commission of the Fact he now stood condemn'd for, and said, he heartily repented of; adding, that his stealing at first small Sums of Money and Things from his Mother, and other Friends he liv'd with was the beginning of his Ruin; those little Thefts having dispos'd him for greater.

At the Place of Execution (to which they were carry'd from Newgate , viz. Allcock in the Coach with me, and the rest in 2 Carts, this Day) I attended them for the last time, exhorting them more and more to clear their Consciences, stir up themselves in holy Affections to GOD, and pray, that as Sin had abounded, so Grace might much more abound in them. To this end, I pray'd for them, made them rehearse the Apostles Creed, and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, who desir'd the Spectators to pray for their departing Souls, and take Warning by their Shame and untimely Death, that they might avoid their coming to such an End. After this I pray'd again with them; and having recommended them to the Mercy of God in Christ, I withdrew from them, leaving them to their private Devotions, for which they had some Time allotted 'em: And then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, calling on God to be merciful to them, and receive their Souls.

NB. Allcock told me, He was in the Bail-dock when James Goodman< no role > alias Footman< no role > (about whom there is an Advertisement in the Book of the Trials, lately publish'd) made his Escape: He saw not how he did it, but was sure he did not go out at the Door.

This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Persons, by me

PAUL LORRAIN< no role > , Ordinary .

Friday, Jan. 27, 1715 -16

And to this I shall add, That as I heartily wish that the Number of Malefactors may not encrease, but diminish; so I pray GOD to convert all those that abandon themselves to wicked and illegal Courses, particularly such as are of that Diabolical Spirit He or They appear to be of, who lately wrote to me an impudent Letter (without either Name or Date) of which a true Copy, with my Cursory Animadversions or Remarks thereon, here follows.

The LETTER.

IT is strange, as my Lord Wharton said on a remarkable Occasion, that of all Societies of Men, there is none practise so little Common Honesty or Candour as the Clergy. They preach Morals indeed, but never go any further.

Whether You have not made good this Character in your Paper relating to the poor Wretches that suffer'd Yesterday, I leave the World to judg. You must certainly be either the most ignorant Person alive, or else the most accomplish'd Sycophant; for surely your Questions to those Wretches are so very impertinent, and so inconsistent, that I can hardly repeat them without surfeiting. You ask them, Whether they thought it lawful to dethrone George; when no Man alive that has the least Insight into the Laws of GOD or Man can doubt of it. For, is there One Syllable in all the Doctrine of the Church of England (of which you now declare yourself to be a Member) that can justify deposing King James, or abjuring his Son on account of Religion?

The REMARKS.

HEre is a Saying alledg'd as spoken by a Noble Lord, on a Remarkable Occasion; but what that Remarkable Occasion was, this Detractor does not think fit to tell us. However, let those of the Clergy look to it, who do not lead such a Life as becomes the Gospel of Christ. This does not concern me; I am not to answer for them.

I refer those Papers of mine, about the Traitors lately executed at Tyburn, to the impartial Consideration of the honest and understanding Reader.

This Scurrilous Writer here discovers his furious Passion, not any Reason at all, he having none for his giving me these hard Names.

The Questions I put to those Rebels and Traitors he would not find Impertinent and Inconsistent, were he not such a One himself, who most unjustly and blasphemously presumes here to asperse the Best of Kings, with that Spirit of Rebellion, which speaks him either a Papist or an Atheist, or both.

Here he sets down his Erroneous Opinion, and would make us believe it to be a Law universally receiv'd, and a Doctrine particularly taught by the Church of England. But more of this and of his uneasiness about King James and his pretended Son, which I shall have occasion to speak to, by and by.