and Night, I am going where there fhall be O Night, neither need of a Candle, nor of the Sun, for the Lord will give us Light, yea, the Lord will be our everlasting Light, and our God will be our Glory.

And welcome every Thing that gives Notice the Hour is at Hand, welcome the Cock that crows, welcome sweet Death, my good Friend, that will bring me fo near Eternity. O bleffed be God, bleffed be his Name; Oh this Chrift is a bleffed Chrift! he answereth all Things, and within few Hours we fhall be crown'd with Glo ry and Victory; bleffed be our Lord Jefus that hath given us the Victory over Sin and Death. Welcome Mr. Loman, my Keeper, welcome Angels, that will within a few Hours take the Of fice, and guard me into Eternity.

At Midnight he pray'd very fervently, and the common Prifoners heard him, and feem'd very forrowful by their Expreffions, faying, Sir, the Lord be with you; O that our Souls might go where your Soul goes.

About the Morning, fpeaking to Mrs. Cooke, faid, Lamb do not difhonour my laft Weddingday by any Trouble for me: For if all my Judges did but know what Glory I fhall be in before twelve a-clock, they would defire to be with

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And let the Executioner make what hafte he can, I fhall be before-hand with him; for before he can fay, here is the Head of a Traitor, I fhall be in Heaven. Come Lord Jefm, come quickly, my Soul longeth for thee, and I wait to hear thy Voice, Jaying, come up hither, and immediately I fhall be in the Spirit, and then fhall I for ever be with the Lord. And at Midnight there was a Cry heard, the Bridegroom cometh, and they that were ready went in

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unto the Marriage; This Day I fhall enter into the Foy of my Lord.

Come, Brother Peters, let us knock at Heaven Gates this Morning, God will open the Doors of Eternity to us before twelve a-clock, and let us into that innumerable Company of Saints and Angels, and to the Souls of juft Men made perfect, and then we shall never part more, but be with the Lord for ever and ever, finging Praises, finging Praises to our Lord and everlafting King to all Eternity: He said further, O what a good Mafter have I ferv'd, that stands by me now, and fupports me with his everlafting Arm he bears me up; then faid, Come away my beloved, make hafte, and be thou like unto a young Roe, or a young Hart upon the Mountains of Spices. Behold I come Lord Jefus, I come full Sail to thee, I come upon the Wing of Faith, Lord Jefus receive me; and going to lie down upon his Bed, he said, It is no more to go to die to morrow than it is to go to fleep to night. I blefs the Lord I am free from Trouble, and my poor Heart is as full of fpiritual Comfort as ever it can hold, and this Joy can no Man take from me.

The Doors of the Prifon being open'd in the Morning, he spent that little Time he had left in Prayer and heavenly Difcourfe with Friends that came to vifit him, preparing himself for his Suffering, with fuch a Chearfulness, as was an Aftonifhment to the Spectators.

Then speaking to his Wife, faid, Farewel my dear Lamb, I am now going to the Souls under the Altar, that cry, How long, O Lord, Holy and True, doft thou not judge and avenge our Blood on them that dwell on Earth? and when I am gone, my Blood will cry and do them more Hurt than if I had liv'd. But I am now going to Eternity, bleffed be God, be not troubled for me,

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but rejoice, because I go to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. And after fome Time spent in Prayer, he defir'd his Wife not to with-hold him by an Unwillingness to part with him now, when God call'd for him, to be offer'd up as a Sacrifice for his Name and Caufe.

After a little Paufe, fhe freely gave him up to the Lord; to which he replied, Now all the Work is done, and faid, I refign thee up to Jefus Chrift, to be thy Husband, to whom alfo I am going to be married in Glory this Day.

His Wife fhedding Tears, he faid, Why weepeft thou? let them weep who part and fhall never meet again; but I am confident we fhall have a glorious Meeting in Heaven; here our Comforts have been mixt with Chequer-work of Troubles, but in Heaven all Tears fhall be wip'd from our Eyes.

He ask'd feveral times if the Sheriff was not come, faying, why ftay the Wheels of his Chariot? why do they drive fo heavily ? I am ready, bleffed be God, I have nothing to do but to die.

Word being brought that the Sheriff was come, he makes hafte to be gone, and his Wife stepping after him, took him by the Arm; whereupon he faid, O do not hinder me from going to Jefus Chrift!

And then with a chearful Countenance, taking leave of his Friends, he went to the Sledge that carried him, whereon was alfo carried the Head of Major General Thomas Harrison, with the Face bare towards him; and notwithstanding that dif mal Sight, he paffed rejoicingly thro' the Streets, as one borne up by that Spirit, which Man could not caft down. Being come to the Place of Execution, when he was taken out of the Sledge, he faid, This is the eafieft Chariot that ever I rid in in all my Life.

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Being come upon the Ladder, and the Rope put about his Neck, he rejoiced, faying, Bleed be the Name of God, that I am bound for the fake of Chrift.

Then he addrefs'd himself to God in Prayer. Having ended his Prayer, he made the following Speech:

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HE most glorious Sight that ever was feen in the World was our Lord Jefus Chrift up on the Cross; and the moft glorious Sight next to that, is to fee any poor Creature fuffer for him in his Cause.

I defire to speak a few Words briefly, to let you understand what a glorious Work the Lord hath been pleas'd to accomplish upon my Spirit. I blefs the Lord, I have ranfack'd into every Cor ner of my Heart, and I have searched into all my Sins, actual and original, fecret and open, known and unknown, fo far as the Lord hath discover'd them to me; and I have confeffed them all with a penitential bleeding Heart, and contrite Spirit; bleffed be his Name, he hath been pleas'd to come in abundant manner, and hath been pleas'd to fhew me that the only Remedy is the Blood of Chrift; and I have, bleffed be the Lord, applied that precious Blood to my poor Soul, and have laid hold upon a Chrift, by a true and lively Faith; and there is a fweet Calm and Serenity in my Soul and Confcience, bleffed be thy Name. I defire to glorify God, and to give him the Glory of all, and to take Shame unto myself for any Sins that I have ever committed, that I know to be Sin; and therefore, I defire to rejoice in the God of my Salvation; as Ifa. 61. 10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my Soul fhall be joyful in my God, for he hath cloathed me with the Garment of Sal

vation; he hath cover'd me with the Robe of Righteouf nefs, as a Bridegroom decketh himself with Ornaments : And as a Bride adorneth herself with Jewels, even fo the Lord delighteth in me. And as the Earth bringeth forth her Buds, and as the Garden caufeth the things that are fown in it to Spring forth, fo the Lord will caufe Righteoufnefs and Praife to Spring forth before

all Nations.

And Ifaiah 43.9, 10. Te are my Witnesses, faith the Lord, I do defire to bear a Teftimony unto God, and to Jefus Chrift, for Juftice and Truth, and Righteousness and Holiness.

The Lord knows I have no Malice upon my Heart against any Man or Woman living upon the Face of the Earth; neither against Jury that found me guilty, nor Court that paffed Sentence; I defire freely to forgive every one from the Bottom of my Heart. And as concerning this great Difpenfation, you may (it may be) defire to hear fomething of it. Truly, I fay, As to the King's Majefty, I have not any hard Thoughts concerning him: My Prayer fhall be for him that his Throne may be upheld by Truth, and by Mercy; for by Mercy, as Prov. 23. the Throne is upheld. But I muft needs fay, that poor we have been bought and fold by our Brethren, as Jofeph was.

Brother hath betray'd Brother to Death; and that Scripture is in a great Measure fulfill'd, Mat. 10. 21. The Father against the Son, and the Son against the Father; and Brother shall deliver up Brother to Death. I defire for my own Part to kifs the Rod; and I do defire (if it may please the King's Majefty) that no more Blood may be fhed after mine: It may be the Lord will put it into his own Breast.

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