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A27409	The bloody assizes, or, A compleat history of the life of George Lord Jefferies, from his birth to this present time ... to which is added Major Holmes's excellent speech, with the dying speeches and prayers of many other eminent Protestants : none of which were ever before publish'd ...	Bent, James.; Holmes, Abraham, d. 1685.; Tutchin, John, 1661?-1707.; Oates, Titus, 1649-1705.; Dunton, John, 1659-1733.; J. S. (John Shirley), fl. 1680-1702.	1689 (1689)	Wing B1905; ESTC R23364	51,348	72

Eleaven more were brought from Dorchester to Lyme six in a Coach and six in a Cart as he was drawn through the Town he chearfully beholding the People advised them not to be discouraged at their severe Deaths for that though it was their hard fortunes to loose the day in so good a Cause yet he questioned not but it would be Revived again and by such means as he nor they could not imagine God I hope and trust will never let this Nation to fall into Popery being brought to the Inn where they stoped near two hours untill the Butchers had prepared every thing ready for the slaughter they were visited by a very worthy Divine and Vicar of that Town who offered them those spiritual helps usually in those Occasions which some of them Embraced and others not their Principles being Different from the Church of England The Jaylor speaking to Coll Holmes to knock off his Irons he said Great Men of State wear Chains and 't is accounted for their honour but though there is a vast difference betwixt those Golden ones and mine yet I take mine to be more Honourable as that good Apostle said he accounted it an honour to suffer shame for his Masters Name the Sledge being in readiness they prepared to enter it but Alas who should draw such Men to Execution though Men were so bloody the very Beasts refused to draw them and instead of going forward they went backwards and could by no means make them do it which so inraged some Persons that they took the Coach Horses out of the Coach and placed them to the Sledge but presently the Sledge broke in peices then spake this worthy good Man Pray Gentlemen you see all your strivings will not do to draw us to Execution I verily believe there is more in it then you are aware of pray read about the Prophet that went out of Gods way his Beast saw that he could not Give us leave and we will walk to the place Being there come the Coll. prepared first to mount that Tragical Stage the heads of his Speech you have before therefore his Prayer take as followeth Coll. Holme's Last Prayer MOst Glorious most great and most merciful God there is none in Heaven nor in Earth that is like unto thee Heaven is thy Throne and the Earth is thy footstool who shall say unto thee what doest thou here we are poor deplorable Creatures come to offer up our last Prayers and Services unto thee we beseech thy favourable Ear to our Prayers and the comfort of thy holy Spirit at this time we praise and magnifie thy name for all the dispensations of thy providence towards us especially for this thy providence in bringing us to this place and at this time to suffer shame for thy Name help and assist all of us to submit to thy will patiently Pardon all our Sins remove them out of thy presence as far as the East is from the West and accept of us in the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ thou who art the searcher of hearts and tryer of Reins let there not at the moment of death be the least spark of Sin indwelling in us nor the strivings of Flesh and Blood that may hinder us from a joyful passage unto thee give us patience also under these sufferings and a deliverance to all others from undergoing them and in thy good time work deliverance for poor England let thy Gospel yet florish amongst them hasten the downfall of Antichrist we trust the time is near come prevent O Lord this effusion of Christian Blood and if it be thy will let this be the last Lord bless this Town let them from the highest to the lowest set the fear of God before their Eyes Bless all sorts and Conditions of Men in all Ranks and Qualities pardon all their Sins give them all true Repentance and the Grace of thy holy Spirit fit and prepare us for the chearful fulfilling of thy holy will let the Comforter be still with us be merciful to all our Friends and Relations and Acquaintance forgive our Enemies accept of our thankfulness for all the Mercies and favours afforded us and hear and graciously answer us in these our Requests and whar else thou knowest needful and expedient for us and all for our Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ his sake who Dyed for us that we might Reign with him for ever and ever to whom with thee and thy Blessed Spirit of Grace be ascribed as is most due all honour glory and Praise both now and for ever after which imbracing his Fellow sufferers and kissing them and giving them some ghostly Comforts he desired help of the Sheriff to go up the Ladder having but one Arm and the Gallows higher then ordinary which was granted And in a short time after the Executioner did his Office thus fell the valiant and good Christian C●ll Holmes his dying Words we have now found come to pass he was much lamented by all that saw him except by some that 't is feared are delivered up to a feared Conscience Mr. Christopher Batiscombe his last Speech and Prayer imediately before he suffered at Lyme 12th of September 168● HE was well known to be a Gentleman and of a good Estate in Dorchester shire and a true Protestant well beloved among the Gentry of that Country It was his fortune to be concerned with the D. M. and was very faithful to him to the last during the time of the Bloody Assizes at Dorchester where he received his Sentence of death was divers times sent for to the Chamber of the then L. C. J. and promoted with offers of Life to betray some Gentlemen which he refused saying he scorned to purchase his Life by such indirect means and he accordingly chose death rather then Life seeing it could not be purchased but by such unworthy means The day being come he prepared himself and received the Holy Sacrament walking down to the Place of Execution with much chearfulness and Christian Courage when he was mounting the Ladder smiled and said I am not afraid of this I am going to a better Place from a poor and miserable World to a Celestial Paradise a Heavenly Jerusalem I might have chosen whether I would have undergone this Death if I had hearkened to the L. C. J. but it was upon such unworthy terms that should I have accepted of my Pardon it would have been troublesome to me I dye a true Protestant I am in Charity with all Men God preserve this Nation from Popery the Lord bless you all so taking his leave of them he knew after Prayer he lanched into Eternity Some Passages Relating to Mr. Sampson Larke with his Prayer at the same time and place when Executed IMmediately after Col. Holmes was Executed this good Man was ordered to prepare to follow accordingly going to deliver some few Words to the People some whereof were formerly of his Congregation but being told he could not expect much

time because it was so late and so many to be Executed after him so he suddenly concluded and said I will now speak a few Words to him which I am sure will hear me and so began his Prayer as followeth Blessed Lord God we thine unworthy Creatures now here before thee cannot but acknowledg from the bottom of our Hearts our own unworthiness we must confess we have been grievous Sinners and have brought forth the Evil Fruit of it in our Lives to the great dishonour of thy Name for which we have deserved thy heavy wrath and indignation to be powred forth upon us not only in this Life but in that which is to come O let us bless God for our Sufferings and Afflictions as for our Mercies we bless thee in particular for this O sanctifie it to us let us be effectually convinced of the vanity of the World and of our own sinfulness by Nature and Practise and to see that to be Sin which we never saw before O Lord make us sensible of the absolute Necessity of the Righteousness of Christ to justifie us and let him be now made much more dear and precious to our Souls than ever that so we may be wrought into a more Heavenly Frame and raised to a higher degree of Spirituality and so made more meek and humble and let us judge Charitably of others that differ from us in Opinion and Judgment and now O Lord though by thy most righteous Judgment we most justly deserve these sufferings and such an ignominious death for our Sins against thee not for Treasons against the Kingdom let us be in a preparedness for it Pardon all our Sins help us quietly to submit to thy holy will speak peace to all our Souls look in mercy O Lord on this poor Nation especially on this Town and every particular Person in it let them all mind those things which concerns their peace before they are hid from their Eyes comfort my dear and distressed Wife be a Husband unto her deliver her out of the Paw of the Lyon and the Paws of the Bear look upon all thy poor afflicted ones all Prisoners and Captives work deliverance for them if thou seest it good but thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven and now Lord with humble meekness and submission I submit to thy will depending upon the merits of my Saviour to whom with thy blessed self and Spirit be ascribed all Honour and praise both now and for ever Amen Then mounting the Ladder he called to some of the Town who weeped for him but were at some distance go home to your own Houses pray do not weep for me and before you get up yonder Hill I shall be with my Heavenly Father in fulness of Joy and Pleasure for ever more and so advising those before him to leave off those cruel Sentiments they had taken of them besides some Heavenly discourses with some of his Friends was turned off to the great grief of the good People in the Town especially those of his own Congregation To give him nothing but his due he was a man mighty charitable relieving and visiting the poor and needy Preached in season and out of season and made it his business to no about doing good and to put poor Souls in a way for Eternal Life he was an old Christian as well as aged in Years he was a general loss Especially to his dear and tender Wife but all our losses are nothing to be compared to that Glory that he now enjoys FINIS Capt. Madders last Prayer at the same time and place CApt. Madders at the time of the Duke's Landing was a Constable at Crewkern in the County of Somerset and so diligent and active for the King in his Office that when two Gentlemen of Lyme came there and brought the News of the Duke's Landing and desired Horses to ride Post to acquaint his Majesty therewith he immediately secured Horses for them the Town being generally otherways bent and assisted them so far as any called Loyal in those times could do which was represented to the Lord Chief Justice in expectation thereby to save his Life but an Enquiry being made about his Religion and returned by a very worthy Gentleman of those Parts That he was a good Protestant an honest Man had a very good Character amongst his Neighbours O then says he I 'le hold a wager with you he is a Presbyterian I can smell them forty miles though moderately I now say they can smell him two hundred Miles West then surely he must dye because he was and had the Character of an honest Man a good Christian and a brave Tradesman But to be short I could say a great deal more of him being intimately acquainted with him and was with him to the very last being brought to the Place of Execution he was the last Man except one executed and he behaved himself whilst the rest were Executing with great Zeal and lifting up his hands and eyes would often say Lord make me so willing and ready to the last And God did hear his Prayers for though he seemed to the Spectators to be somewhat unwilling to dye yet at the last he dyed with as much Assurance and Christian Resolution as any for after his publick Prayer he came once down the Ladder and Prayed again privately then mounted the Ladder again the Sheriff saying Mr. Madders If you please you may have more liberty he answered No I thank you Mr. Sheriff now I am ready I am willing and desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ Oh! you cannot imagine what Comfort and Refreshment I have received in a few minutes my Comforts are so great that I cannot contain my self So blessing and praising of God he was translated as I hope we have no grounds to imagine the contrary from Earth to Heaven repeating Revel 20. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection on such the second Death hath no power His publick Prayer was as followeth O Eternal and ever blessed Lord God look down upon me a miserable Sinner with an eye of pity and compassion in and through my dear Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ O Lord I acknowledg my self a great and grievous Sinner I have sinned against the clearest light and the dearest love I have deserved to have been spurned from thy Presence and from the glory of thy Power and that thou shouldest now say unto me I will have no more to do with such an unworthy Wretch such a polluted filthy Creature as thou art and hast been But O Lord there is mercy with thee that thou mayest be feared and thou hast promised that if a Sinner turn from his wickedness thou wilt have mercy on him and thô his sins were as scarlet thou wouldst make them white as wool Fulfil O Lord thy gracious Promise unto me a poor supplicant in this my last hour of my life purge and cleanse me from all