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<p n="2">THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of the Two Malefactors, who were Executed at Tyburn, on <rs type="date" id="OA17240203_date2">Monday the 3d of February, 1723</rs>
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<p n="3">AT the KING'S Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, &c. held at Justice-Hall in the <rs type="placeName" id="OA17240203_geo1">Old-Bailey</rs>
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, before the <rs type="persName" id="OA17240203_n3-1">Right Honourable Sir Peter Delme</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="OA17240203_occ1">Knt</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="OA17240203_occ2">Lord Mayor</rs>
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, Mr. <rs type="occupation" id="OA17240203_occ3">Justice</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="OA17240203_n3-2">Fortescue Aland</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="OA17240203_n3-3">John Raby</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="OA17240203_occ4">Esq</rs>
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; <rs type="occupation" id="OA17240203_occ5">Deputy-Recorder</rs>
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, and several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, (which Commission was opened on <rs type="date" id="OA17240203_date3">Friday the 17th of January last</rs>
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) five Men were found Guilty of Capital Offences, and received Sentence of Death accordingly.</p>
<p n="4">While these unhappy Persons (viz. <rs type="persName" id="OA17240203_n4-1">Stephen Gardiner</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="OA17240203_n4-2">Joseph Hyde</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="OA17240203_n4-3">John Allen</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="OA17240203_n4-5">John Bonner</rs>
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, and <rs type="persName" id="OA17240203_n4-4">Thomas Johnson</rs>
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,) lay under Condemnation, they labour'd both Day and Night, by their Devotions to attone for their Offences; especially Gardiner, and Allen, when they had dropt all Expectations of Life, finding themselves included in the Warrant for Execution. They carefully perused the Sermons in the Book of Homilies which relate to Repentance, and to Fasting. And the Tuesday preceeding their Deaths, they all resolved to abstain from eating and drinking to humble themselves before God, and to punish their Bodies; which accordingly they did. As the Day of their Deaths approach'd, they shorten'd the Nights, and spent the greatest Part of 'em in reading, and hearing the Homilies read to 'em. Yet the nearer the Time drew, the less concern'd they appear'd; and they were very willing to compensate for their Crimes with their Blood, and to leave this troublesome World, for a better Hope.</p>
<p n="5">On <rs type="date" id="OA17240203_date4">Sunday the 2d of this Instant February</rs>
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, I endeavour'd to instruct them from the following Words.</p>
<p n="6">As Righteousness tendeth to Life; so he that pursueth Evil, pursueth it to his own Death. Prov. 11. Ver. 19.</p>
<p n="7">FIRST, Was consider'd from the Words, the Quiet and Serenity that is lodged in Righteousness; where is no Dread of being seiz'd and drag'd to Justice and an untimely Death; no suspicion of all Men as of Enemies; no Distempers, occasion'd by Debauchery, Riot and Excess; no dangerous</p>
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