Again, on Wednesday last, being the 30th of January , the Fast day appointed for the Murder of K. CHARLES I, I likewise preach'd to them both in the Morning and Afternoon, taking my Text out of the Epistle for that Day, viz. 1 Pet. 2. 13. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of Man for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the King as Supream, or unto Governors, as unto them that are sent by Him, for the Punishment of Evildoers, and for the Praise of them that do well.

From which Words I shew'd,

I. Wherein consists this Submission we ought to pay to our Superiours, viz. To the King (saith the Text) as Supream, and unto Governours, as unto Them that are sent by Him.

II. The indispensable Obligation incumbent on us thus to Submit, in all things that are lawful, according to God's own Appointment; which is meant by this Phrase, For the Lord's sake.

III. ult. The Reasonableness and Usefulness of our ready Obedience and strict Performance of the Duty here injoin'd, and the excellent Advantages accruing from it to Mankind, in that it tends to the Suppression of Vice and promoting of Virtue; because (as the Text plainly demonstrates) Kings and Governours are ordain'd,

1st, For the Punishment of Evil-doers.

2dly, For the Praise of them that do well.

Upon all those Heads and Particulars I largely discours'd, and then made Application suitable to my Auditory in general, and those especially who were under Condemnation, whom I constantly visited, praying with them, and reading and expounding the Word of GOD to them in the Chapel of Newgate, whither they were (for the most part) brought up twice every day, and there (as well as in private) by me earnestly exhorted to consider the present miserable state Sin had brought them into, and what would ensue (yea, what would become of them) hereafter, unless they took effectual timely Care to prevent their final and everlasting Destruction both of Body and Soul in the other World, by endeavouring (while they were still in this) to exert the Acts of Faith and Repentance to the utmost of their Power. This important Duty I continually prest upon them; who, in my Closet-Examinations of them, gave me the respective Accounts of their past Lives, present Dispositions and future Hopes, as follow.