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Show ( 92 ) The 16th cion ; and on the 16ch of the faid Month, fent of the 7th your Madhal's Deputy who came wirh a Com-eMxeocnuthtitohne pany of Bloo d- rht.r fiy 'M en ( ftu ch as fitted ht.s done. rurn, and ferv'd his end) to rhe Prifon, and lhuning of rhe Door ( whereas rhe Executions of Jultice oughr ro be publick, bur fo it was not wirh yours, nor for rhe fpace of Two Years and a Half before were any of your Executions fo done to thofe People) he caufed rhe right Ear of the faid Cbri{lopher Holder, John Copeland, and John Roufo, to be cut off, as aforefaid ; which being done, rhe faid Servants of the Lord faid,---7hey that do Executions of Pnnifhments, as toWhipping,ancl lofs of Limb,€5~· . done in Private, contrary to the Law of E11[!,lanJ, and of Gocl, which orders them that are truly fo (that is, Punifhment'>) to be otherwife, that all may hear and fear; and which is like to J uftice, which feeks no Corners. And the Bifhops cut olf the Ears of W. Prynne, Henry Bur ron and Dr. Bafrwick, in the Palare-1ard at ~Ve}trninfter, and upon a Scaffold, before the People, though it was done by Order of the Star-Cl,amber. it ~e;no_rant~·, 'J!e de(ire the Lord, from our Hearts, to Jmgzve them ; but fo~· them th~t clo it M.1licioujly, Let our Blood be on their Hearls : And juch JhaO knolV, in the Day of Account, that every one of thej'e Dr~ps of our Blood Jhall be as heavy upon them as a Mtl(fone--·And your Marfbal ( wirh rhofe thar c~me with him) flunk away, as a Dog chat is dtfcovered (!]eking rhe Blood of a Lamb; who alfo was fo Cowardly, and the Senfe of Guilt fo upon him, that when the Execution began on Chrijlopher Holder ( who was the firfi whofe E~r was cur ) he nuned from it, till John Roufe fa1d,---Nay, Ttan qbo~:~t, and fie it done ; as was I his Order. au,ren•e southick, The fame Day rhat thefe were rhe Jalt time C.J.fftndra, In? before you, La·wrence Soutbick, Ca.Dcmdra his :fofiab, Wtfe, and Jojiah their Son, were had before you aJfo, whom ye ~houghr co have proceeded with ( 9J ) wirh, as with the Ochers, viz,. the rwo Men (for with the Woman you did by Crud \Vhip ... ping, according ro your Law) bur your Law was thon, as ro thern; which was for everyone that came into yoNr Jurijditihn the {econd time, fuch plould have their right Ear cut ('if ( ye cannor give a Member to any, and yer can in rour Wills Dellroy ; for ye did ir Wickedly ) and you will find it fad cutting off Ears, and dealing thus Cruelly as you have by rhe Innocenr, whofe Cry the Lord hath heard, and the Cry of their Blood and Sufferings, and he is near ro Avenge it: But for thofe rhat were of the ]Llrifdietion, the Law provid(d nor: So they efcaped the Lofs of chat 1\tlember, but nor yom other Cruelty ; for you fiill kept them in the Haufe of CorreCtion, norwirhfianding they were clear of your L1w, and had fuffered wrongfuliy what they had fuffered before upon Accounr of your Jail Law ; which was,----That every fuch Perfon and Perfor;s (fuch as ye call f:!.!!.akers) arifing .ar:'ong you: folves, and profef!ing an1 of their ~ermclom Ways, ,by Speaking, Writing, and by mretzng on tbe Lord J Day, or at any other time ( an extre~m ~unifhmenr, for a Man co Dye for M_eetmg Wltb ~he ~eople of the Lord, to ;v,;it upon Hzm; yer r~11s,, m the. Confequence, is rour Law, for r.hts Charaetenzerh him ro be fuch a one as ye call ~ ·~u~ker; and, being a 0!4kert ~-e ~u.ll be W h1pp J, and rhen Depart rbe JunfdtetiOn; and, 1f n:mrn, Suffer as in £he Cafe of Strangers, viz. be put to Death. See whether the Ea_nh ev,er had the like, fince the Sun t]10ne u.pon tr. Ic s too long ro Inculcate every Parncul~ r, rhe Reader may, in his own Underfiandmg? and .rhe Lord God of Heaven and Earth Wlll do 1[ upon your Confciences, re mo.ft |
