THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors who were Executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday the 26th of this Instant June, 1728 .

BY Virtue of His Majesty's Commission of the Peace, and of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery of Newgate, at the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old Baily , (before the Right Honourable Sir EDWARD BEECHER< no role > , Knight , Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Mr. Justice Page; the Honourable Mr. Baron Carter; the Honourable 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 said City of London and County of Middlesex,) on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 5th , 6th and 7th of June, 1728 , in the first Year of His Majesty's Reign.

Six Men, viz. Richard Evans< no role > , Thomas Ward< no role > , John Davis< no role > , Richard Hews< no role > , Thomas Jenkins< no role > and Bryan Macguire< no role > ; and two Women. viz. Margaret Conolly< no role > , and Eleanor Benson< no role > were convicted of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death.

While under Sentence, they were instructed, how that having such a load of Sin and Guilt, both original and actual, lying heavy upon their Souls, it was necessary for them to be regenerated and born again, as our Saviour representeth the Matter, St. John 3. iii - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a Man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. I taught them, that by Regeneration is imported, our becoming New-creatures, not in a literal Sense, as Nicodemus at first understood that Expression, till our blessed Lord further instructed him, but in a Moral, Heavenly and Spiritual Capacity. I told 'em, that whereas formerly they had been the Servants of Sin unto Unrighteousness, henceforth they must become the obedient Servants of Righteousness unto Holiness; approving themselves with Consciences void of Offence towards God and towards Man: As the Apostle St. Paul directs us. That they must be like unto Christ in all those heavenly and divine Qualities, which adorn the human Nature, preparing and disposing it for Heaven, and Happiness, and the Glory of the Life to come; in Humility, Patience, Meekness and entire Resignation to the Will of God. I show'd them, that as all Sin is abominable in the sight of God, who is of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity in any of his Creatures; therefore it was their Duty to mourn before God, and Repent as of a Sin in general, so especially of those heinous Sins whereof they were convicted. Then I took occasion, to explain to them the great evil of Theft and Robbery, how near an approach it had to Murder, how destructive it was to all human Society and good Order, and how prejudicial to the Interest and Welfare of our Neighbours; and consequently, it must of Necessity prove highly displeasing to an holy, just and Sin-revenging God, who will by no Means clear the guilty. Exod. 34. vii. I instructed them also, that it was Necessary to confess their Sins ingenuously before God and the World, as tending to the glory of God, the Ease and Peace of their own Minds, and the Satisfaction of Mankind whom they had injur'd. I insisted on the nature of the Christian Sacraments, and what great Advantage their Souls might obtain, by partaking of the Lord's Supper, as proper to dispose them for the Joys of a future Life.

While many such Instructions where given, all of them behav'd in Chapel and in the Cells, with abundance of apparent Devotion and Civility; Mr. Jenkyns, Hews, Evans and Davis made regular Responses, Ward was Illiterate and Ignorant, but appear'd to be very attentive, and serious and desirous of Knowledge, but of a slow Apprehension and dull Understanding; Mistress Benson was attentive and grave, but Illiterate and Ignorant, yet by Application, she attain'd to some Knowledge; Macguire and Mistress Conolly profest themselves to encline to the Church of Rome , but when in Chapel, they comply'd with the Worship, and seem'd Devout; Mistress Conolly having one way or other lost almost all her Cloaths, could not come to publick Worship for a good part of the Time; but when I visited her in the Cell, she appear'd to be desirous of Instruction and Prayers. None of them were Price Two Pence.