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A29466 A brief narrative of that stupendious [sic] tragedie late intended to be acted by the satanical saints of these reforming times humbly presented to the king's most excellent majesty : also, an impartial account of the indictment, arraignment, tryal [sic], and condemnation of Thomas Tonge, George Phillips, Francis Stubbs, James Hind, John Sallers, and Nathaniel Gibbs, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, London, Decemb. 11, 1662 ; together with the confessions, speeches, and prayers of George Phillips, Thomas Tonge, Nathaniel Gibbs, Francis Stubbs, at the place of execution, on Munday, Decemb. 22, 1662. / exactly taken in short-hand characters, by the same person that wrote the late king's judges tryals. Hill, William, fl. 1662.; Tonge, Thomas, d. 1662.; Phillips, George, d. 1662.; Stubbs, Francis, d. 1662.; Sallers, John, d. ca. 1662.; Gibbs, Nathaniel, d. 1662. 1662 (1662) Wing B4611; ESTC R32577 58,554 95

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his countenance upon our precious souls be a precious God to us and a dear and loving Father thou hast not left poor souls in the dark in such an hour as this O that thou wouldest communicate thy self unto us we are now departing and dying good Father we pray thee that we may have the spiritual life communicated to our souls Look in mercy upon every heart here in thy presence O that their Souls may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ thou hast given Christ to die for us whilst creatures here thy blood is able to wash and make me clean O there is no spot no dye but the blood of Jesus is able to take it away O Lord help us that we may die in the love of Jesus Christ And good Lord we desire that thou would look in mercy upon him that is the Officer and Executioner of these poor worms and as he is to wash his hands in our blood O Lord wash his soul in the blood of the Lamb of God Father thou knowest we desire the good of his soul we forgive him and we desire to forgive every one And dear Lord we desire thee to look upon the King communicate the riches of thy mercy unto his Majesty we desire his soul may be saved thou hast the hearts of all Kings in thy hand draw forth his heart that he may love those things that pleaseth thee and love them which thou lovest Let him be established in righteousness and let Justice and Judgment run down the streets of England as a mighty stream We pray thee to carry forth our souls to pray for every Relation beget Love in all sorts of people that they may live the life of Love that when they depart this life they may enjoy the blessed Comforter the Lord Jesus Christ. And dear Lord thou art pleased to give us a taste of thy love this day Lord thou hast given us a pardon blessed be thy Majesty for it thou hast given us a reprieve for our souls we are delivered from death to life we hope when we depart this world we shall meet them with Jesus Christ we shall enjoy those blessed Mansions to all eternity And gracious Father we desire to bless thee for that civility we have had from those that have been Officers here Lord make it up to them And we desire to bless thee for it O the riches and the heigth of the grace of God and the love of Jesus Christ to poor sinners We may see that thou wouldst be pleased to look in mercy upon this poor Nation O that thou wouldst unite their hearts in love together O that there might not be any more differences or hatred Unite their hearts in love and obedience that they may fear God honour the King that they may desire in all righteousness and holiness to do those things that are according to thy mind and will And gracious Father thou canst not abide Hypocrites the Lord cause souls to love holiness and the power of godliness that they may not shrowd themselves under the profession when there is reality Look in mercy upon all the Churches of Jesus Christ communicate thy mercy and love to them be pleased to be with us this day and go along with us O that we may bless thee with our souls and all that is within us Be with us and do for us more then we are able to ask or think upon the account of Jesus Christ in whom thou art well pleased to whom be all praise and glory now and for ever Amen AFterwhich their Caps being severally pulled over their Faces and after some private ejaculations the Executioner caused the Cart to be drawn away and after they had hanged a while they were severally headed and quartered according to their Sentence and their heads and quarters conveyed in a Basket to Newgate to be disposed of at the Kings pleasure Which he was graciously pleased thus to dispose of Their several Quarters to be buried which was accordingly done on Saturday-night December 27. Their heads to be set up on several Poles Two on the one Tower-hill and two on the other as neer the Tower as may be FINIS
Brown from whom I received full instruction every night On Tuesday Sir Richard Brown and Sir Iohn Robinson ordered me to go along with the Soldiers to take Riggs Hind Tonge Stubbs c. White the Cane man who were all apprehended accordingly William Hill An Impartial Narrative of the Indictment Arraignment Tryal and Sentence of Thomas Tonge George Phillips Francis Stubbs James Hind John Sallers and Nathaniel Gibbs at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily London Decemb. 11. 1662. THe Commission of Oyer and Terminer being read and Proclamation made the Grand Jury were sworn whose Names are Arthur Iourdan Iohn Freestone Thomas Fawson Thomas Coney George Compere Isaac Rutter Chr. Rigby Rowland Steed William Standen Iohn Worth Iohn Rigby Leonard Staples And several Witnesses being called there appeared William Hill Edward Riggs Tyler Godolphin Bonfoy and several others who being all sworn were directed up to the Grand Jury After some hours examination of the Witnesses and consultation the Grand Jury returned the Indictment Billa vera Clerk of the Peace You good men of the City of London summoned to appear here this day to enquire between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoners that are and shall be at the Bar answer to your Names as you shall be called every one at their first Call upon pain and peril that shall fall thereon Good men of the Ward of c. Serjeant Glyn Serjeant Maynard His Majesty's Serjeants at Law Sir Ieoffry Palmer Attorney General Sir Heneage Finch His Majesty's Solicitor Serjeant Keeling His Majesty's Serjeant Sir Edward Turnor taking their places in Court The Prisoners were commanded to be set to the Bar. Clerk of the Peace Thomas Tonge hold up thy hand George Phillips hold up thy hand Francis Stubbs hold up thy hand Iames Hinde hold up thy hand Iohn Sallers hold up thy hand and Nathaniel Gibbs hold up thy hand Which they severally doing their Indictment was read the substance whereof is as followeth Viz. YOu the Prisoners that were last called to the Bar stand indicted in London by the names of Thomas Tonge late of London Distiller George Phillips late of London Yeoman Francis Stubbs late of London Cheese-monger Iames Hind late of London Gunner Iohn Sallers late of London Compass-maker and Nathaniel Gibbs late of London Felt-maker for that you six together with divers others particularly in the Indictment mentioned and others not yet taken as false Traytors to the Illustrious Serene and most Excellent Prince Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defendor of the Faith c. minding and with all their force intending the Pea●● and Tranquillity of this Kingdom of England to disturb and our said Soveraign Lord the King to death and final destruction to bring and put the 31 th day of October in the Fourteenth year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second traiterously did compass imagine and intend the killing of our said Soveraign Lord the King and the ancient Government of this Kingdom of England to change as in the Indictment more particularly was mentioned What sayest thou Thomas Tonge art thou guilty of this High Treason in manner and form as thou standest iudicted or not guilty Tonge Not guilty Clerk How wilt thou be tried Tonge By God and my Countrey Clerk What saist thou George Phillips art thou guilty c Phill. I am guilty in hearing and not discovering of it Clerk Art thou guilty of this High Treason whereof thou standest indicted Phill. I am guilty but not in manner and form as I stand indicted I have heard the words as I formerly confessed to Sir Richard Brown not guilty as to the manner and form Clerk How wilt thou be tried Phill. By God and my Countrey Clerk How sayest thou Francis Stubbs art thou guilty c Stub Not guilty Clerk How wilt thou be tried Stub By God and my Countrey Clerk What sayest thou Iames Hind art thou guilty c Hind kneeling down and discovering much penitency answered I am guilty and humbly beg Mercy of His Majesty Court Record his Confession Clerk How sayest thou Iohn Sallers art thou guilty c Sall. Not guilty Clerk How wilt thou be tried Sall. By God and the Countrey Clerk How sayest thou Nathaniel Gibbs art thou guilty c Gibbs Not guilty Cler. How wilt thou be tried Gibbs By God and the Countrey Court Carry up Hind to the Gaole And the rest standing at the Bar silence was commanded Cler. Thomas Tonge George Phillips Francis Stubbs Iohn Sallers and Nathaniel Gibbs You the Prisoners that were last called to the Bar those men that you shall hear called are to pass upon trial for your several lives and deaths if you or any of you will challenge them or any of them you must challenge them when they come to the Book to be sworn before they be sworn Edmund Butler Tonge I challenge him but afterwards admitted him Clerk Edmond Butler Clement Punge George Dixon Samuel Paine Iohn Bagnal Iohn Gourney William Gayler Ralph Silverton William Dudley Ioseph Drake Iohn Peake and Robert Morrice were severally sworn in this manner Lay your hand on the Book look upon the Prisoner You shall well and truely try and true deliverance make between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoners at the Bar whom you shall have in charge according to your Evidence So help you God Clerk Count these Cryer Edmund Butler Cryer one Clement Punge two c. Twelve good men and true stand together and hear your Evidence Clerk Cryer make Proclamation Cryer O Yes If any one can inform my Lords the Kings Justices the Kings Serjeants or the Kings Attorney before this Inquest be taken let them come forth and they shall be heard for now the Prisoners stand at the Bar upon their Deliverance and all others that are bound by Recognizance to give Evidence against any of the Prisoners at the Bar come forth and give Evidence or else you forfeit your Recognizance and all manner of persons that were summoned upon the Jury and have not yet been sworn they are discharged and may depart the Court. Clerk Tho. Tonge Hold up thy hand and so to the rest of them at the Bar You of the Jury Look upon the Prisoners and hearken to their Cause you shall understand that they stand indicted in London by the names of Tho. Tonge late of c. and so as in the Indictment aforementioned who together with Iames Hind who stands convicted by his own confession and the rest also aforementioned and so reads the Indictment again Upon which Indictment they have been Arraigned and thereunto have severally pleaded Not Guilty and for their Trial have put themselves upon God and the Country which Country you are Your charge is to enquire whether they be guilty of the High Treason in manner and form as they stand Indicted or not guilty If you finde that they or any of them are guilty you shall
Foreman Clerk of the Peace Set up Thomas Tong to the Barr Thomas Tong hold up thy hand look upon him Masters How say you is he guilty of the Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace George Phillips to the Bar How say you is he guilty of the high Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Francis Stubbs to the Bar How say you is he guilty of the high Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Iohn Sallers to the Bar How say you is he guilty of the high Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Nathaniel Gibbs to the Bar How say you is he guilty of the high Treason whereof he stands indicted or not Guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Hearken to your Verdict as the Court hath recorded it You say that Thomas Tong is guilty of the Treason whereof he stands indicted and so all the rest And you say that they nor any of them had any Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements at the time of committing the said Treason or at any time sithence to your knowledge and this you say all Jury Yes Clerk of the Peace Thomas Tong hold up thy hand thou hast been indicted of high Treason thou has thereunto pleaded not guilty and for thy Tryal hast put thy self upon God and the Country and the Country hath found thee guilty what hast thou to say for thy self why the Court should not proceed to Judgment and thereupon award execution of thee according to the Law Tong. I pray mercy from the King I cry for mercy from the King Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace George Phillips hold up thy hand thou art in the same case that Thomas Tong is what canst thou say c. Phillips kneeled down and said I pray the mercy of the King and the Honourable Bench. Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Francis Stubs hold up thy hand thou art in the same case the two last Prisoners before thee are what canst thou say c. Stubbs I begg mercy I was meerly drawn in Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Iohn Sallers hold up thy hand Thou art c. what canst thou say c. Sallers I would intreat this Honourable Bench to consider my condition and what my charge is I delivered no arms if I had known where they had been I would have discovered them I begg mercy from the King and this honourable Bench. Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Nathaniel Gibbs hold up thy hand Thou art c. What canst thou say c. Gibbs And please this honourable Bench I have something to say I am innocent as to my Conscience of acting any thing treasonable against his Majesty the Lord forgive the witnesses I beg the mercy of the King Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Iames Hind hold up thy hand Thou art guilty of the Treason whereof thou standest indicted by thy own Confession what canst thou say c. Hind I have nothing to say but humbly beg the mercy of the King Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Cryer O yes my Lords the Kings Justices command all manner of persons to keep silence while judgment is in giving upon pain of imprisonment Sir Robert Foster Thomas Tong George Phillips Francis Stubbs Iames Hind Iohn Saller and Nathaniel Gibbs you six Prisoners at the Bar you have been here indicted for one of the greatest crimes that can be committed upon earth as to this world against God our King and your Country and against every good body that is in this land for that capital sin of high Treason which is a sin inexpiable and indeed hath no equal sin as to this world upon this you have severally been arraigned and have severally except one pleaded not guilty and put your selves upon God and the Country for your tryals and your Country have found you guilty for the five that are found guilty I must say that in you I find little remorse little sense of your sin for the little man there Hind he hath much shewed his penitency The manner and circumstances of this most men here believe this did not originally arise from your particular selves it must be put into you by some others you speak as if you desired mercy where was your mercy that would have destroyed King and Country and massacred many millions of souls no respect of any person but your own Fellows I speak this that you may be the more sensible of your own Crime that you may truly out of the remorse of conscience be sorry for your sin you know very well the old councel and it is a good one Fear God and honour the King and meddle not with them that are given to change Medling with them that are given to change has brought too much mischief already to this Nation and if you will commit the same sin you must receive the same punishment for happy is he that by other mens harms takes heed I shall not spend long time with you but if you will as much as you can discover the Actors herein you will do God the King and your Country good service It remains that the Court proceed to Judgment and therefore you six the one by his own confession and other five by conviction of Law the Judgement of this Court is That you be conveyed back to the place from whence you came and from thence to be drawn upon an Hurdle to the place of Execution and there you shall be hanged by the neck and being alive shall be cut down and your privy Members to be cut off your Entralls to be taken out of your Body and you living the same to be burnt before your eies and your head to be cut off your body to be divided into four quarters and your head and quarters to be disposed of at the pleasure of the Kings Majesty And God have mercy upon your Souls FINIS THE CONFESSIONS Speeches AND PRAYERS OF George Phillips Thomas Tonge Nathaniel Gibbs Francis Stubbs At the Place of Execution on Monday Decemb. 22. 1662. The Manner of Conveying the Prisoners to the Place of Execution and their Behavior there before they began to Speak THe 22. Decemb. Thomas Tonge George Phillips Francis Stubbs and Nathaniel
thee before I go hence and be no more Bow down the heavens O Lord and hear the requests of the poor soul before thee and I beseech thee for Christ his sake as thou wouldst forgive me so freely forgive all men that have done evil against me Be pleased to let the Kings Majestie reign in righteousness and holiness put a spirit of power and might in his soul and let him see wherein the stability of his Crown lies in following Righteousness Iustice and Iudgement and preserving of that Truth that is made known to him out of the book of the Lord. Come down Lord to his Soul and let him see wherein is his hope and O that he may at last live and reign with Iesus Christ for evermore Good Lord look upon me I am coming unto thee these are my last words O that thou wouldst be pleased to receive us this day that we may dine with thee in Paradise make known thy everlasting kindness to my soul before I go hence and be no more that I may receive that comfort and satisfaction which I have longed and looked for Lord my hope is in thee thou wilt not fail them that put their trust in thee in thee is my trust and confidence if I perish I will perish at the feet of Iesus Christ. O that thou wouldst humble me and seal up the pardon of my sins before I go hence and let thy Son Iesus Christ manifest his gracious presence with me and cloath me with that wedding garment of his righteousness and then take me into his arms and present me to his Father O that thou wouldst be pleased to strengthen and uphold me under this great stroke which thou hast been pleased to inflict upon me I kiss the rod receive it thankefully from thy hand I had been undone to all eternity hadst thou not afflicted me blessed be thy Name that thou hast been pleased to send Iesus Christ upon him I depend upon him I cast my confidence who is the rock of ages and never failed any that came to him Hear me and answer me and do for me and all thy Churches people abundantly above what I can ask or think and all for the sake of the Lord Iesus Christ to whom with thy self and thy holy Spirit be all honour power and praise henceforth and for evermore Amen Mr. Tong his Prayer O Most glorious and eternal Lord God thou that hast created the heavens and the earth and formedst of dust us thy poor creatures to which we are now returning Lord I beseech thee speak peace to my poor soul lift up the light of thy countenance upon me and let me see in thee and through faith in thy dear Son Iesus Christ that I am in covenant with thee and reconciled to thee Holy Lord I beseech thee let me see thy dear Son Iesus Christ sitting at thy right hand reconciling of me to thy self Let me finde my soul washed in the blood of the Covenant of thy dear Son Iesus Christ. Seal a pardon to me thy poor creature O Lord one smile of thy countenance is worth all the world blessed be thy name that thou hast supported me hitherto Lord God I beseech thee finish thy good work thou hast begun in me and go along with me and strengthen and uphold me to drink of this bitter cup. Be with me to the end Remember the Governours of this Nation O that thou wouldst showr down upon the King and Council thy mercies as thou showrest down rain on the ground that they may rule for thee and those that fear thy name may live in happiness and peace under thee for the sake of thy dear Son Iesus Christ. O Lord we pray thee remember all thy People and be good to them and deliver them out of all their troubles and speak peace to them and let them know thou wilt deliver them Keep me to the end and uphold me by thy right hand and so receive me with joy for the sake of thy dear Son Iesus Christ to whom be all honour and power henceforward and for evermore Amen Mr. Gibbs his Prayer O Eternal everliving and everloving God who art a reconciled and loving Father unto thy poor unworthy Creatures before thee and unto all the children whom thou hast called to believe in thee O Lord this is no small priviledge that sinful dust and ashes mortal worms should have to do and to deal with so holy and infinite a God as thou art to make requests unto thee considering the vast disproportion that there is between thee and poor sinners Thou art of purer eyes then to behold any unclean thing in thy presence O Lord. We our selves are nothing but polluted rags and fountains of uncleanness from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot all the faculties of the soul and members of the body are all members of unrighteousness Were it not therefore that thou hast been pleased to give us good hopes and found out a way to hold communion with us which is through the Lord Jesus in whom thou art well pleased in whom thou hast spoke forgiveness of sins to our souls we durst not now stand before thee but thou hast promised that though our sins are as scarlet thou wilt make them as white as snow and though they be as crimson thou wilt make them as wool Thou hast opened a fountain of free-grace and eternal mercy for poor sinners that through the blood of the Lord Jesus they may receive remission forgiveness cleansing and purging from all their sins Thou hast laid an all-sufficient help upon him who is able to save to the uttermost all that come to God by him We have nothing of our selves to bring unto God but sins to pardon and unclean souls to purge Thou hast been pleased to give thy Son and together with him freely to give us all things Thou hast given thy poor servant before thee faith that has brought salvation to his soul Thou hast saved him by thy free-grace not of works but through the mercies and blood of Jesus Christ and hast sprinkled the vertue of the blood of Christ in his conscience in the belief of the truth as it is in Jesus O blessed be thy Name that sent him to seek and to save us from condemnation who is risen with healing in his wings and hast set Christ before us that we should behold him that our sins have pierced Certainly great was that disease that needed such a medicine that nothing could expiate and take away our sins and blot out the hand-writing that was against us but the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ as of a Lamb without spot he is now become our peace who has made peace for us through the blood of that his Cross and has made twain one in himself Jew and Gentile He was delivered up for our offences and rose again for our justification We in the knowledge of him being justified by faith
discourse in general Concerning the taking of the Tower there was some Propositions on all hands concerning the taking of that Mr. Hind he onely mentioned but did not say he would undertake it the righting of Gunners Accompts Mr. Tonge he said that the way that he thought convenient might be this When Sir Iohn Robinson now Lord Major did late in the evening go into the Tower there should be a party following his Coach in and so might do it And Iohn Baker at that present instant of time did say That it was necessary the King should be surprized and likewise said then that there should be no quarter he would give nor take none Council Who was present Riggs Mr. Hill my self Bradley Hind Captain Brown and Baker and another Hill the Drawer I think Council Was not Tonge and Stubbs there then at that time Riggs Yes they were there Sir Hen. Finch I ask you this I do not desire large stories but firm and close answers Were you present at any meeting when the securing the King Tower or Whitehal was discoursed of or no Riggs Sir that Friday October 24. immediately before we were taken there was this discourse Tonge did propound such a way for surprizing the Tower by following Sir Iohn Robinsons Coach in at night and Baker did say that it was necessary to undertake the securing of the Kings person and assaulting of Whitehal and that if there were Five hundred horse and foot they would undertake it by going into the Privy-Garden and Back-stairs Council Were you present when Stubbs did advise the assaulting of Whitehal by the Privy-Garden Riggs No but Baker did say he would undertake it Council Who was present Riggs Mr. Hill Bradley Stubbs and Hind was there but that Stubbs undertook it I cannot say but he was there Sir Hen. Finch Did Tonge ever tell you any thing of Phillips or that he had hopes of the Word Riggs I came acquainted with Phillips presently after I was acquainted with Mr. Tonge Phillips once met me and I carried him to Tonges and then Phillips freely said That there was three hundred Arms at the Artillery Garden he being one of the Artillery knew where they lay and could tell them how they might come by those Arms and that for the Word it was necessary to be got and if in case that it so fell out that the White Regiment was then out or he then in office he would endeavor to procure it But afterwards meeting him several times he declared he would not meddle any more with it Sir H. Finch Were you upon the Exchange with Sallers when there was a discourse about delivering out of Arms and what did Sallers say Riggs Mr. Hill saying That he had Two hundred pound to buy Horses and that he had four already and wanted Swords and had friends in Town wanted Arms asked me if I knew if any were given out I told him that one Mr. Sallers told me That he had heard some Arms were given and to be given out that day Upon the Exchange Mr. Hill and Bradley and I being together Mr. Hill said I there is the person that told me of the Arms I will go and ask him if there be any such thing Whether Mr. Hill heard the discourse I cannot tell but he said says he I have enquired and some Arms are delivered and forty went without but within two or three days there would be more Sir Hen. Finch Did Hill see Sallers upon the Exchange at that time Riggs Yes but whether he heard him I cannot tell Sir R. Foster What induces you to believe he did see him Riggs We were close together Foster What about Nathaniel Gibbs Riggs For Gibbs I brought Mr. Hill acquainted with Mr. Stubbs and he said he knew one at Fleet-bridg that sells Plums and such things and if we would go along with him he would tell us news Hill Stubbs and I that day I was taken went to Beazley Stubbs asked him what news sayes he I hear the business goes on but if you will go to one Gibbs meaning him that is fled he has intelligence so we went to an Ale-house neer him but he was not at home and we were told if we would go to Bridewell they said they would send for his Brother meaning him at the Bar and so should have an account Gibbs at the Bar being with us he told us he knew little himself but when his Brother came we should hear Three quarters of an hour after came Gibbs that is gone Thomas and another man I knew him not and Gibbs called this Brother Beazley Stubbs and Hill and I set still when this Gibbs came he said his brother knew little hoped we were honest men The news was this that he heard that Ludlow was in Town and that now the Council was broken up Court What Council Riggs The Council of six was broken up and that they had sent Messengers into the Country to give notice and to make their interests good abroad this is that he said there or as much as I remember Finch Now I will ask you in general Did you ever hear of any discourse at any time of these Meetings touching a Rising by the Papists and a Massacre of the Protestants Riggs Being upon the Exchange Hill Bradley and I there was a Lieutenant came to me and asked me whether I heard of the Massacre to be I said no saies he I can let you see a Copy of a Letter to that purpose and gave it me Hill going to the Ship I told him of this and he was desirous of having a Copy and this was the Copy that was this day read in Court Sir Ieff. Palmer What did you hear concerning the surprizing of the King at Camberwell when he cam● from his Mother and what did Phillips say Riggs Phillips Tonge Stubbs and my self being together they were discoursing concerning the Kings going abroad and at that Phillips said the King was to come to Hampton-Court to see the Queen-Mother at Greenwich and hinted that he might be supprized Tonge said it need not there might be such an opportunity twice every week Court Prisoners will you ask the witnesses any Question Phillips Did you not meet me on a Sabbath day you may remember I met you in Cheapside we walked to Birchin-lane end you asked me of a rising that should be I said what rising says you to surprize the King coming from Hampton-Court to Greenwich and I came and spoke it openly in my Family as newes that I heard This Gentleman had me to Tonges house and there grew the discourse Riggs told me Tonge could tell further and Riggs told me that the reason why the time for it was not appointed was because the Fift-Monarchy men and Anabaptists were not agreed Riggs did not I disclaim this business and declared I would have nothing to do with it Riggs This is certain that afterwards he did say he would not have any thing to do with it
that are in the truth instruct them and you may recover them out of the claws of the Divel Are you Christians and have the light of God in your souls O then strengthen your brethren do not give them nick-names and abuse them that 's not the way Christ teaches another lesson That if thine enemy hunger you should feed them and if he be a thirsty give him drink we should pray to the Lord that he would turn those that be out of his way into the right way Vndersheriff You know we must be all subject to Government every Congregation must not have a Ruler their meetings are prohibited by good Authority and because they will not be obedient to good Government Gibbs I do not say that every Congregation must have a Ruler and I hope I speak the words of sobriety I hope you will put a charitable construction upon what I say As to the Magistrates I have a word or two Vndersheriff Speak well of them Gibbs Be not afraid I will not speak any evil of them Magistracy is an ordinance of God and the end of Magistracy is for the punishment of evil-doers and the praise of them that do well and for this purpose I do desire that the Lord would give to the supreme Magistate here on earth wisdom and understanding a wise Council a Council fearing God and hating covetousness that they may study to exalt the Throne of the King in righteousness and truth O that we may all praise the Lord for deliverance out of condemnation and I say it is the duty of all the subjects of the Kings Majesty in all his Kingdoms and Dominions to live peaceably and to pray for the Kings Majesty Prayers and intercessions ought to be made for all men especially for Kings and Governours for this very end and purpose that thereby we may live in all quietness godliness honesty and Justice and to this very end the Lord bless our Magistracy give them council and wisdom that they may love them that love the Lord and hate them that hate the Lord. After Gibbs had done speaking then Stubs began who went over all the particulars of his Trial at large to which for brevities sake we refer you only saith he as followeth Friends and Country-men IT is true and I must confess my sin in the presence of God and did ask mercy of the King that I was in the company when I did hear wicked and treasonable words spoken and I being ignorant and not knowing the Law did not discover what I did hear As to my judgement truly I desire to own that the Scriptures own I shall speak of that place in the Hebrews which is the command of Christ I desire the Churches and the people every one to live the life of faith and love one another I am confident it would be a means of abundance of comfort here in the Nation there is a kind of heart-burning and rising one against another you are so and so throw dirt one against the other it is our and your duty still to be studying to live in love and bear one with another not be angry destroy and fight one with another O that we might live that life of love that God had commanded then we may expect the presence of God to be with us surely God hath a great judgment against his own people for not loving one another Phillips Mr. Sheriff I have only one word to speak before I go to my Prayers that is Here I see some Gentlemen present that are in the capacity that I was in as a Soldier I say be faithful to your trust and beg of God that you may stand fast and not dishonour God nor be disobedient to the King when the Fifth-monarchy men were up I was free and willing to lay down my life for the interest of the Nation and did venture it as much as any young man in London Therefore good friends have a care I am now brought to suffer it is true I was guilty of concealing it I desire your Prayers that now as we are going to the state of eternity from whence there is no redemption I humbly beseech you as Christians friends That you would seek earnestly to God that now he may receive our souls into everlasting rest and happiness which he has been pleased to bestow on them that love him and fear him and the Lord knows my heart I speak it in his presence that had the King been pleased to shew mercy to me I should have been a faithful and true subject to him all my daies but seeing it is the righteous hand of God that now I am come to this untimely death I desire you to lift up your hearts and souls to God with me that when my soul shall leave this body that the Lord Jesus Christ may with his everlasting arms receive me to glory There is no redemption after death we shall either go to eternal woe or eternal happiness therefore good friends I desire you to look up to God that when my soul departs it may be received to glory Mr. Phillips his Prayer O Eternal Lord God thou that art the great Creator of Man-kind and thou that formedst him in the womb hear thy poor and sinful creature now he is coming to make his last approaches to thy throne O that thou wouldst be pleased to look down in mercy upon my Soul O Lord that thou wouldst be pleased now to take my soul and wash it and bathe it in the blood of Iesus Christ who hath died and risen again for me O that now I could see the heavens opened and Iesus Christ ready to receive my soul Be pleased O Lord to look upon me in thy ten●er mercie and compassion and as thou hast said thou dost not delight in the death of a sinner therefore good Lord look down upon my poor soul and receive me into the everlasting mansions which Iesus Christ is gone before to prepare for all them that love thee O Lord we are now going I hope to an estate of happiness where we shall sin and sorrow no more but where we shall ever reign with Iesus Christ. O Lord had we not some hopes had we not some sight of the Lord Iesus Christ made known to our souls we durst not appear before thee this day we durst not stand before thee in thy presence O that thou wouldest more and more manifest thy gracious presence with me that thou wouldst uphold me to take this bitter cup drink it freely O Lord I desire to come unto thee I have been a great sinner before thee but Iesus Christ has died is risen and is now at the right hand of his Father making intercession for us And good Lord as thou hast commanded us to come unto thee and to believe in thee and hast said thou wilt in no wise cast off the soul that comes unto thee in confidence of that hope I desire to fix my soul upon
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. And blessed be thy Name O merciful God that has made such a Covenant of everlasting grace to poor sinners and the children that do believe in thee through Jesus Christ. Thou hast said thou wilt be merciful to all our iniquities and sins and wilt remember them no more These are thy promises and they are all Yea and Amen in Christ Jesus Thou hast made thy servant to hear thy voice in thy Son Thou hast been a merciful God to him and forgiven him all his sins and justified him freely through the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall condemn us or lay any thing to our charge It is God that justifies who gave himself a ransom for our sins died for our sins is risen again and now sits at the right hand of God ever living and making intercession for us whose blood speaks better things then the blood of Abel His blood cryed for vengeance but the blood of Christ cries for peace and forgiveness God is in Christ reconciling himself unto the world not imputing their trespasses He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him Blessed be thy Name that thou hast sent thy holy Childe Jesus to be the propitiation not onely for our sins but for the sins of the whole world He hath suffered the just for the unjust that he might bring us unto God O do thou therefore help thy poor servants before thee and all thy children Give us to see the removal of eternal death by the death of the Lord Jesus Let us see thee at peace with us and justifying of us through thy grace All have sinned and come short of thy glory but being justified through the redemption of Christ Jesus whom God hath let form to be a propitiation for the sins of the whole world Thou hast promised that whosoever believeth in the Lord Jesus Christ thy grace thy mercy thy love shall not perish but have everlasting life and thou hast given to thy poor servant exceeding great and precious promises and by thy own Spirit bringing home these premises given him to believe the Records thou hast given of thy Son which beareth witness That God is reconciled to him and well pleased with him in Christ Jesus and given him eternal life And seeing thou hast hid his soul in Jesus Christ when he shall appear then shall we appear with him in glory and be made like to our Lord Jesus Christ By the same power that thou raisest up Jesus Christ from the dead by the same power thou art able to subdue all things There is nothing impossible with God what ever thou hast promised shall be performed Heaven and Earth shall pass away but one title of thy word shall not fail And therefore blessed be thy Name that thou hast revealed these things to thy poor and unworthy Creature that thou art his God and Father that thou wilt never leave him nor forsake him and thou hast hid his life in Christ and wrote his name in the Book of Jesus Christ and he rejoyceth that he knows he is his who is the onely true God Knows thou art well pleased with him and justified him freely from all his sins accepted him in and through the Lord Jesus Christ. O therefore dear Father do thou receive his soul according to thy promise that he may be thine and thou his God O blessed Father do thou be pleased to do good to all thy people And now dear Father take care of our families be thou a Husband to our yoke-fellows a Father to the fatherless Do them good abundantly above what we are able to ask or think and what is wanting and lost by our removal do thou hand out to them thy mercy and grace and move the hearts of the children of men to do them good Be thou their God help them and provide for them Seal up thy loving kindness to them not onely for this life but for the life to come Do good to our Magistrates thou who hast the hearts of all men make such as are about them men fearing God and hating covetousness that may judge for God that he may have glory O be pleased to let His Majesty rule and reign in righteousness let His Throne be established in righteousness and reveal the choicest of thy blessings to His poor soul Manifest Christ Jesus and him crucified to Him and give Him to see the most precious blood of Christ cleansing Him from all sins Binde up His soul in the bundle of everlasting life crown Him with a crown of righteousness as well as with an earthly Crown Let Him be a Nursing Father and Nursing Mother indeed to this Nation that He may hate the evil doer and be a praise to them that do well Do good to every one of us O help us that we may first seek the Kingdom of God First believe in God and then honor our King First fear God and serve him and then give to Cesar that which is Cesars Give unto the King that which is the Kings give Him all obedience to live quietly in all godliness and honesty And now O Lord do thou take away that spirit of emulation and strife and malice From whence comes wars come they not from our lusts The Lord remove pride prejudice and malice from us and cause us to love one another The Lord teach every one in their places to walk continually to the glory and praise of God that we professing the name of Christians may be enabled to walk humbly and meekly to do good to walk uprightly and to love mercy and then certainly we may expect that blessing that God hath promised to them that believe in him which is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Mr. Stubb's Prayer PRecious and Eternal Lord God in thy presence O Lord are we and in the presence of thy Son and of thy Holy Angels and in the presence of this great multitude that now is beholding us poor abjects poor worms poor dust and ashes and truly Lord we were not able to lift up our heads this day except thou didst come in by thy mighty Power O Lord help us to see the Heavens opened this day and that the armes of our Christ may be opened to receive our poor Souls O Lord we are bidding farewel to the world farewel to the creature enjoyments farewell to every thing and now Lord we are going home unto thy deer and precious self draw forth our Souls and enlarge our hearts after thee that we may be in the pursuit of our God our Souls long for the Lord as the Hart longs or pants after the water brooks Lord appear in this hour this is a great Trial that thy poor creatures are brought to Now come and smile upon thy poor worm O that thou wouldst communicate thy self unto us the Lord lift up the light of