The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying-Speeches, of the Condemn'd Criminals that were Executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday January the 28th. 1701.

THE Persons hereafter mention'd, having receiv'd Sentence of Death, on the 16th instant, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily; I did from that Day to this, constantly attend them, both in the Chappel and in their Holds, at Newgate: Where they were also most charitably and seasonably visited by the Reverend Dr. Bray, Mr. Stubbs, Mr. Frank, and other Worthy Divines, who (together with me) exhorted them to a serious Consideration of the Life to come.

On the two Lord's-Days which they had after their Condemnation, I preach'd to them, viz. the 15th instant in the Morning, on these Words of our Saviour. Mat. 16. 26. and 27. For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole World and lose his own Soul? Or what shall a man give in Exchange for his Soul? Or what shall a man give in Exchange for his Soul? For the Son of Man shall come in the Glory of his Father with his Angels, and then he shall reward every Man according to his Works.

From which Words I discours'd them;

1. Upon The vast Disproportion between the Things of this World, and a Man's Soul; shewing, 1. The Vanity of the former. And 2. The Excellency of the latter. And then I proceeded to consider,

In the 2d Place, Christ's Coming at the last Day; when he will, not reverse, but confirm, the private Sentence he shall have pass'd upon every particular Man at his Death.

And under this Head I shew'd from Scripture, 1. The Manner. 2. The End of Christ's Coming. 3. The Reward he shall give: viz. to every Man according to his Works: that is, 1. To them that have done well, or truly repented of their Sins, Eternal Life and Glory. 2. To the Workers of Iniquity and Impenitent Sinners, Everlasting Punishment.

In the Afternoon I preach'd upon this Text, 2 Sam. 24. 10. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done. And now I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the Iniquity of thy Servant, for I have done very foolishly.

Having open'd the Text to them, and shew'd them the occasion of this Prayer of David's, and propos'd him to them as an excellent Pattern for their Imitation, in the Confession and Repentance of their Sins; I then laid before them these following Propositions. 1. That where-ever there is true Penitence and hearty Contrition, there is also a free Acknowledgment and Confession of Sins. 2. That the sincere Penitent is always more ready to aggravate his Faults, than (in the least) careful or sollicitous to hide or palliate them. 3. That his Sins are so odious to him, because they have provoked God, that he always judgeth more severely, and thinks and speaks worse of himself, than any other can do of him. 4. and lastly; I shew'd them; That this was the surest, yea the only Way to pacifie the Wrath of God, and be restor'd to his Favour.

On the second Lord's-Day, which was the last, and the 25th instant , I did again preach to the Condemn'd Prisoners, and others; namely, in the Forenoon, upon these Words, being part of the first Lesson for that Morning; Isai. 55. 6, and 7. Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: Call ye upon him, while he is near. Let the Wicked forsake his Way, and the Unrighteous Man his Thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

In discoursing upon which Words, I shew'd them;

1. The Duty,2. The Way,3. The Encouragement,

In the Afternoon, I took also part of the second Lesson for my Text, viz. Isai. 56. 2. Blessed is the Man that do's this, and the Son of Man that lays hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing evil.

From which Words, I discours'd them upon these Heads;

1. Man's Duty, both to God, in being truly Religious; and to his Neighbour, in being universally Just: 2. The Blessed Reward attending the faithful Discharge of this Duty.

3. The Thing (though not positively express'd, yet) necessarily imply'd in the Text; namely, the Punishment that will be inflicted on him, who wilfully neglects the Duty, and makes slight of the Reward.

And thus having in these my publick Discourses, as well as in my private Admonitions and Instructions to them, laid before them on the one hand, the severe Judgments of God upon rash and impenitent Sinners; and on the other, his gracious Mercy to them that truly repent, and return to him with their whole Heart; And from thence having also shew'd them the Necessity of calling upon God for his Divine Assistance in this greatly important and difficult Work of Repentance; so as it might prove such as should be acceptable to him: I prepar'd and dispos'd them to their Confessions; wherein they seem'd to be free and ingenuous; discovering, not only what they had done themselves, but what else they were made sensible might be of use to the World, to be discovered concerning others, for the preventing of further Mischiefs, and for the Reformation of Mankind.

Now I proceed to give an Account of these Dying Persons respective Confessions; of which I shall here impart to the Publick, so much, and no more, than they themselves were willing should be inserted in this Paper.

1. Christian Russel< no role > This name instance is in set 832. This set is in the group(s): MothersOBP . , Condemned for the Murther of her Male-Infant Bastard: She said, she was 25 Years of Age, born at Laylum about 4 Miles from Windsor ; but liv'd at Teddington near Hampton-Court , where she became acquainted with a certain young Man that debauched her, and perswaded her to the Odious and Beastly Sin of Uncleanness, which was the Foundation of that of Murther, which she committed afterwards: For when she found she grew pretty big, being unwilling to expose her self to shame among her Acquaintance there, she came-up to London, and got into a Service in a very Civil Family; and there she had not liv'd above 10 Weeks, but (unknown to her Mistress, and others) she was (upon the 19th Day of December last ) deliver'd of a Male Child; whom she cruelly destroy'd, by throwing him into a House of Office. There was a certain Report, that the Child grasp'd her Hand as she was going thus to murther him; which Circumstance, as it would have still aggravated her Guilt, (if any thing can make so great a Crime greater) so I asked her about it more than once; but she deny'd it, even to the last; though she confess'd the Child was born alive, and that she did cast him away, as is before mention'd. At the first she seem'd very little concern'd for what she had done; she confessing her Sins, without apparent Signs of true sorrow for them: But this might, in some measure, be attributed to her dulness and slowness of Capacity, she being very stupid and ignorant, and a poor simple Creature, that knew little of Religion. At last, she shew'd more sense of her miserable Condition, by reason of her Sins, and express'd much grief and displeasure with her self, and a great desire of God's Pardon for them. She also begg'd Pardon of her Mistress, and of all she had offended; and profess'd that she was in Charity with all the World. She further declar'd to me, that the young Man that had got her with Child; had promis'd to marry her; but he kept not his promise to her; and (as it proves commonly so) when he had made a Whore of her, would not afterwards make her his Wife. This (she said) brought her under the Temptation, and forc'd her to the commission of that horrid Fact, for which she was justly condemn'd to die; and of which, and all other her Sins, which she acknowledg'd to have been many and great, she said, she heartily repented. And as for that young Man, (whose Name I shall here conceal, because I intend, not his Confusion, but his Conversion) he having allur'd this poor wretched Creature into the great Sin of