trary to the Light and Law of Nature, to all Revelation, and especially to our most holy Christian Faith; and therefore I exhorted them to renew themselves by a sincere Repentance, to turn unto God with their whole Hearts, to put on firm Resolutions of new Obedience, and to employ the few remaining Moments of their time in fearing, praising, and loving God, which Duties they had neglected in the preceding Part of their Lives, and which Negligence, to their Grief, Sorrow and Perplexity, had now expos'd them to all those miserable Misfortunes, Calamities and Inconveniences which they were lying under.

I likewise expos'd to them the Evil of Theft and Robbery, how contrary it was to, and how destructive of all human Society and Conversation; and therefore the Laws of all well-ordered Kingdoms and Commonwealths had found it necessary to enact Penalties against those who commit such Crimes; and how fatal it was in its Consequences, as being commonly attended with Murder, which one of themselves, (viz. Past) had been guilty of in one of his wicked Adventures, as he himself declared.

I endeavour'd also to instil into them some Knowledge of the Christian Sacraments, by showing how proper it was to participate in Christ's Body and Blood, by receiving the Blessed Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as a good mean to dispose and prepare them for a better World.

While many such Exhortations were given, all of them behav'd with Decency and Gravity; Past, Andrews, and Brown, al. Burrard, made regular Responses; Edwards and Dale could not read, but were quiet and attentive; Thomas Smith< no role > was opprest with Sickness, but otherwise carried himself well; Jane French< no role > came to Chappel when she was able, and was apparently serious; Faxton never came to Chappel, not being able to rise from his Bed, by reason of excessive Sickness: When I first visited him, he heard nothing; so after I had prayed for him, I was oblig'd to go away without getting Speech of him; but when he recovered his Senses, he declar'd himself penitent, and was very desirous of Prayers and Admonitions. These three, who were sick in the Cells, when they were visited, they express'd no small Concern and Penitence; the rest did not seem so affected, as might be thought necessary; only Andrews, in coming to and going from Chappel, and in the Cells, after the Dead Warrant came out, cried and wept very much; but whether out of a sincere Repentance, or Fear of Death, we leave it to the Readers to judge upon.

Upon Friday, the 3d of March, 1731 , the Report of the said 8 Malefactors was made to his Majesty in Council;