they comply'd with, when their Ends grew near, and the Clamour and Noise was remov'd from among them.

The Day preceeding the Execution of these Malefactors, I undertook to instruct them from the following Text of Scripture:

And the Voice said, Cry! And he said, what shall I cry? All Flesh is Grass, and all the Goodliness thereof as the Hower of the Field: The Grass withereth, the Flower fadeth; because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth up-it; surely the People is Grass; the Grass withereth, the Flower fadeth; but the Word of our God shall stand for ever, (Esai. 40. Verses 6, 7, 8.)

From hence we took Occasion to consider,

FIRST, the Imbecility of Human Nature; the Anxiety, Care, and Uneasiness Man is born unto; That even Men of splendid and flourishing Fortunes find more Uneasiness than Pleasure, upon Earth: Observing from thence, That unhappy Men, whom the World has frown'd upon, who are without Friends, and destitute of Estates, need not regret or repine, at losing this World, if they secur'd but a Nobler and higher Existance, without Care, Anxiety and Trouble.

SECONDLY, Tho' the Delights of Life should exceed the Cares, its Pans, yet if all Flesh is frail as Grass, in the Morning green, and at Evening withered, What would it avail? And what little cause have those to fret and be impatient, who are cut off from Life? since had Life, by a Reprieve, been continu'd, 'twould have been but for 50 or 60 Years, and perhaps not for so many Days: If they who remain in Life, are, or ought to be, dayly thinking of Death, 'tis no Misfortune to those who are oblig'd to give up those solicitous Expectations, and to take Possession of Eternity. So that 'tis irrational and brutish to spite any Accusers, or to murmur at those, who undertake to act Justice and Equity, even supposing that a Tryal had been unfair; how much more would it be unreasonable, to repine at the Law's being put in Execution, at suffering the natural Effects of Vice and Folly, and at advantaging the Good by diminishing the Wicked.

THIRDLY, We considered, the Effects that these Considerations should have upon their Minds: That this Vanity of all sublunary Things, should make Men wholly, and entirely place their Thoughts upon Heaven, and lay up a Treasure where Moth and Rust corrupts not, and where Thieves do not break thro' and steal; where are Crowns of Glory and Pleasures at the Right Hand of God for evermore.

1. JOHN JAMES< no role > , alias Eaton< no role > , alias John the Grinder, was Convicted of Robbing Elizabeth Knowles< no role > , in Long-Lane , and taking from her a Watch and Chain, and a Snuff-Box, valued together at 5l. 18s. which were after-wards Pawn'd for a Guinea; in Company with Thomas Eades< no role > (an Evidence) who kick'd up her Legs, Tho. Picket< no role > , who snatch'd the Pocket to give to John James< no role > and Henry Avery< no role > Accquitted by the Jury.