The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying-Speeches, of the Condemn'd Criminals that were Executed at Tyburn, on Friday May the 29th. 1702.

THis Paper having receiv'd an happy Interruption from the Gracious Reprieve, given the Persons that were Condemned the two former Sessions at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily; there is now a melancholy Occasion for its appearing abroad again: And that is, to give an Account of Thomas Man< no role > and Mary Poole< no role > , who (upon the 20th instant) received Sentence of Death both together, for a Burglary by them jointly committed, and by their Jury found Guilty of.

ON the next Day, being Thursday the 21st , and the succeeding Days, I constantly attended them; having them brought up to me twice every Day, to the Chappel, there to receive Instruction, and to pray.

And on the Lord's-Day, the 24th , I preach'd to them, viz. In the Morning upon these Words, (John 14. 21. being Part of the Gospel for the Day:) He that has my Commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest my self to him.

From which Words I shew'd them;

1st. That our Obedience to the Precepts of the Gospel, is an infallible Proof of our Love to Christ; which in the Text is expressed under these two Notions; 1. Having, 2. Keeping, Christ's Commandments.

IIdly. That if a Man thus declares his Love to Christ, that is, if he be a diligent Hearer of his Word, and a Religious Observer of it, Christ declares, that both his Father and He will love him, and he will take delight to do him good; and by making himself perfectly known to him, give him a full and lively Sense of this Love of the Father, which is purely Divine, and of his own, which is both Divine and Human.

This I distinctly explain'd under these Three Particulars.

1. The Divine Love of God the Father. 2. The Divine and Human Love of God the Son. 3. The Sense, which (through the Divine Spirit) they will have of this Love, who are obedient to the Commands of Christ: They shall not live only under the real Benefits, but under the sensible Manifestations of it.

Lastly; I concluded with an Exhortation, To seek and labour after the obtaining of this most precious and most disirable Thing the Love of God and Christ.

1. By receiving his Commands, directing us to the excellent Knowledge of God's Will, and our Duty. 2. By chearfully obeying and performing those Commands, as universally tending to make us Holy here, and Happy hereafter. 3. By repenting heartily and sincerely of all our past Failures, and (through the Divine Grace, which we ought earnestly to call to our assistance) resolve to amend our Lives, and spend the remainder of our Days in the Service of God, and Preparation for an happy Eternal State.

In the Afternoon I preach'd to the Condemned Persons and others, upon Isai. 11. 4. Part of that Scripture that was appointed then to be read for the first Lesson: The Words being these. But with righteousness shall he judge the Poor, and reprove with equity, for the Meek of the Earth: And he shall smite the Earth with the Rod of his Mouth, and with the breath of his Lips shall he slay the Wicked.

Having first shewn, that these Words were prophetically spoken of the Messiah, the Christ of God, the Blessed Saviour and Just Judge of the World; and having given a short paraphrastical Explanation both of the Text, and the three fore-going Verses, I then more largely discours'd therefrom upon these following Heads.

1st. I shew'd, That Christ will do Justice to all Men impartially.

1. He will support the Weak and defend the Innocent. 2. He will pass an irreversible Sentence of Condemnation upon the obstinate Sinners.

IIdly. That he will do this with his Word and Spirit, called in the Text, The Rod of his Mouth, and the Breath of his Lips; and by St. Paul, Eph. 6. 17. the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

1. By his Word and Spirit, Christ will inform the Judgment, and both convert and comfort the Souls of the Poor in Spirit, i. e. the Humble and Meek, such as are willing to receive Instruction -. The Meek will he guide in Judgment, the Meek will he teach his Way. Psal. 25. 9. 2. He will confound and destroy the Unjust, and presumptuous Transgressors of his Laws; those that offend of malicious Wickedness. He will punish them; First, Temporally, by short'ning their Days, or otherwise afflicting them in this World: And then, Eternally, by dooming them to endless torments in the World to come, unless they timely take-up and amend.

IIIdly. I shew'd, The use we ought to make of this Doctrine, That Christ is the Judge of the World, which is, That as God has appointed a Day in the which he will judge the World in righteousness, by that Man, (viz. Christ Jesus) whom he has ordain'd; so is it the indispensable Duty and Interest of all Men every where to repent; according to St. Paul's saying, Acts 17. 31.

From the Consideration of which, I did (by many Particulars) exhort my Auditory in general to Amendment and Holiness of Life; and addressing my self in particular to the Condemned Persons, pressed them to break off their Sins by Repentance. And this I continued to do all the following Days, on which I attended them, as before, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, to the Day of their Executions and within that time received their respective Confessions, as follows.

I. Thomas Man< no role > . He said he was about 19 years of age, born at Limrick in Ireland , of honest Parents, who gave him School-Education, and design'd him for the University and the Gown. But his Genius leading him to the Study of Navigatio n, he learned the Theory of that Art; and then went to Sea about 6 years ago, first in the William and Mary, a Merchant-man; and then in the Little Degreaves, another Merchant-man, trading in the Streights. Having served for the space of 3 years on board that Ship, and being afterwards discharg'd from her, (which he said was about 10 Months ago) he fell into bad Company, that brought him to the Commission of the Fact for which he is now, and confesses himself, justly condemned to die. At first he pretended this was the only Offence he had ever committed against the Law. But upon further Discourse with him, I found him to have been before that, engaged in other ill Actions: Which he plainly own'd to me, with seeming sorrow, and declar'd that he wish'd he had never injur'd any Man, and that he were now in a condition to make full amends and satisfaction to those he had wrong'd. His Heart at first was very hard and full of Revenge, particularly against a certain Person, whom he said he would never forgive, and pray'd that God would do so too. But when I had represented to him, what great wrong he did to his own Soul, and what future Misery he was preparing for himself, by his being of such a bitter and revengeful Spirit; for he should certainly be for ever shut out of Heaven, and cast into Hell, if he continued, and died, in that unchristian Temper; he then alter'd his Mind, at least his Speech, and said, That he was in Charity with that Person, and with all Mankind besides. Which he repeating several times with great earnestness, I hope he spoke it sincerely. Asking him, how he came first to engage in those great Sins he had been guilty of; he said, it was by the ill Company he kept, with whom he liv'd in lewdness and debauchery; and with such extravagance, as to have spent and squandred away no less than Thirty Pounds in one Week; and chief of all, (as the root and