and help and forgive us that we may shortly dwell in the blessed Regions where we shall never sin nor sorrow more Do it for thy everlasting Mercy sake most Merciful Saviour Jesus in whose name and words we further pray Our Father c. O Lord I know not what to pray for as I ought let thy Spirit help my infirmities and enable me to offer a Spiritual Sacrifice unto thee by Jesus Christ O Most Gracious and Glorious Lord God the Saviour of the world who art infinitely holy and happy and it is from thee I must expect the possibility of being either the vilest of thy Creatures or the unworthiest among such as own a God I do humbly prostrate my self before thee confessing from the bottom of my heart that I have transgressed my duty towards thee my Neighbour and my self and that by neglecting to do those things that thou hast expresly forbidden and this not through ignorance and frailty but knowingly and willingly against the motions of thy Spirit and the checks of my own Conscience to the contrary and to my shame I confess that I have lifted up violent hands against her that bore me being the Instrument to take away that life whence I derived my own such is the terror of my sin the stain of my polluted Conscience that nothing but the blood of my Redeemer can wash it I am troubled for my sins and my thoughts are disquieted within me I pant for mine heaviness and all the day long I groan for my offences Psal 15.14 Deliver me from guiltiness O God and in mercy save my Soul And since my life hath hitherto been a president for the height of pride and cruelty my actions to this remainder of my life did loudly say there is no God since the Devil h●● tempted me to destroy my body O give me Grace to beguile him of my Soul let me henceforth be the more diligent and careful as I have been hitherto remises and wilfull my misery is unspeakable O let me not loose my Relations and Soul too but grant me I implore thy goodness a sincere Contrition a hearty confession and Repentance which thou hast promised Mercy and Pardon I have sinned with Peter and David O! give me their heart-melting sorrow and Salvation make me a great Penitent as I have made my self a great sinner let my Tears not only confess but my heart change from a brutish to a Christian temper that I out of due sense of my horrid Impiety and a serious apprehension of my guilt which lies before me may with all earnestness of Spirit with all vigour and resolution beg and at last obtain Mercy for Christ his sake who dyed upon the Cross to save sinners of whom I am chief 1 Tim. 1.15 O! heal my Soul by his wounds let his Innocence attend for my guilt