THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were Executed on Thursday the 3d of this Instant November, 1726 , at Tyburn.

AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir FRANCIS FORBES< no role > , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Raymond, the Honourable Mr. Baron Price, John Raby< no role > , Serjeant at Law , and other his Majesty's Justices of Jail Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid, together with his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 12th , 13th , 14th , and 15th of October, 1726 , in the Thirteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign.

Eight Persons, viz. Henry Jones< no role > , Joseph Smith< no role > , William Marjoram< no role > This name instance is in set 550. , Robert Rose< no role > , Anthony Drury< no role > , Matthew Harday, and Thomas Hide< no role > , and one Woman, Sarah Sattarfield< no role > , were convicted of capital Offences, and received Sentence of Death accordingly.

While under Sentence, these who attended in Chapel, to outward appearance, seem'd to be very serious and attentive both to the Prayers and Exhortations, Anthony Drury< no role > frequently showing his great Concern, as if he had been in agonies of Mind, Marjoram also being at all Times mightily affected, as was Matthew Hardy< no role > , tho' he had pretty good assurances of a Reprieve or Pardon; the other two, Joseph Smith< no role > and Sarah Satterfield< no role > were a little more Hard-hearted; Henry Jones< no role > , when present, wanted not outward signs of Devotion, but most part of the time he was confin'd in the Hold, by reason of Weakness and Indisposition, inclining also to the Roman Catholick Principles; Robert Rose< no role > , an infirm, old Man, till the Report was made, came not to Chapel but once or twice, being constantly afflicted (as he said) with heavy Sickness, but declar'd himself very penitent, ingenuously confessing his Faults and Crimes, when I visited them in the Hold; As did also Thomas Hide< no role > , who on the Monday, being the second Day after his Sentence, fell into a violent high Fever, and lost his Senses, yet when I visited him in this miserable Condition in the Hold, altho' he did not know me at first, yet as I was praying for him, recovering his Senses a little, he comply'd with the Worship, and as I was going away he express'd his gratitude, by praying God to bless me twice or thrice, not being able to speak any more; and the same Night at Midnight, after he had praised God by singing Psalms, and making Responses in the Devotion, as in a recommendatory Prayer for him they were praying the Lord Jesus to receive his Soul, and at these Words (as I was told) he gave up the Ghost, being Thursday the 21st of October .

I instructed them from Col. 2. 6. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. From which Text I took occasion to explain to them the necessity of Faith in Christ, which must not be a dead Faith, but attended with good Works, bringing forth manifold Fruits unto new obedience, Holyness and Virtue, not consisting in empty speculative Notions, as some seem to explain it, but affecting the heart with Heavenly divine Thoughts, truly becoming God and Religion, and making reformation upon the whole Man, so that he becomes wholly a new Creature, Holy in Heart and Life, dedicating himself without Reserve, Soul and Body, unto the Service of God. From Acts, 3, 19. Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your Sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; they were taught the nature of true Repentance, which consisteth partly in an hearty unfeign'd Sorrow for Sin, not because of the Inconveniences and Calamities it brings upon us; but because of the Offence thereby given to Almighty God, in whom it is we live, move, and from whom we have all our Being, who is daily loading us with his Benefits, and preventing us with his Blessings; and therefore should we be grieved because we have offended our good and gracious God, such a tender, loving, and indulgent Father: But I show'd 'em that true Repentance mainly consisted in forsaking all Sin without exception, especially those Sins which are more heinous in the sight of God than others, and for which Men void of Virtue and goodness commonly come to Shame and Disgrace;