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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<P>THE SPEECH OF Major John Harris AT The place of Execution, near St. Mary Axe, on <HI>Monday</HI> the Third of <HI>September,</HI> 1660.</P>
<P>With his Prayer immediatly before his Death; And his Confe&s;&s;ion touching his appear|ing on the Scaffold before <HI>White-Hall,</HI> at the mo&s;t horrid Murder of our late Gra|cious Soveraign Lord King Charles.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Nathaniel Bryan,</HI> 1660.</P>
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<HEAD>THE SPEECH OF Maj. John Harris, AT The place of Execution, on Monday the Third of September, near St Mary Axe: With his Con|fe&s;&s;ion, touching his appearing on the Scaffold at the horrid and mo&s;t de|te&s;table Murder of our late Gracious Soveraign, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>SInce the Exploit put upon the Ginny Mer-chant by Major John Harris; who counter|feiting
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the Hand and Seal of Cromwel the Ty|rant, pre&s;umed to demand &s;ome hundreds of pounds from them, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y a &s;pec<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ous pre<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ence of Authority &amp; Commi&s;&s;ion from the &s;aid Tyrant, which he ob|tained; And having &s;omething in Arrear, as he &s;aid, and falling into Poverty, Nece&s;&s;ity invited him to u&s;e his Wits once more, (which prov'd his la&s;t;) For, upon his going to one Mr. De Noy a Merchant, with a Guard of Souldiers, pretending the Lord Chan|cellors Warrant, he cau&s;ed the doors to be broke open, entred the hou&s;e, and carryed away about 12. pounds in money. From thence he went to Capt. Halls at Redriff, about 2 or 3 of the clock in the morning and in like manner entred his hou&s;e, carry|ing away a very con&s;iderable &s;um: Which being done, he gave the &s;ouldiers 30 &s;hillings to drink, and di&s;mi&s;&s;ed them, immediatly betaking him&s;elf to his hou&s;e at Lambeth Mar&s;h: But he was in few hours pur&s;u'd, and by a Warrant apprehended, and com|mitted to Newgate, where he remained till the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ions: At which being tryed, he was found guil|ty of Burglary, and received Sentence of Death to be executed near St. Mary Ax, not far from the place where the Merchant lived: Which accordingly on Monday the 3d in&s;tant, was put in execution, being carryed from Newgate, with his Coffin, in a Cart; But before we proceed to his Speech, we &s;hall only
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give a touch of his Confe&s;&s;ion; Which was, That he prote&s;ted again&s;t the having any hand in the late Kings Death, and that he was onely upon the Sca&s;|fold with a half pike, being commanded thither by &s;ome Commi&s;&s;ion-Officers, &amp;c. But the time of exe|cution drawing nigh, he was required to ha&s;ten; &amp; being come to the place where he was to breath his la&s;t he addre&s;&s;ed him&s;elf to the People (wringing his hands) as followeth:</P>
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<P>CHri&s;tian Friends, As my time in this world is very &s;hort, &s;o is the breath of my No&s;trils rea|dy to depart; I am exceeding faint and weak the Lord (in mercy) inable me to undergo this bitter Cup; the Dregs, I confe&s;s, I de&s;erve; but I hope God will forgive me my &s;ins, &s;ince I conceive it is very much his plea&s;ure to bring me to this place for the &s;ins that I have committed. It is the Lords af|fliction, ble&s;&s;ed be his Name. And though I de&s;ire, as I am carnal, that this Cup may depart from me, yet not my wil, but the Lords be done. Death brings unto the Godly an end of &s;inning, and of all mi&s;eries due unto &s;inne, &s;o that after death there &s;hall be no more &s;orrow, nor cry, or pain, for God &s;hall wipe a|way all tears from our eyes; by death our &s;oules &s;halbe delivered from thraldom, and this corruptible body &s;hall put on incorruption, and this mortal im|mortality. I be&s;eech you pray for me, and joyn with me in this my la&s;t prayer.</P>
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<HEAD>His Prayer a little before his Death.</HEAD>
<P>WElcome ble&s;&s;ed hour, welcome Death, the period of my Pilgrim<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ge, the term of my Bondage, the end of my Cares, the clo&s;e of my &s;ins, the bound of my Travels, the Gaol of my Race, and the Haven of my hopes; I have fought a long fight in much weakne&s;&s;e, I have fini&s;hed my cour&s;e though in great faintne&s;&s;e, and the Crown of my joy is, through the &s;trength of Divine Grace, I have kept the true Faith: And now what is my hope? my hope Lord Je&s;us is even in thee, for I know that thou my Redeemer live&s;t, and that thou wilt im|mediatly receive my Soul, and rai&s;e up my body al|&s;o at the la&s;t Day. And now, O Lord, let thy Spi|rit of Comfort help mine infirmities, and make &s;upplication for me with &s;ighs and groanes that cannot be expre&s;&s;ed; I &s;ubmit my &s;elf wholly to thy Will, I commit my Soul to thee as my faithfull Redeemer, who ha&s;t bought it with thy mo&s;t pre|cious blood. I confe&s;s, I know no name under hea|ven by which I may be &s;aved&punc; but thine my Je&s;u, my Saviour; I re<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ounce all confidence in any merits &s;ave thine. I thankfully acknowledge all thy ble&s;|&s;ings I unfainedly bewail all my &s;innes, I &s;todfa&s;tly believe all thy promi&s;es, I heartily forgive all my
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Enemies, I willingly leave all my Friends, and I en|tirely long for thy coming. Come Lord Je&s;us come quickly; Lord Je&s;us receive my Spirit.</P>
<P>Then pulling his Cap over his Eyes, he prayed again very fervently, putting up divers &s;hort E<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">acu|lations; As, Father into thy hands I commend my Spirit, for thou ha&s;t redeemed it; O God, thou God of Truth; Lord Je&s;us, receive my Soul; Sweet Sa|viour into thy hands I commit my Spirit; and &s;o he yielded to Death.</P>
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