THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c.

AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Rt. Hon . Daniel Lambert< no role > , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice Chapple, the Hon. Mr. Justice Reynolds; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the City of London; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London, and Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate, for the said City and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old-Bailey , on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 14th , 15th , and 16th, of May 1741 , in the 15th Year of his Majesty's Reign.

Five Men, viz. John Lupton< no role > , John Johnson< no role > , Francis Piggot< no role > , alias Horton< no role > , Thomas Ruby< no role > and Richard Baker< no role > , and one Woman, viz. Eliz. Bennet< no role > This name instance is in set 837. This set is in the group(s): MothersOBP . , were by the Jury convicted of Capital Crimes, and receiv'd Sentence of Death.

While under Sentence, they were instructed from these Words, " Then " said Jesus to his Disciples, if any " Man will come after me, let him " deny himself and take up his Cross " and follow me, St. MATH. 16, 24." From whence was observ'd to them, that tho' the most faithful Servants of the Lord, even the Patriarchs and Apostles, endur'd most unjust Reproaches and Persecutions in this World, yet were they made happy in the next, by patiently submitting and bearing their Sufferings. How much more, then ought they who have been most notoriously wicked here, to submit patiently to suffer the most