declares, That Governours are ordain'd both for the Punishment of Evil-doers, and for the Praise (i. e. the Encouragement and Support) of them that do well.

On these I largely discours'd, and then observ'd how much we (of this Church and Nation) are bound to praise God for his having, as on this Day, bless'd us with so Pious, so Just, and so Excellent a Princess, to reign over us; and (according to our most indispensable Duty) heartily pray for Her MAJESTY's Long Life, Encrease of Health, and Everlasting Prosperity.

After I had a little more enlarg'd upon this Subject, I apply'd my self with particular Admonitions and Exhortations to the Persons condemn'd; in whom I endeavour'd to raise a due Sense of the great Miseries they had brought on themselves and the much greater they were in danger of falling into hereafter, by their presumptuous Transgressions of he Laws both of GOD and of the Queen.

These Considerations I often press'd upon them, both in my publick Discourses and private Admonitions to them; of whom I am to give the Accounts following.

1. Thomas Grey< no role > , convicted of, and condemn'd for committing three Robberies on the QUEEN's High-way. First, For Assaulting and Robbing Mrs. Baxter as she was coming from Hampsted towards London in a Coach, which he stopt near the Halfway-house , taking 3 s. from her, on the 11th of January last . Secondly, For a like Robbery he committed upon Mrs. Wilson, as she was riding (with other Passengers in a Coach) to Hampsted , taking some Money from them, on the 15th of January last . Thirdly, For such another Robbery by him committed on the same Day , upon the Person of Mr. Samuel Harding< no role > , from whom he took 9 s. in Money, about the Halfway-house on the Road to Hampsted . There was also another Robbery, which he was not Try'd for, but had committed in company with Edmund Eames< no role > (one of his Fellow sufferers) and one William Biggs< no role > , hereafter mention'd, who stopt a Coach coming from Hampsted , and took from the Passengers that were in it about 28 s. on the 2d of January last . At first indeed he was very unwilling to speak out his Guilt in these Matters, and in his faultring way of Speech went about to excuse himself, protesting his Innocency: But I exhorted him, and at last perswaded him to confess; which he did with this seeming Extenuation of these his wicked Facts, That he would never, have committed them, had he not been prompted to (and assisted in) them by William Biggs< no role > , a wicked Person, who had formerly receiv'd Sentence of Death twice, viz. once at Maidstone in Kent , and another time in the Old-baily , London . He said, he was above 50 years of age, born in the Parish of St. James Clerkenwell : That he had kept a Publick House in the City of Oxford for several Years, and of late a Salesman's Shop in Monmouth-street in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields ; and, That tho' in former time (i. e about 20 years ago) he had done ill things, and was then burnt in the Hand for the same, yet he had not committed any Fact worthy of Death till Christmas last, when his Poverty and Incumbrances with Debts (as he pretended) had made him comply with the wicked Insinuations of bad Men, and embrace the unhappy Opportunities of doing those Mischiefs to honest People, which he must now account and suffer for. I found him very stubborn, and very unwilling either to be ask'd, or to resolve any Question: And when I plainly perceiv'd that he prevaricated in many things, and would not shew any Remorse or Sorrow for his having liv'd to these Years, not to the Glory, but (far from it) to the Dishonour of God and Religion, I refus'd to administer the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to him: Upon which he curs'd me to the Pit of Hill, and said, That he would certainly kill me, if ever I durst venture to come to pray with him and the rest in the Cart at Tyburn . In answer to this his Threat, I told him, That I would nevertheless do my Duty to his Soul to the very last; and tho' he Curs'd, yet I pray'd God to Bless both Him and Me, and lay not this additional Sin to his charge; adding, That I heartily pray'd for his Conversion and Salvation; and, That I much pitied him, but fear'd him not in the least.

2. Edmund Eames< no role > alias Edward Aimes< no role > , condemn'd for 3 several Robberies by him committed on the Queen's High-way, viz. 1st, For Assaulting and Rob