Accounts following: Wherein I found, that being sensible of the shortness of their Time, they made a better use of it, thinking less of this World and more of another, than I have observ'd others to do in like Circumstances, who were entertain'd with the flattering deceitful Hope of a longer Life here.

1. Thomas Lloyd< no role > , condemn'd for the stealing of two Geldings, with Bridles, Saddles, &c. belonging to Mr. Michael Combs< no role > of Hendon in the County of Middlesex , on the 17th day of September last . He said, he was 28 years of age, born at Hambleden in Buckinghamshire , and had for these 18 Months past liv'd at Shepperton in Middlesex : That he was an Husband-man , and had all along maintain'd himself and his Family by hard Labour, and lived a very honest Life, till of late he fell into bad Company, by which he was induc'd to do evil Things, as Drinking, Swearing, Whoring, profaning of the Lord's Day, and stealing the Horses he is now to die for, which he confess'd was his just Reward, tho' the first Fact, either of that kind, or of any other that the Law punishes with Death, he ever was guilty of. He being made sensible that one Sin generally draws on another, and a Man cannot tell where to stop when once he enters into the Paths of Wickedness, he said, That the Fact for which he now suffer'd, was the Effect of another; for he committed it after he had (thro' wicked Perswasion) been made so drunk, that he hardly knew what he did; for had he then been Master of himself and of his Reason, he would not have done it. He express'd a great deal of Sorrow for his having thus offended GOD, and injur'd his Neighbour; humbly praying for Pardon, and hoping that as he was truly griev'd for his Sins, and heartily repented of them all, he should find Mercy with GOD, thro' JESUS CHRIST; on whose alone Merits he depended for Salvation: Adding, That now he was willing to die, and that he dy'd in Charity with all the World.

2. Thomas Pickard< no role > , condemn'd for stealing and carrying away a Gelding. He said, he was about 20 years of age, born at Collerton in Leicestershire , and liv'd all the while with his Father, a Carpenter and Grazier, both in that Place, and at Caldecote in Rutlandshire , whither they remov'd about a Twelve-month since, and there follow'd the said Occupations of Carpentry and Grazing . He confess'd the Fact for which he was to die; but said it was his first, and that he never did an ill thing before; neither was given to the common Vices of Drinking, Swearing, Whoring, and the like. But his Father (whose only Son he was) being one Night (about three Weeks ago) angry with him, turned him out of Doors; hen he not knowing what to do, went to Huntington , and seeing in the Fields, about half a Mile from that Town, a brown Gelding (which i seems belong'd to one Mr. Thomas Deacon< no role > ) he took him away; and with him came to Islington near London , intending to have sold him in West Smithfield ; but was prevented in it, by his being apprehended before he could have that Horse book'd. Finding, that he could not read, and consequently very ignorant, I ask'd him, " How he was brought up, and whether his Parents did send him to " School, or no, when young? To which he answer'd, That he had " always liv'd with his Father, and was never put to Reading,