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Show ( 74) gopeil And as to, with '1llhat Spirit they dyed, that the:/ ~~t- flrew" d litt!e. enough ~f the Spirit of Martyrdom. I w,ou-ld tpnt fain khow wherein; and befr.:ech the Reader to Jtea(l, nat only their Examinations ~nd S'o.~e~he sat their Death/ bur alfo their Papers, m Relauon ~o their s~!ffer/ngs, efpecially their Epi(tles? &c. tn the Appendix co rhe Firfr Parr_ of rhe Book afo~·e~ f.aid (where are· n~ore than m the former Edtt ) and compare them with the Speeches and Letters of the Martyn, in rhe Book of Martyrs, Vol. ~II. ~It·~~ and 'alfo in rhe Book' of The Letters of tbl! Sa~nts and M~rtrrs of God; and" fee whether they dp n~t t!J£'ltt. favour of the Spirit of M"artyrdom, ~nd Holy Re[%natzon in rhe cafe, fome of whofe dymg 'JVords I fha~l fer down,viz.. fuch a·s could 'be heard for the prom~ and rhe rarher,becaufe fame of them,efpec1~lly of rhe fir(! Tu;o. are not' in t~e formt:r T:eatife, as ~bdt <Ull. Utobinfon on the Ladder, Th1t th:.r t~ey fuf· bp'ittg fered not rl<f Evil-doers, but ru thofe 1vhg teftijicdand 11Joa05J. manifefled the Truth; .faying, This i4 th~ Day of -+C.tll .fi'om. your Vifitation f, wherem the Lord kath . v ijited you. .De~t/J to Thi.t is the Day the Lord is arifen in ht4 rmghty Power, Life. ~· to be a·veno;ed of all his Adve,Jaries ; and' thel'efore Pearfon s o . l l ·. h h · th - ' F_§lation, dejired them to n:mc. t 'Je L.r.g t t at . ~as m 1 ern, p. 4· and the Light of Cbrij!, of whtch ha te(fified, .. anr~ ~as E. nur .. now goin.~ to feal it 11fith his Bl8od (at W~1tC!1 Pnefi .J)ul .. lr .w- Wilj(m reviled ) and· as they covered h1s Face ~~Jfa~~e with his Neckcloth, he f~i~; Now ye abe made Grea~ Per· manif~ft : And ' as c_he Execunoner w.as a. om w fee~tnon turn him off, he fatd; I fujfer for Cb~t(f, m ·mho1h altd M.tr- I lived and for whom 1 dye. ~· Sttll~tt{On be,- . tyrdom,&c ing o~ the Ladder, {aid w the People, Be .tt know1J umo all this Day, Yhat 1ve Jaffer not as Evlltlo~ rs, but for Confci-ence-.{ake :_ And as rhe Execurioner was going w rurn htm off, h~ fpoke the~ words) This dar fha!J 1ve be at re(f wttb the Lori. a~ W"at when Sentence of Death was pa!Ted .V'-(• c- ' on r'qn l1er, ·faid, The WiU of the Lortl be do·ne: An~ rhc ~arlbal being commanded ro rake her away, ~he fatd, Yea, and _joyfully I go. And in rhe way ~o rhe Prifon, ofcen ufed fuch fpeeches, wirh Praife.s to the Lord for the fame; and bid the Mar~~ 1, let her alone, for Jhe fhould go to Prifon without btm ; T believe you, Mr~. Dyar, faid he, but l muft r/o 'Jvhat I am commanded. And as fhe went co the place of Exec~tion, fhe 'faid, It i5 the greatcft Joy anJ Ho~r I can enjo; in thir Wor/fl; wjrh thefe Words, No F.ye can fee, no E,ar cqn hea,r, no jlmgue ca11 /peak, no Heart can underf!and, the pPeet Incomes 9"~ Refrejhings of the Spirit of the Lord ~hic'h I nu'J!I enJoy. And at rbe time of Execurion, to fome .rhat faid, {f fhe would return, fhe might con~e dewn ~ml Jave her L!fe, fhe anfwered, Nay, l cannot, for m Obulimce to the Will of the Lord God I came, and in his Will I abide F(&itbful to the Death. And ro Capt. We~, whq faid, She had beeH there before, and harl th,e Senter;ce of Bc;nifhment on p11in (If Death, tnul had broke,'Z the Lall', in co'l7}tn(]' a(]'aiu noJV a~ • l" • · ¢ 0 ' 7ve!/. as formerly, and ther~(ore j!Je was guilty of her 011m Rloo~ ;_ co which fhe fdid, Nay, I came to keep Bloo1 gut!tmefs from you, defiring, you to Repeal the !J.nn;;hteorts anrl Un.fu(l Lmv of Baniflnmm upon pai?? of Death, made againft the Inn ocent Ser7Jants o{ thfl ~01-t!, therefore my Blood 1JJilt be requirerl at· your !'fands who ?vitfutly do it ; but for thofe that do it m the Simpli~ity o( th~ir Heart{, I do defire the Lord tofor~i'Fle {hf~r I em~~~ tv clo the Will of m_y Father, tl11tl tn q7er.ltence to h~ U'dl [ flqnd; even to tbf( JJ_earh. And ro Prieil: 1/ftl[o?<J, bjdding her Re~ pwr, ~c. fhe faiq, lfaJ', Man, I am not now to Repent. Beinf:! asked, Whethrr J1Je 1vould have tb~ Elders to pr:ay for her ? She faid, I kno'lJJ never a'J f.lder k~re. They a~k~q, Whether flu! wo~ld havr ': 11 ')' oj the People to pray for her? She faid, S~e de .• j1.rerl the Pr?J)'ers of a!L the tJeople of God. Some f<:of- N n 1 · fingly ·, |