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A69768	Excellent contemplations, divine and moral written by the magnanimous and truly loyal Arthur Lord Capel, Baron of Hadham ; together with some account of his life, and his letters to several persons whilst he was prisoner in the tower ... likewise his affectionate letters to his lady, the day before his death ... March 9, 1648, with his pious advice to his son the late Earl of Essex.	Capel of Hadham, Arthur Capel, Baron, 1610?-1649.; Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649. His speech on the Scaffold, March 9, 1649.	1683 (1683)	Wing C469; ESTC R4075	81,286	218

Nathanael Lacey Jo. Stone Cornelius Cook William Wybeard Jo. Blackwell Esq James Prince Nathanael Whettam Silvanus Taylor Thomas Ayres Edward Cresset William Penoyre Esq Sir Edward Barkham Barrester Ralph Harrison Maximillian Beard Sir William Roe Fra. Hacker Esq Jo. Whitby John Harrison Richard Downes Sparrow William Webb Thomas Cook Robert Titchbourn George Cooper Owen Roe Thomas Pride Jo. Huson Thomas Sanders Esq Thomas Titchbourn Esq Thomas Anarews Alder● William Spence Nicholas Martin Josias Barnars Hardwick Robert Norwood Stevin Estwick Thomas Nowell Thomas Arnold Thomas Browne Esq Thomas Ayre William Barlet Esq Sir Jo. Throughgood Kt. Vincent Potter William Parker Solomon Smith Hubberd Esq Sir Rich. Saltingstall Kt. Sampson Sheffeild Esq You and every of you are required to appear upon Monday the fifth of this instant Febr. in the morning by nine of the Clock in the Painted Chamber at Westminster for the putting into Execution an Act of Parliament for the erecting of an High Court of Justice for the trying and adjudging of James Earl of Cambridge Henry Earl of Holland George Lord Goring Arthur Lord Capel and Sir John Owen Knight Hereof the Subscribers are ordered to give notice and therefore desire you not to fail herein Given under our hands this third day of Feb. Anno Dom. 1648. Luke Robinson Nicho. Love J. Sarland The several Speeches of Duke Hamilton Earl of Cambridge the Earl of Holland and the Lord Capell immediately before their Execution upon the Scaffold in the Palace-yard Westminster on Friday March 9. 1649. Duke Hamilton Earl of Cambridge his Speech on the Scaffold March 9 1649. UPon Friday the ninth of this instant being the day appointed for the Execution of the sentence of Death upon the Earl of Cambridge the Earl of Holland and the Lord Capel about ten of the Clock that morning L. Col. Beecher came with his Order to the several Prisoners at St. James's requiring them to come away according to which Order they were carried in Sedans with a Guard to Sir Thomas Cottons House at Westminster where they continued about the space of two hours passing away most of that time in Religious and seasonable conferences with the Ministers there present with them After which being called away to the Scaffold it was desired that before they went they might have the opportunity of commending their Souls to God by prayer which being readily granted and the room voided Mr. Bolton was desired by the Lord of Holland to take that pains with them which was accordingly done with great appearance of solemn Affections among them Prayer being concluded and hearty thanks returned by them all to the Ministers who performed as also to the rest who were their Assistants in this sad time of trouble The Earl of Cambridge prepared first to go towards the place of Execution and after mutual Embraces and some short Ejaculatory Expressions to and for his fellow-Sufferers he took his leave of them all and went along with the Officers attended upon by Dr. Sibbald whom he had chosen for his Comforter in this his sad Condition The Scaffold being erected in the new Palace-yard at Westminster over against the great Hall-Gate in the sight of the place where the High-Court of Justice formerly sate the Hall-doors being open there was his excellencies Regiment of Horse commanded by Capt. Disher and several Companies of Col. Hewsons and Col. Prides Regiments of Foot drawn up in the place When the Earl came from Westminster Hall near the Scaffold he was met by the Under-Sheriff of Middlesex and a Guard of his Men who took the charge of him from Lient Col. Beecher and the Partizans that were his Guard The Sheriff of London being also according to command from the High Court of Justice present to see the Execution performed The Earl of Cambridge being come upon the Scaffold and two of his own Servants waiting upon him he first spake to the Doctor as followeth E. of Camb. Whether shall I pray first Dr. Sibbald As your Lordship pleases E. of Camb. My Lord of Denbigh has sent to speak with me I know not the fashion I may ask you Sir Do those Gentlemen expect I should say any thing to them or no They cannot hear Dr. Sibbald There will be a greater silence by and by It will not be amiss if your Lordship defer your speaking till you hear from his Lordship Camb. There is something in it He was with the House Dr. Sibbald I suppose he would give no interruption to your Lordship at this time were there not something of concernment in it Camb. He is my Brother and has been a very faithful Servant to the State and he was in great esteem and reputation with them He is in the Hall and sent to speak with a servant of mine to send something to me Sibbald It will not lengthen the time much if you stay while you have a return from him My Lord you should do well to bestow your time now in meditating upon and imploring of the free mercy of God in Christ for your Eternal Salvation and look upon that ever-streaming Fountain of his precious Blood that purgeth us from all our sins even the sins of the deepest die the Blood of Jesus Christ washes away all our sins and that Blood of Christ is poured forth upon all such as by a lively faith lay hold upon him God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son to the end that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have Everlasting Life that is now my Lord the Rock upon which you must chiefly rest and labour to fix your self in the free mercy of God through Christ Jesus whose mercies are from Everlasting to Everlasting unto all such as with the eye of Faith behold him behold Jesus the Author and Finisher of your Salvation who hath satisfied the Justice of God by that all-sufficiency of his Sacrifice which once for all he offered upon the Cross for the sins of the whole world so that the sting of Death is taken away from all Believers and he hath sanctified it as a passage to Everlasting Blessedness It is true the Waters of Jordan run somewhat rough and surly betwixt the Wilderness and our passage into Canaan but let us rest upon the Ark my Lord the Ark Christ Jesus that will carry us through and above all those Waves to that Rock of Ages which no Floud nor Waves can reach unto and to him who is yesterday to day and the same for ever against whom the Powers and Principalities the Gates of Hell shall never be able to prevail lift up and fasten your eyes now upon Christ crucified and labour to behold Jesus stand at the right hand of his Father as the Protomartyr Stephen ready to receive your Soul when it shall be separated from this frail and mortal Body Alas no man would desire Life if he knew beforehand what it were to live it is nothing but sorrow vexation and trouble grief and discontent

man not to do any holy action without preparation For the meditations of the heart should precede the words of the mouth Therefore no way commendable is the course of those who in prayer and preaching follow as they call it the present dictate of the Spirit but rather indeed of their own fancy and is to be accounted vain presumption and not spirituall excellency as they would have it CCXLVII. There are many who are much disturbed at other mens buffoneries a great defect of judgment to envy that which we should rather scorn or pitty CCLXVIII Vnhappy they are who never know their friends but when they are gone First in losing the comfort of them when they may have it next in desiring and wanting them when they are past hope of having them CCLXIX It is as absurd and weak to endeavour ones self to a sweet converse with those that are froward and to be sharp with those that are gentle as to give to an importune begger and deny bounty to a modest man that wants CCLXX. The sluggard if he could truly apprehend the sweet content that endeavour brings would loath his nest who to avoid labour lingers out a tedious life CCLXXI. It is not the garment that is graceful but the inward proportion that sets it forth nor it is abundance that is our blessing but a mind fitly disposed to our condition CCLXXII If I go the right way my self it were absurd to deviate upon any occasion And sure he that composeth his life to a regular honest course needs not care for the exception of any For those that are likewise honest I shall meet and those that are not I desire not to find CCLXXII Religious love is like Solomons sword it trieth whether our love be like the naturall mothers that would not have a division made or the false mothers that would have the child divided The pious heart wholly devotes it self to God but the carnal and hypocritical parts it with God and its own pleasures and advantages This scrutiny Religion makes CCLXXIV That which in inconvenient times may be convenient in convenient times is often inconvenient CCLXXV If it be with obedience to the chief Magistrate a man ought to carry an honest and faithful heart to the common right and his private inheritance And it is to be granted where there is no offence committed against the law there is no guilt or desert of punishment CCLXXVI The wisdom of those young men is excellent who by providence and discourse of reason do so order their affairs that they stay not till necessity or experience force them to use that order which wise foresight would much sooner have taken CCLXXVII They are much deceived who conceive that by their own abilities they are able to act in every affair But the truth is that he is the wise man that knows to make able men his Instruments These two Meditations following with the Verses were written by him not long before his Suffering GOds secret Will is unknown Whatsoever it be his name be magnified My duty it to walk by the revealed and acknowledged rules of his Truth and the received precepts of vertue Which though through my frailty I have not practised so well as I should and as I wish I had yet never shall the fear of death by his divine and gracious assistance no not in the ugliest shapes attired daunt me from asserting them I know my cause is good and that my sufferings answer not the value and worthiness of it I know that my Redeemer liveth that died for me Most willingly I die for his Truth and for acting my duty to his servant the King whom he had placed here upon his terrestriall throne amongst us I know and believe that to dye is gain the gaining of an immortal and incorruptible life with eternal felicity in the sight of God my Saviour and his blessed Angels My Saviour ●he Cross sanctified My King the Block hath dignified Crosses nor Blocks I do not fear Sanctifi'd Dignifi'd they are Gloria Deo in excelsis CERTAIN LETTERS Written to severall PERSONS BY Arthur Lord Capel Baron of Hadham LONDON Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry near Cheapside 1683. SIR THe sad and desperate condition His Majesties Sacred person is in hath filled me with much greater anxiety disquietness than hath been usual to me since these unhappy times And it is not often that I think of any thing else but what may or ought to be done in order to the preservation of it as a Christian as a Subject For I believe both duties are inseparably conjoyned in this occasion The inquisition after this led me into the consideration of Gods dispensation of times seasons that as those are not to be neglected wherein there is freedom for our active duty so neither these wherein there is appearance of little else remaining save only for others to be encouraged and revived by the passive And truly I doubt not but the divine goodness will act for our good ends by our Christian readiness for sufferings And as it is thus with times so also it is with persons some are rather or more decently qualified for this than that at least to give example and authority to it These cogitations drew from me the considerations herein inclosed which I have addressed to because I assure my self much of your gentelness I have already communicated them to a very learned reverend and pious but I will not adventure much further in it until I have also your sense of the expediency of the thing For neither to the reputation of the matter untill it be maturely considered of nor to any person would I because of inconvenience And indeed if it be so well encouraged by your self and such others of like reputation as it is by Him it will become me afterward to be silent as I conceive for I have a better Heart than a Head for this business I profess I have a jealous eye upon the Scots and Presbyterians who I doubt not would make malicious advantages upon any colourable defect of our Clergy I shall add this that those of my profession are not idle but are confident and vigilant And truly it were a vile shame for us of all qualifications if this excellent Prince should be lost and we not able to excuse our selves that no means was left unattempted for his preservation Whom I beseech God to comfort and defend To whose protection I also leave you c. Feb. 11. 1647. POST-SCRIPT I Think it gives weight and encouragement to this proceeding both His Majesties late excellent Declaration to his Subjects as also the Resolution of the Houses to exhibit theirs to the people I heartily wish this were timely fitted for this conjuncture The Considerations inclosed THe streight durance his Majesties sacred person is held under the late Declaration of the Army with which the Commons have concurred to act without and against the King puts