THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors who were Executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 18th of Septem. 1727

AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir JOHN EYLES< no role > , Bart . Lord Mayor of the City of London . The Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, and John Raby< no role > , Esq ; Serjeant at Law ; and others his Majesty's Justices of Jail Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid: Together with 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, and Thursday, the 30th , and 31st of August , and Friday, the 1st of September, 1727 , in the first Year of his Majesty's Reign.

Five Men, viz. Samuel Hammond< no role > , Henry Chaplin< no role > , Peter Boother< no role > , Thomas Williams< no role > , Thomas Johnson< no role > , alias Bewley< no role > , alias Handy, and one Woman, viz. Elizabeth Gilbert< no role > ; were by the Jury convicted of capital Offences, and received Sentence of Death.

While under Sentence, they were instructed in the main Articles of Christianity, Faith and Repentance, from Col. 2. 8. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. 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. I demonstrated to them the Necessity of an active Faith, working by Love; how that it is not sufficient for a Christian to believe that Christ died for the Sins of the World, for the Devils believe and tremble, as having no Part nor Portion in the evangelical Dispensation by our Lord Jesus Christ; and Faith without Works is dead, being alone; and that Christ's great Design of coming into the World, and vailing himself with Flesh, being to save us, not in, but from our Sins, it follows as a necessary Consequence, that all they who are the true Disciples of the Holy Jesus, must be Holy as God is Holy, and Blameless in all manner of Life and Conversation, since without Holiness no Man can see the Lord. I shew'd them, that the chief Ingredient of true Repentance was to forsake Sin, which seperated betwixt God and us, render'd him, whose natural Propension and Darling attributed to his Mercy a terrible God unto the Workers of Iniquity, who will not abandon their Sins, and turn to God with their whole Hearts, who is willing to receive all Penitent Sinners into Favour, however great or many their Sins be. From these and many other Considerations, I took occasion to press upon them the Necessity of being Holy in Heart and Life, of being like unto Christ in Holiness, which is the only means of attaining to eternal Happiness in and through him. I explain'd to them the original of Right and Property, and that coveting the Goods, Estates, and Properties of others, and unjustly defrauding our Neighbours, was a Sin of a very heinous Nature, held in detestation by all Mankind, as being one of the most atrocious Crimes can be committed, and destructive of human Society, and all Decency and Order. I let them see how they had been Guilty of the Brcach of their baptismal Vows, thro' the whole Course of their Lives; for which they had the greatest Reason in the World to mourn before God; and before they went off the Stage of this miserable World, to put themselves in a fit frame for renewing their baptismal Vows, (and for this Purpose to implore the Grace and Assistance of God's holy Spirit) by receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, in the Nature and Design of which I instructed 'em from these Words, 1 Cor. 10. 16. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ? the Bread which we break, is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ? and several other Texts.

While these and such other Instructions were given, those of them who constantly attended in Chappel appear'd to be devout, serious and very grave, yet that deep Concern requisite in Men upon the brink of Eternity could not be discern'd.

Bewley seem'd most affected, expressing great Terrors upon his Spirit, upon the Thoughts of his approaching Dissolution. I us'd proper Motives to encourage him against the Fears of Death, representing to him the Mercy of God, to whose Appointments concerning us we ought chearfully to submit, &c. Although they had been taught to read God's Word, when young, yet they had been so careless of their Duty, that they had almost