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<NAME>Jason Colman</NAME>
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A true Tran&s;lation of a Paper written in French, delivered by <HI>Margaret Martell</HI> to the &V;nder-Sheriff at the Time and Place of her Execution, at <HI>Suffolk-&s;treet</HI> end, <HI>July 16. 1697,</HI> for the barbarous Mur|ther of <HI>Elizabeth Pullen</HI> Wife of <HI>Paul Pullen,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR></P>
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<P>Publi&s;hed by Authority.</P>
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<P>ALmighty God, Eternal Father, in obedience to the ignominious Penalty which thou ha&s;t inflicted upon me, I mo&s;t willingly &s;ubmit to the Decree of my Death for the Puni&s;hment of my Crime; to the committing of which, in the Ju&s;tice of thy Judgments, thou did&s;t abandon me, for having as I believe abandon'd my Reli|gion, which I renounced &s;ome Years ago to profe&s;s another Religion, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n the Profe&s;&s;ion of which I have always been a bad Liver, as having no Obligation upon me to declare my &s;elf to any Per&s;on who could hinder me from following my irregular Inclinations.</P>
<P>O God of Goodne&s;s, cau&s;e me to feel the Effects of thy Mercy; and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">udg me not according to the Rigour of thy Divine Ju&s;tice, becau&s;e I cannot expect any thing from it but &s;evere and rigorous Puni&s;hments, by rea&s;on of the Greatne&s;s of my Crimes, which are mo&s;t enormous: Neverthele&s;s, hoping in thy infinite Goodne&s;s and Mercy, I take the Boldne&s;s to be&s;eech thee that thou woulde&s;t be plea&s;ed to grant me a &s;incere and real Repentance.</P>
<P>To this purpo&s;e I implore thee, by thy holy Name, and for the Sake of the Love which thou beare&s;t thy &s;elf; I implore thee al&s;o, O God, for the &s;ake of my Lord and Redeemer Je&s;us Chri&s;t, who redeemed me, by his Life and Sufferings, by all the opprobrious Injuries and Pains which he endur'd, by his Death, and by his Blood &s;pilt for me upon the Cro&s;s.</P>
<P>O Divine Je&s;us, be plea&s;ed to call to mind that thou ha&s;t a&s;&s;ured us, That thou did&s;t not come to &s;ave the Righteous, but Sinners; and that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hou do&s;t not de&s;ire the Death of a Sinner, but that he &s;hould turn <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rom his Wickedne&s;s, Turn me therefore from my Wickedne&s;s; O my mo&s;t adorable Saviour; I beg it of thee through the infinite Greatne&s;s of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hy Mercy, for it is by that alone by which I hope to obtain the Pardon <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nd Remi&s;&s;ion of all my Sins.</P>
<P>My God, I declare, before God and the World that I now dye in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aith, and in the Communion, of the Holy Roman Catholick and Apo|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tolick Church, and that I &s;tedfa&s;tly believe whatever &s;he believes and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eaches.</P>
<P>O holy Virgin, Mother of Grace and Mercy, pray for me, and defend me from the Malice of the Devils. Mo&s;t faithful Guardian Angel of my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oul, pre&s;erve me at this Moment, and for&s;ake me not till thou ha&s;t conducted me before the Throne of God. O my adorable Saviour Je&s;us Chri&s;t, put thy Cro&s;s, and the infinite Merit of thy Blood, between thy Judgments and my Soul. Save me, my God, for my De&s;tiny and my Salvation are in thy Hands. Into thy Hands, my God, I re&s;ign my Soul.</P>
<P><HI>Je&s;us, Maria; Je&s;us, Maria; Je&s;us, Maria; Je&s;us, Maria; Je&s;us.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>E. Mallet</HI> in <HI>Nevil</HI>'s<HI>-Court</HI> in <HI>Fetter-Lane,</HI> 1697.</P>
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