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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20917	A true discourse of the practises of Elizabeth Caldwell, Ma: Ieffrey Bownd, Isabell Hall widdow, and George Fernely, on the parson of Ma: Thomas Caldwell, in the county of Chester, to haue murdered and poysoned him, with diuers others Together with her manner of godly life during her imprisonment, her arrainement and execution, with Isabell Hall widdow; as also a briefe relation of Ma: Ieffrey Bownd, who was the assise before prest to death. Lastly, a most excellent exhortorie letter, written by her own selfe out of the prison to her husband, to cause him to fall into consideration of his sinnes, &c. Seruing like wise for the vse of euery good Christian. Beeing executed the 18. of Iune. 1603. VVritten by one then present as witnes, their owne country-man, Gilbert Dugdale.	Dugdale, Gilbert.; Armin, Robert, fl. 1610.	1604 (1604)	STC 7293; ESTC S110927	16,795	32

shut your eares against the worde of Exhortation you cannot haue any hope of saluation for the booke of God is full of iudgements against wilfull sinners and mercie is to them that repent turne Therefore I beseech you vse no delay deferre no time but presently bee acquainted with the Scriptures for they will leade you to eternall life make hast euen before your hands part with this paper to search therein that so you may truly vnderstand the wretched estate condition of those who following the lusts of there eyes wallow in all sensualitie and so heape vp vengance against the day of wrath euen heauie Iudgments no lesse then condemnation both of soule and body As Salomon saith Reioyce O young man in thy youth let thy hart cheare thee in the daies of thy youth and walke in the waies of thy hart and in the sight of thine eyes but knowe that for all things God will bring thee to Iudgement Remember he spared not the Angells when they sinned but cast them downe into hell nor of the old world but eight onely escaped the rest were drowned in their sinnes because they would not be warned Baltasar sayth Daniell expounding the fearefull vision of the hands writing when hee was banqueting with his Concubines thou art wayed in the Ballance and are found light These and many more are written for our admonition vppon whom the ends of the world are come search for them and I pray God you may be warned by them and that you may seeke the Lord now while hee may bee found and call vppon him while he is neere Behold now the day of saluation euen now when he in mercy offereth himselfe vnto vs by preaching of his word receiue not these graces in vaine but redeeme your time and runne vnto the house of God and there in the great congregation power foorth your plaint with obedience heare the word of God and indeuour to practise what you heare in your conuersation for the doores onely shall bee iustified at the last day the word must iudge vs in this life it worketh effect for which it was sent it either conuerts or hardens it is the sauour of life vnto life or of death vnto death it is offered to all to those that imbrace it it brings life to those that will not be reformed by it it brings death to those that loue and desire it it is the quicking spirit to those that refuse it it is the killing Letter it is no speciall argument of God his fauour vnto any vnlesse they feele the power thereof working reformation in them then it is the power of his spirit the pledge of his blessing Ignoraunce must not excuse you for the Prophet saith my people languish for want of knowledge and knowledge without practise leaues al men without excuse for hee that knoweth his maisters will and doth it not shall be beaten with many strips therefore make more conscience of the word of God then you haue done and loue his Messengers the Preachers that brings that glad tidings for to loue them is to loue Christ and to hate them is to hate Christ as our Sauiour saith he that dispiseth you dispiseth me and it is hard to kick against the prick And loue the children of God that professe Christ Iesus for hereby shall men knowne that you are my Disciples if you loue one another saith our Sauiour And for the Saboth day bee yee assured that the Lord of heauen hath not in vaine chosen it to himselfe commaunding vs to Sanctifie it vnto his holy name no no if euer we desire to be pe●takers of the spirituall Saboth in heauen whereof ours on earth is but a tipe and a figure then must we striue to keepe the same Saboth on earth as much as in vs lyes which the Saints keepe in heauen they are at rest from those labours that mortality is subiect vnto and vncessantly sing prayses vnto the Lamb so should we rest that day from the labours of our calling and spend the whole day in hearing of the word preached praysing the Lord publickly in the great congregation priuatly at home with our families preferring such other holy exercises as may tend to the glory of God the comfort of our soules the good of others which we are bound to performe so straightly as that we may not that day be alowed to speake such words as concerne of vocations And how soeuer it please the world to thinke of the great God of heauen and of the sanctifying of the Saboths yet be you assured he is a iealious God and will visite sinners and one seede of his word shall not be lost but he will be glorified by it either in the saluation of those who in a good conscience willingly indeuour to sanctifie them or in the condemnation of those who wilfully oppose themselues against his blessed ordinaunce to prophane them which is one of the crying sinnes of this land wherewith the whole Kingdome is infected and if there were not some fewe to stand in the gap for whose sake the Lord doth speare the rest it had not beene possible we should so long haue escaped his heauy iudgements O deere husband the Lord hath long since taken his sword in his hand to execute his vengance against all disobedient wretched who turne the Saboth of the Lord into a day of wantonnes liberty and licentiousnes and although in his great mercy he doth yet forbeare to proceede to iudgement as it were in great mercy waiting our repentance yet there wil suddainely come a day of reckoning all together and the wicked make the patience of our God an occasion to commit sinne and prophanes yet let them knowe the Lord will take vengance of his aduersaries and reserue wrath for his enemies and though hee be slowe to anger yet is he great in power and will not surely cleare the wicked though he deferre the Sessions yet they will come and though he haue Leaden feete yet hath he Iron hands though the fier light not vppon Sodome all the euening yet it came Doe not therefore prouoke the Lord any longer by your prophanes for he is strong readie to punnish and hath promised that the person that dispiseth his word shall be cut of Did hee not commaunde a man to be stoned to death for gathering a fewe sticks on the Saboth day and is hee not still the same God yes certaine his arme is not shortned if we wilfully persist in our disobedience Sixe market dayes hee hath giuen vs to prouide vs necessaries for our bodies and but one hath hee chosen for himselfe to be a day of holines which is the market day for the soule wherein wee should prouide vs of comforts for the whole weeke The excellencie and woorth of this day is vnspeakable to those that sanctifie it It is the badge and liuerie whereby they are knowne to bee the seruaunts of God to those that prophane it in spending the day in

to procéede out of her mouth neither did shée omit any time during her imprisonment in seruing of GOD and séeking pardon for her sinnes with great zeale and industrie continually meditating on the Bible excluding her selfe from all companie sauing such as might yéelde her spirituall comforts as learned Diuines and such the faithfull seruaunts of God There was many of all sorts resorted to sée her as no fewer some daies then thrée hundred persons and such as she thought were viciously giuen shee gaue them good admonitions wishing that her fall might be an example vnto them Thus the deceitfull deuill who hath sometime permission from GOD to attempt the very righteous as lob was now an instrument to her sorrow but her feeling faith the more increased and no doubt ●o her comfort though in our eyes terrible for indéede so it ought béeing sent from God as an example to thousands For where so many liue one or two pickt out by the hand of God must serue as an example to the rest to kéepe thousands in feare of Gods wrath and the worlds terror But sée her constancie All the time of her imprisonment she vsed all possible meanes both of herselfe and by those good members that did visit her to conuert all the rest of the prisoners which good worke begunne in her did take good effect for she sent some dayes a dozen Letters to seuerall Preachers to be resolued as touching her fayth and the want of a sound resolution that GOD had parsoned her offences Where the Lady Mary Cholmsly of Cholmsly amongst others together with the comfortable reliefe of one Maister Iohn Battie no doubt both Gods Children so relieued as want neuer grieued her conscience but that shee continued in zeale without griefe of the worldes offences both in soule and body nay not onely her but also to the rest of the prisoners For note that death neuer feared or daunted her but onely fearing shée was not fully purged from her sinnes till at the end as by her words at her execution appeareth This foresaide Maister Battie well deserues a due remembrance for his clemencie and charitie shewed to that distressed and deceased poore soule by whose good meanes which in méere compassion by him extended did not onely receiue comforts for her bodily reléefe but also great satisfaction for her soule hee oft imployed such industry to the Learned both to repare vnto her themselues as likewise daily in sending vnto her good and learned instructions Surely he deserues to be registred in the harts of all well disposed persons and his demerits no doubt will finde restitution at the handes of him who is the Pay-Maister for all such charitable deserts It is also to be noted that after these thrée aforenamed persons had remained in prison all the whole Summer at Michelmas then ensuing the Assises were holden and Elizabeth Caldwell had her triall where shee openly before the Iudges and the rest of the Worshipfull Audience acknowledged her offence for the which shee first demaunded pardon at the hands of God then of her husband lastly of all the world and desiring as it was euer her prayer that she might be as a Looking-glasse to all that eyther did sée or heare of her fall that by her they might sée into theyr owne frailines and the infirmities which are subiect to the flesh And hauing as I said acknowledged her guiltines was condemned And by reason shee was not then deliuered of child still repriued and at y e same Assise Bownd was indited and whether by euill counsell giuen him or for his owne obstinacie I cannot truly report but he would not answer to the Articles obieced against him nor refer his cause to GOD and the Country but stoode mute though the Iudges very earnestly mooued him to put his cause to triall all which would not perswade him and therefore according to the Law he was adiudged to be prest receiuing his iudgement on the Saturday to be executed on Munday following And for Isabell Hall her matter that Assise was not called in question which yéelded her such incouragement that shee was altogether regardlesse of the good of her soule But Bownd euer before he perceiued how hee should spéede pleaded to euery one whom he had any communion with of his innocencie till he saw no hope of life then hée before two or thrée Preachers and others did manifest the whole truth and affirmed that flesh and blood was not able to endure the often assaults that Elizabeth Caldwell had of him and Isabell Hall and vppon the Munday about nine of the clocke was prest where to euery mans iudgement there present hee made a very penitent end béeing hartily sorrowfull for his offences and very deuoutly craued pardon of GOD and all the world and so died I trust the true seruaunt of Iesus Christ. Then that night next after his death Elizabeth Caldwell was deliuered of a boy which child is yet as I take it still liuing with another boy she had before her impresonment the which are at the keeping of Caldwell their father and as it was generally reported hee made sute to the Iudge to procure a warrant to haue his wife executed within a certaine time after her deliuerie but how true it was that he made such meanes I cannot truly affirme but sure I am a warrant was granted and sent the keeper for to haue her executed within 13 daies or thereabouts after she was deliuered the which was conuented by reason the Cunstable of the castle did mistake the deliuerie of the warrant to the Sheriffe till the date was out Though she a senight before the time had prepared her selfe only to receiue the mercy of God and terror of death yet it pleased God otherwise a while to prolong her daies which time giuen her she did not vainely spend but imploy her vttermost indeuors to obtaine mercie and forgiuenes in such rare sort as if I should discribe the perticulers thereof it would not only be endlesse and tedious but I doubt to the hearers and readers it would be though incredable for in her might be seene the true image of a penitent sinner as the like hath not often in these daies beene seene God showing his glory so aboundantlie working her penitency as to me and many more was most admirable For if she espied in any one of what calling or degree soeuer that they wilfully or carelesly abused Gods holy ordinaunces shee would reproue them for it and curtiously intreate them to amend such and such abuses though some disdained she should seeme so to doe in regard of her owne former offence though indeede none might better doe it then shee hauing smarted euen at her soule for her sinnes This is the frailnes of our flesh we only disdaine not our afflicted bretheren but also there good admonitions God of his mercy I beseech him giue vs grace that we may sée into our fickle estates and receiue willingly any reprofe that may tend