double Meaning, that for the matter of Fa the Court was fully satisfied of the Truth of it, and if it appear'd before God, that he was really Guilty of both, and yet persist to deny it with his dying Breath, by that means he wou'd leave himself no room for Mercy in the other World. Notwithstanding this plain Dealing, he still persisted in his first Story, and gave the following Account of it. That it was true, he was found in the Shop with the things about him, which the Master of it upon his return home, owned to be his, but that he either broke open the Door, or came into the Shop with a Pick-lock-Key, or the like, he utterly denied: For, said he, I found the Door a jar, and that gave me both Opportunity and Invitation to enter. I cou'd not but remark the improbability of such a Pretension, and I was confirm'd in my Opinion, when I found this very Person had the Confidence to assert farther, that truly for his part, he was drag'd into the Shop, and the Door was clos'd upon him by those that drew him in, and that was the Reason he was found there. I exhorted him to consider what he said, and not preclude his Eternal Felicity, by a Story so ridiculous and incredible, but no Arguments from first to last cou'd alter him a Syllable. I then gave him the Scripture-Prospect of the next World, shew'd him the necessity of making his Peace with God before he Died, and that a particular Confession of all his Wickedness, was little enough for that purpose. This wrought him into Soberness and Thinking, but it had no considerable Influence on a particular Confession. He acknowledged his Wickedness in general, that it had been the occasion of his being in Newgate once before, But then said he, it was a malitious Prosecution in Man, tho' a just Judgment from God. I bad him recollect, and not conclude a general Confession would fit and prepare a Man for another World, where there were particular sins that render'd him obnoxious to the Divine Vengeance. All his Answer was, He had no other than common Crimes, which the Almighty knew, and that was sufficient; not but that he beg'd I wou'd Pray for him, and give all comfortable Instruction to a Man in his Distress: For his part, (he said) he wou'd so husband the short remainder of his Time, as to reach, if it were God's Will, Happiness and Joy hereafter, tho' he mist of both here. And indeed, this I must say of him, that bating his uncommon Extenuation of his Crime, and his unwillingness to Confess particulars, he behaved himself with that Seriousness at all times, and with that Devotion when in Chappel, that gave great Hopes of his Desire to change this for a better Life, tho' he took an untimely and shameful Death in the way to it.

III. Jonathan Lane< no role > , Born in Norfolk , Aged 22 Years; Condemn'd for Robbing Simon Harcourt< no role > Esq ; on the High-way, Confest that and another Fact, committed on the same Day. Being ask't what could prompt him to it? He answer'd, It was not Want, the common Pretence of Robbers, but the result of a Drunken Frolick, and the effect of Satan's Instigation. I observ'd, that the Sin was so much the greater, and therefore requir'd the greater Repentance: And at the same time desired him to Examine his own Heart, and bring all his Sins to remembrance. He reply'd, he did that, but for any particular Confession of them, there was no prevailing with him. For some time he betrayed a sort of Distraction under his unhappy Circumstances. But being argued into a necessity of submiting to the Will of God, that the Body signified nothing, the Soul was all, that he might have Hope, that the Providence of God intended by this Temporal Death, to save him from the Eternal, provided he made a right use of it. This smooth'd his Brow, and compos'd his Mind, and put him upon Kneeling and Praying to his God, weeping for his Sins, and all other Methods, proper for a Person under the Sentence of Death.

Upon Saturday the 20th of July, 1700 . George Goffe< no role > , Jonathan Lane< no role > , and John Simpson< no role > , were carried to Tyburn in a Cart. Being tied up, Goffe, upon request to Confess his Crime according to Truth, would not alter his former Story; neither would he meddle with any particular Discovery of his former Life; what he said was in general, He had been a very great Sinner, but he hop'd he was passing thro' the Merits of Christ, from this to a better Place. Lane acknowledged his Crime, and being urg'd to reveal what other Guilt lay upon his Conscience. After some Argument, he Confest he had committed two or three other Robberies besides those he had discover'd. I was sorry to hear this, hoping his Confession had been Real and Sincere before. Simpson seem'd very willing to Die, declaring he had rather do it, than venture himself into the World again, if that were possible, For then, he said, he might fall into the former Disorders, and so be undone for ever, but now he had some Hopes in his Death. They all behav'd themselves with great Seriousness and Devotion, joining in Prayer, and Praying unto God to the very last.

Guy Cook< no role > is respited from Execution for 20 Days, bearing Date from the 16th of July .

Thomas Cashel< no role > , Edward Special< no role > , and James Whit
marsh< no role > , are also respited till his Majesties Pleasure be farther known.

This is all the Account I have to give of this Sessions.

R. Wykes, Ordinary.

LONDON. Printed for E. Mallet, at the Hat and Hawk in Bride-lane.