THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Male-factors, who were Executed on Wednesday the 3d of November last at Tyburn.

AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jayl Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon. Sir George Merttins< no role > , Kt . Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Rt. Hon. the Lord Chief Justice Raymond, Mr. Baron Price, John Raby< no role > , Serjeant at Law , and several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of London and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall, in the Old Baily; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 13th , 14th , and, 15th Days of October , in the twelfth Year of his Majesty's Reign, six Men and one Woman were by the Juy found Guilty of capital Offences, and receiv'd Senence of Death.

Of these seven Persons two Men receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. While under Sentence (People of such lewd and wicked Lives generllay having neglected all opportunities of being instructed in the essentials and first fundamental of Christianity) they were taught the nature of Faith in Christ, from these Words, Col, i. 6. As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. I told them, that it was not enough to believe in Jesus Christ, that he suffer'd and died for our Sins, and rose again for our Justification, for the Devils believe and tremble; but that Faith, which is acceptable with God, worketh by Love, bringing forth manifold Fruits unto new Obedience, Holiness and Virtue, for Faith without Works is Dead, being alone. The nature of true Repentance was also explain'd unto them, from these Words, Acts iii. 19. Repent therefore, and be Converted, that your Sins may be blotted out; when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. It was shown to them, that we must repent of all our Sins; and that the greatest Sinner is acceptable to God, if he Repent with his whole Heart; This I prov'd to them from several Scriptures and illustrated to them from diverse examples. I show'd to them the original of Right and Property, and of what dangerous and pernicious Consequence it is, for one Man to defraud and rob another: And because one of the Malefactors stood convicted of Murder, I particularly insisted upon that heinous Sin; and from several Topies show'd him the Unnaturality, Barbarity, Injustice, and Cruelty of it.

They were also instructed in the nature, design, and necessity of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, from these Words, Acts ii. 42. And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles Doctrine and Fellowship, and in breaking of Bread and in Prayer.

While they were instructed from these and several other Texts of Scripture, Foster Snow< no role > , the Murderer, was always very attentive and apparently very devout in Chappel, excepting sometimes that some of his Acquaintances, Friends, and others, who came to visit him, by privately asking Questions, most officiously and undecently interrupted him in his Devotions and attention to the Word of God. The Woman (one of the filliest and most ignorant Creatures upon Earth, was afflicted with most grievious Sickness, otherways she was abundantly attentive, but incapable of Instruction. Three of them having been young, rude, vicious Fellows join'd in the Workship at Chappel, but did no ways evidence those signs of Repentance, which are requisite in Men in their Circumstances, and approaching so very near to Eternity. One of them, being a Roman Catholick, seldom came to Chappel; but when he did, he appear'd very grave, serious, and attentive, whenever Instructions were given either to the rest or himself. Steele, who is Repriev'd, appear'd always very grave and devout.

Upon Thursday, the 28th of October , the Report of the above-mentioned seven Malefactors under Sentence of Death was made to their Excellencies the Lords Justices in Council, and two of them, viz. William Longmire< no role > for a Street Robbery, and John Steele< no role > for returning from Transportation, receiv'd his Majesty's gracious Reprieve. If any of the Magistrates on the Bench, any of the Jury, or of Witnesses, who appear?d as Eviden