Honour to whom Honour; as the Apostle commands, Rom. 13. 7. We ought to render to God the things of God, viz. Religion and Worship; and unto Men the things which respectively belong to them: Nay, (further) we must give the Devil himself that which is his due, charging him with the Cause of all our Sins, Iniquities, and Miseries.

2dly, That the Spiritual Kingdom of Christ in his Church, and the Civil Kingdom of Caesar, are distinct and separate; for (tho' they be both of God, yet) each of them being included within its own Bounds, may not enter upon the Borders of the other: For a Prince may not administer the Sacraments, nor a Priest sway the Scepter.

3dly, That (therefore) the Kingdom of Christ does not abrogate the Kingdom of Caesar, but on the contrary 'tis most evident, that the Gospel is a good Friend to all Civil Government, in teaching Princes how to Rule with Equity, and the People how to Obey and be Subject to the Higher Powers; that is (as the Text expresses it) To render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, &c. Wherein 'tis observable, that Christ does not say, Give, but Render; and that, because Tribute is not a Gift, but a Debt due to Caesar. Now, if Tribute must be paid to Caesar a Pagan Emperour, much more to Christian Kings and Queens, who are to the State, as the Scripture says they are to the Church, Nursing Fathers and Nursing Mothers: To whom these Three Things principally belong, viz.

1. Honour. Honour the King, 1 Pet. 2. 17.

2. Obedience. Obey Magistrates, and them that have the Rule over you, Tit. 3. 1. & Heb. 13. 17.

3. Tribute. So the Apostle having said, Ye must needs be Subject [to the Higher Powers] not only for Wrath, but also for Conscience-sake, he adds, For, for this Cause (i. e. in token of that Subjection which you owe to them) pay you Tribute also: For they are God's Ministers, &c. Rom. 13. 5, 6.

I enlarg'd upon these Heads and Particulars, and then concluded with proper Exhortations and Admonitions to the Condemn'd Persons, whom I endeavour'd to make sensible of their being highly Guilty of the Breach of Christ's Precept in the Text, as having render'd neither to GOD, nor to the QUEEN, the Things due to Them, but contrariwise most presumptuously offended against the Laws of both.

As I discours'd them in publick, so likewise I did in private: And then it was that they gave me the Account of their Past Lives, Present Dispositions, and Hopes of a Future State; of which the Reader may see so much as I have judg'd proper to impart here to the World.

1. Susan Perry< no role > , alias Dewy< no role > , Condemn'd for Stripping naked, Robbing and Murdering of John Peirce< no role > , an Infant of 4 Years of age, on the 27th day of January last . She said, She was not above 22 Years old; That she was born at Greenwich , and had liv'd a considerable time in or about London ; That she at first learnt to make Manteaus ; but when she was out of her Apprentiship, not being able to find Work in that Calling for her Maintenance, she then went to live with a Seamstress , with whom she staid but a