The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Speech of the Malefactor that was Executed at TYBURN, on WEDNESDAY the 26th of JULY, 1710 .

AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday the 5th , Thursday the 6th , and Friday the 7th ; and thence adjourn'd to Friday the 14th Instant ; Five Persons receiv'd Sentence of Death: Four of them have obtain'd a Gracious Reprieve, which I hope they will take care to improve as they ought to do; and the other is now order'd for Execution.

On the Lord's Day the 9th Instant , I preach'd to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, from these Words, 1 Pet. 3. 11. (being part of the Epistle for the Day) Let him eschew Evil, and do Good.

Which Words having explain'd in general, and illustrated and enforc'd by several Proofs from Scripture; I then proceeded in particular to shew,

I. That we ought to eschew Evil in Thoughts, Words, and Deeds.

II. That we lie under an indispensable Obligation to do Good, (i. e. to obey GOD's Commands) and hereto apply our selves, and all the Faculties of our Souls, through the whole Course of our Lives.

III. and Lastly, That our faithful Discharge of this Negative and Positive Duty injoyn'd in the Text, viz. the abstaining from Evil, and doing Good, will conduce to our present and future Happiness; which by our Sins we do forfeit; but may, by a True and Sincere Repentance, regain.

On the Lord's Day, the 16th Instant , I preach'd again to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon Mat. 5. 20. part of the Gospel for the Day; the Words being these: For I say unto you, That except your Righteousness shall exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

From which Words, spoken by our Blessed Saviour to his Disciples, I shew'd,

I. The great and noble Design of the Christian Religion.

II. The Difference between it and the Pharisaical.

III. The Necessity of, and Benefit accruing from, the Sincere Practise of true Religion and Virtue.

IV. and Lastly, The Inferences naturally arising from the Doctrin in the Text.

On the last Lords' Day I did again preach to them, and my Sermons, both in the Morning and Afternoon, were upon the Subject of Thanksgiving and Praise to GOD, which we ought to pay Him for all his Dispensations (whether gentle or severe) to us in this World, because his gracious Intent therein, is to make us wiser and better, and prepare us for an endless Happiness in the World to come. And I took for my Text these Words of holy David, Psal. 118. 18 & 19. The Lord hath chasten'd me sore; but he hath not given me over unto Death. Open to me the gates of Righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord.

In Explanation of which Words, I spoke to these Particulars, viz.

I. That GOD, who (as David here delares) had severely corrected him, had thus dealt with him (no doubt) for these two good Ends; 1st, For the Punishment of his past Sins: And, 2dly, For the Bettering and Amendment of his future Life. The Lord, saith he in the first Clause of my Text, hath chasten'd me sore.

II. That while GOD was thus exerting his Justice upon him, He was pleas'd at the same time to remember Mercy: Which is the meaning of this second Clause. But He hath not given me over unto Death.

III. and Lastly, That therefore he was resolv'd to praise God, as in Private, so chiefly in Publick, upon these two Accounts; 1st, Because GOD had visited him with the Rod of his Correction, to awaken him to his Duty to Him, and the Consideration of his own true Interest. And, 2dly, Because He had remov'd his Strokes from him, and dealt with him as a gentle and gracious Father, who design'd, not his Destruction, but his Salvation and Reformation. All which (as being the Consequence of what is express'd immediately before) may be imply'd from this latter part of the Text. Open to me the Gates of Righteousness: I will go in to them; and I will Praise the LORD.

Upon these I enlarg'd, and concluded all my Discourses with proper Exhortations both to the Condemn'd and Repriev'd, whom I attended in the Chapel of Newgate twice every day while they were under this Condemnation: From which Four of them being (as I noted before) now discharg'd, there is but One I am here to give an Account of.

And the Person, who is thus become the melancholy Subject of this Paper, which (through Mercy) has had of late a long happy Interruption, is,

Thomas Mac-Namare< no role > , Gent . who was condemned for assaulting and robbing Mr. Edmund Halon< no role > upon the QUEEN's Highway, on the 12th Day of May last past . He denied this Fact, and said,