THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 22d of this Instant December, 1729 .

AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Honourable Sir Richard Brocas< no role > , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Rt. Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Eyre; the Honourable Mr. Justice Reynolds; the Honourable Mr. Baron Carter; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Raby; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery for the City of London, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, being the 3d , 4th , 5th , and 6th of December, 1729 , in the third Year of his Majesty's Reign.

Six Men, viz. James Drummond< no role > , Adam Marsh< no role > , William Caustin< no role > , Jeoffrey Younger< no role > , Peter Coffey< no role > and Jervis Rhodes< no role > ; and two Women, viz. Elizabeth Mills< no role > , and Mary Cox< no role > , were by the Jury found Guilty of capital Crimes, and receiv'd Sentence of Death.

They were exhorted to prepare for Death, from Rev. 14. 13. And I heard a Voice from Heaven, saying, write, Blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their Labours, and their Works do follow them. I shew'd them what it is to die, and that in the Lord, Whether Men be in a prosperous or adverse State, they are all liable to the inevitable Stroke of Death, and this the Apostle calls the Dissolution of this House of our earthly Tabernacle, 2. Cor. 5. 1. But then, although our corruptible Bodies return into the Dust, from whence they came, yet our Souls, which are of a nobler Substance and spiritual Nature, and in that Respect Partakers of the Divinity, do not perish with the Body, but depart into permanent and eternal Regions: And this has been the Belief of all Mankind, that the Souls are Immortal, as appears from the Gods whom the Heathens worshipped, which we cannot suppose them to have done, had they not believed them to be still existing in a future State. But we have a more sure Word of Prophecy than this, since Life and Immortality is now brought to Light through the Gospel. This is so plainly reveal'd to us in Scripture, that he who runs may read. I told them, that without Holiness no Man can see the Lord, Heb. 12. 14. And therefore that we may die in the Lord, it is necessary to keep a good Conscience, void of Offence towards God and Man, which if we do, then at the Hour of Death, a joyful Serenity ariseth in our Minds, from the Reflection upon the Innocency of our past Life, in Conformity to Christ Jesus, who was Meek and Lowly, Gentle and easy to be intreated; who was in a transcendant Manner possess'd of all those Virtues and Perfections, which adorn his Disciples and Followers, and render them Happy in Life and Death in Time, and to all Eternity. I shew'd them, that the Blessedness of those who die in the Lord, consists in the Souls being immediately after Death, and the Bodies, by their Re-union to the Souls at the Day of Judgment, being made perfectly bless'd in the immediate Vision and Enjoyment of Almighty God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost to all Eternity.

I inform'd them, how they were dedicated to God in Baptism, and what solemn Vows they had then made, to addict themselves wholly to the Service of God, but they having broken those Engagements in divers Respects, that it was Incumbent upon them, before they left this World, to renew themselves by Repentance, and devoutly to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, where Christ communicates his Love to the faithful Soul, and where assured Pledges of everlasting Life are given to us.

While these and many like Exhortations were given, all of them who attended behav'd very Gravely in Chapel, but did not show those outward Signs of Repentance, which ought to appear in Men, who were in their dangerous and deplorable Circumstances.

Adam Marsh< no role > never came to Chapel but once or twice, but lay, all the Time he was under Sentence, upon his Bed, wrap'd up in a Covering, hiding his Face, groaning and moaning in a most miserable Manner. Younger was also much afflicted with Sickness most of the Time, but constantly declar'd a deep Sense of his Sin and Guilt.

Upon Thursday the 18th of this Instant December , the Report of the above eight Malefactors, lying under Sentence of Death in Newgate, was made to his Majesty in Council; when Elizabeth Mills< no role > , of St. Helens , for stealing a silver Tankard, in the House of Robert Wyat< no role > , and his Property, October 31 . Mary Cox< no role > , of St. Martin's in Candle-week-Ward , for stealing a Gold Watch, value 14 l. a Gold Chain, value 6 l. a Seal, value 20 s. the Goods of Edward Yeats< no role > , November 15 . Peter Coffey< no role > , of St. Michael Bassishaw , for feloniously Forging and Counterfeiting an Indorsement on a Pro