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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

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

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

enquire what Goods and Chattels Lands and Tenements they or any of them had at the time of committing the said Treasons or at any time sithence If you finde that they are not guilty you shall enquire whether they or any of them did flee for it if you finde that they fled for it you shall enquire of their Goods and Chattels c. as if you had found them guilty if you finde that they are not guilty nor that they did flee Say so and no more and hear your Evidence Sir Edward Turner MAy it please your Lordships and you Gentlemen that are sworn of this Jury The 5. Prisoners at the Bar by the name of T. Tonge G. Phillips F. Stubbs I. Sallers and N. Gibbs do stand indicted for that they as false Traitors together with several other persons mentioned in the Indictment the 31. of October last did in the Parish of St. Michaels in the Ward of Cornhill London assemble and meet together consult contrive and design to levy War against the King to subvert and change the Government as it is now established to depose and kill the King and in order to effect this they did likewise then and there agree and design to seize and take in their hands the Kings royal Palace called Whitehall where the King resides for this they have bee indicted arraigned and all these five have severally pleaded Not guilty if we prove them guilty you must finde them so Serjeant Maynard GEntlemen of the Jury you have heard the Indictment read you have heard the substance of it opened it is short in words but of as high consequence as any thing can be I shall open the particulars of that Evidence that we conceive will be made good by the Oaths of Witnesses to be produced to you You see here what the Indictment is I shall insist upon these particulars which I shall open and make good to you first what was their Design next what was their means of accomplishment what encouragements they used one to another and what colours they put upon this wicked action For the first Gentlemen I shall begin at the highest higher no man can go in this world that is to design and compass to contrive to put the King himself to death to seize his person some of them called it Securing you know the English of that A King secured We will go further for we shall prove to you the person that with his own wicked Hand undertook the Slaughter and Murder of the King he did contrive how he might do it sometimes when the King was performing an office of piety to visit his Mother other times when he should recreate himself by Hunting higher than this they could not go and this they coloured over with Religion this merciful King that had pardoned his People beyond their own desires and contended to do it this King they would murder Had there been no more it had been exceeding hainous but they went further their malice rested not upon His person but the Family the noble and excellent Duke of York is designed to be secured likewise and used like his Brother not they onely they went further the whole Nobility was in design not Gentlemen that every one of these before you used these Expressions but they and their Complices some one and some another Expression but all joyned in this to destroy the King and his Family root and branch that was their Expression King his Family Nobility nay go down to the Gentry and it ceased not there they go to the Clergy as one of the Prisoners at the Bar as you will hear did express himself I think it was Stubbs that there should be never a Lawn-Sleeve never a Sursingler should have a hole to hide his head in Stubbs I never opened my mouth to that purpose Serj. Maynard That will be left to proof I undertake not of my self to prove this but to open it let the Witnesses speak In discourse some went further than that whosoever would not joyn with them in their Design it was one Strange was an Enemy and thereupon one Cole who is gone deserted them though he was contented to have the King murdered the Nation ruined yet would not agree in that Principle To accomplish this we shall prove to you they did treat of levying a War that among themselves it was given out that Arms were provided some delivered and their Designs to raise Money seizing all the Treasury at Whitehall Worcester-house and the Chamber of London to seize the person of the noble Duke of Albemarle and all about him and Quarter to be given to none that was their Expression They did give out among themselves for a while there was some difference among these Foxes whose Tails were tied together and had fire in them and Tonge told them as we shall prove that all parties were now agreed and would joyn they had framed Declarations to justifie their proceedings framed Papers to raise a Mutiny among the Marriners and encouraged them to joyn with them this will be proved for their means Phillips at the Bar undertakes to procure the Word that the Guard in the City had so to betray them There was a Design made for seizing the Tower several men appointed for that purpose they and their Complices were to come there with Papers in their hands as if they were Mariners and had Accompts to make up these were to go up to those that sate there to finish Accompts To encourage themselves they gave out that they had dealt with the Souldiers at Windsor and secured that Castle if this be proved to you there can nothing be higher There was this one pretence it was given out and perchance the rumours of the City are come to your ears that they had designed a Day for the Execution of this Mischief several dayes were appointed one on the Lord Maiors Day another on Alhallows Eve They gave out by a feigned Letter that there would be a Massacre by the French and Papists of the Protestants this was to raise a fear and discontent among the Nation to induce them to joyn when this Design should be attempted Gentlemen of the Jury had they gone on in this wicked purpose having possessed the people with these fears who could have told how to behave himself And it seems strange and wonderfull especially looking upon the persons men of little consideration despicable men and who live under the Mercies of so good a Soveraign that they should take such a Design in their hearts and undertake the performance Though the Spear hath not entred into the Sides of our Soveraign yet it must needs crown his Head with abundance of Thorns that such people should be desperately wicked But we shall call our Witnesses and when you have heard this proved we cannot be so uncharitable to think you shall need any further Aggravation or doubt of your giving a Verdict against such Miscreants as these are Sir Ieoffry Palmer

night as I was passing along I met Riggs at Stubbs door he asked me what news at London I said I was told there would be a Rising and that Arms were delivered Is there says he said I I do not believe it but I shall know certainly to morrow I did call the next morning and asked Is the story true No says he I was there and there was no Arms that was all that I know of the business Friend did I tell you any such thing Council Tell him and upon what occasion Hill Upon occasion of Riggs asking him for thirty Arms for me this upon the Exchange Sallers took him a little aside and told him They were all delivered out that forty went away lacking that more would be there within two or three days Sallers That which I said to Riggs was the Message I received from Wapshot but that I inquired and there was no Arms there so that it was but a fallacy For I advised him not to meddle with any such thing Mr. Hill never saw my face till I was apprehended upon the Exchange and brought before Sir Richard Brown Hill I saw him upon the Exchange with this man Riggs Council Did he say that any Arms were delivered before and what number Hill About five or six hundred Sallers He never heard me speak a word Council How long before he was apprehended Hill Never but that time with Riggs upon the Exchange about nine days before his apprehension and he confessed upon his examination That he did see me with Riggs Court Have you or any other the prisoners any questions more Sallers I have more Whether he will positively affirm that he spake with me upon the Exchange Hill No Sir you answered the question to Riggs Council You heard the answer Hill Yes Sir Sallers May be at the second hand Council Did you hear the prisoner answer it or had you it at the second hand Hill I heard it from Sallers himself answering Riggs Sallers Did you hear me Hill Yes to Mr. Riggs Sir Hen. Finch He swears it and you wonder at it and so we do all Sallers Who was there then Hill It was upon the Exchange when almost full Sallers What day of the moneth Hill I cannot remember the day Sallers I do declare before this Honorable Bench Gentlemen of the Jury and this great Auditory That I never saw this mans face till I was apprehended That which I told Mr. Riggs was what I heard Wapshot say I never till then saw this mans face nor exchanged one word with him whereas he sayes he heard me I do not believe Mr. Riggs saw him near me when I gave him the answer Hill Seeing he doth invalidate my Testimony Mr. Adjutant Carent took him upon the Exchange I shewed him the person and therefore certainly I must see him before Sallers It was not he but the other in the white cloaths that came and took me that knew me Court Will any of the rest ask him any question Sallers Here is that that I am accused of That I delivered Arms which is altogether false my Lord Major can bear witness Wapshot confessed he told me such a thing I did ever abhor any such thing I was always serviceable to His Majesty upon all occasions and all times my neighbors can witness my civil conversation Court Have you any thing more to ask him Sallers I would fain know whether the Bench and Jury are satisfied with this Evidence Court That you will hear anon What else will you ask him Stubbs What he accuses me you have all heard I do in the presence of God and this Honorable Bench and the Jury deny it for it is very false and believe none will verifie the same upon Oath Court Have you any questions Gibbs We all stand in the presence of God and I am very conscientious of what I say and do I must give account of all things before the Lord. This Gentleman Mr. Hill has asserted concerning me That I should deliver divers Cases of Pistols or knowing the delivery of them if Mr. Hill who stands likewise in the presence of God can produce any man to prove That I delivered to any man any Pistols or that any were so delivered by my order or that I conveyed or sent them away into the Countrey Do this in the sight of the Lord and his own conscience I expect not mercy But I would have him speak no more of me but what he knows of me or by me whether he knows I ever received any Pistols or delivered any at any time for such an end as he is pleased to speak Which my Soul abhors and God can witness Stubbs This Mr. Hill was the man that mentioned this and that he had four Horses and Arm● himself and had Two hundred pound in order to it I was never any plotter nor contrived any thing but am as innocent as the childe unborn but being by an accident at Tonges house a Strong-water-man ask the other witnesses whether he speaks truth Sir O. Bridgman I would put you in a right way you shall be all heard at large when you make your defence But will you ask him any questions Gibbs I propounded one I desire an answer Whether I received or delivered any Pistols to such a use Hill I did not say he did but at that meeting at Black-Fryers it was discoursed among them That several Arms were sent to Dorsetshire to several friends there and he was there then I believe he cannot deny it Stubbs There was Arms spoken of but that man Mr. Hill spoke of them and upon this consideration That there were Arms delivered to every Hall Ammunition and Powder Riggs knows he spoke it at that time Hill Sir that was spoken after the question was put What was the occasion of sending the Powder and Ammunition to the Halls These Arms were spoken of in reference to the design I do acknowledge I told them I had some Arms my self and said I had Two hundred pound for carrying it on and I know the grounds of my speaking and so do some of this Honorable Bench. Stubbs Hill advised that they fall upon Sir Richard Brown as an enemy to all honest-men Gibbs This Hill says that I should say these things There was more there and had ears as well as he let them speak Hill There was Riggs Stubbs my self and I know not the other names Gibbs This Hill and Mr. Riggs whose face I never saw came to my neighbors-house where I was alone found me plotting with no man Hill We were brought into his company by one Beazley he had been at Tower-hill about two or three a clock to give some intelligence to some persons there about the design Riggs and I took a Coach and went after him and Stubbs told us we might meet him at a Bakers house near the Tower We found Beazley and he said he could not signifie any thing to us but would carry us to Black-Fryers

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

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