The penitent recognition of Joseph's brethren a sermon occasion'd by Elizabeth Ridgeway, who for the petit treason of poysoning her husband, was, on March 24, 1683/4, according to the sentence of the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Street ... burnt at Leicester ... : to which is prefixed a full relation of the womans fact, tryal, carriage, and death / by John Newton ...
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             The penitent recognition of Joseph's brethren a sermon occasion'd by Elizabeth Ridgeway, who for the petit treason of poysoning her husband, was, on March 24, 1683/4, according to the sentence of the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Street ... burnt at Leicester ... : to which is prefixed a full relation of the womans fact, tryal, carriage, and death / by John Newton ...
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           Ridgeway, Elizabeth, d. 1684.
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           The
           Penitent
           Recognition
           of
           Joseph's
           Brethren
           :
           A
           SERMON
           Occasion'd
           by
           Elizabeth
           Ridgeway
           .
        
         
           Who
           for
           the
           Petit
           Treason
           of
           POYSONING
           HER
           HUSBAND
           ,
           Was
           ,
           on
           March
           24.
           1683
           
           /
           4.
           according
           to
           the
           
             Sentence
             of
             the
             Right
             Honourable
          
           Sir
           Thomas
           Street
           ,
           one
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Judges
           of
           Assize
           for
           the
           Midland
           Circuit
           ,
           
             Burnt
             at
             Leicester
          
           :
           When
           and
           where
           were
           also
           Executed
           
             William
             Tannesly
          
           and
           
             Edward
             Orton
          
           ,
           for
           Burglary
           ;
           Sons
           of
           one
           Woman
           .
        
         
           
             To
             which
             is
             prefixed
          
           a
           full
           Relation
           of
           the
           Womans
           Fact
           ,
           Tryal
           ,
           Carriage
           ,
           and
           Death
           .
        
         
           By
           John
           Newton
           ,
           
             A.M.
             Sometime
          
           Fellow
           of
           Clare-Hall
           ,
           Cambridge
           ,
           
             and
             now
          
           Vicar
           of
           St.
           Martins
           ,
           Leicester
           .
        
         
           Ornari
           res
           ipsa
           negat
           ,
           contenta
           doceri
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswel
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           
             Crown
             in
             St.
          
           Paul
           's
           Church-yard
           .
           1684.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           ANDREW
           FREEMAN
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           MAYOR
           of
           the
           Burrough
           of
           LEICESTER
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Should
               fearce
               have
               appeared
               an
               Author
               of
               
                 such
                 an
                 Express
                 from
              
               Leicester
               ,
               as
               I
               now
               send
               abroad
               in
               a
               stile
               too
               near
               of
               kin
               to
               that
               of
               
                 the
                 Monthly
                 News
                 from
                 the
                 Old-Baily
                 ,
              
               had
               not
               the
               
                 Earnest
                 Request
                 of
                 Your
                 Worthy
                 Self
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               many
               
                 other
                 Good
                 Men
              
               ,
               oblig'd
               me
               thereto
               .
            
             
               The
               Subject
               ,
               however
               remarkable
               ,
               goes
               low
               ;
               nor
               can
               the
               streams
               ,
               by
               so
               mean
               an
               Artist
               as
               my self
               ,
               be
               raised
               above
               the
               Fountain
               Head.
               But
               if
               any
               shall
               draw
               benefit
               therefrom
               ,
               it
               will
               ease
               me
               of
               all
               regret
               ,
               as
               having
               exposed
               my
               obscure
               Name
               ,
               in
               the
               observance
               of
               Your
               Commands
               ,
               
                 by
                 whom
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 Your
                 Second
                 Mayoralty
                 ,
                 under
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 we
                 enjoy
                 great
                 Quietness
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 whose
                 Providence
                 ,
                 very
                 worthy
                 Deeds
                 are
                 done
                 unto
                 
                 our
                 Corporation
                 .
              
               To
               which
               ,
               both
               in
               its
               Head
               and
               Members
               ,
               (
               as
               for
               
                 above
                 Twenty
                 Years
                 already
                 past
              
               ,
               I
               have
               been
               highly
               Obliged
               )
               I
               shall
               study
               always
               to
               approve
               my self
            
             
               
                 A
                 very
                 Faithful
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 whilst
                 J.
                 NEWTON
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           TRUE
           RELATION
           OF
           THE
           FACT
           ,
           TRIAL
           ,
           CARRIAGE
           and
           DEATH
           OF
           Elizabeth
           Ridgeway
           .
        
         
           ELizabeth
           ,
           the
           late
           
             Wife
             of
             the
             late
             Thomas
             Ridgeway
             ,
          
           was
           born
           at
           Ibstock
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Leicester
           ,
           and
           there
           educated
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           ordinary
           Duties
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           concern
           a
           Woman
           in
           her
           station
           .
           Being
           arrived
           at
           Maturity
           ,
           she
           was
           ,
           at
           the
           instigation
           ,
           and
           through
           the
           practices
           of
           a
           pragmatical
           
             Fellow
             servant
          
           ,
           utterly
           against
           her
           Father's
           declared
           Will
           
             (
             He
             forbidding
             the
             Banns
          
           )
           married
           to
           the
           above-named
           
             Thomas
             Ridgeway
             of
             Ibstock
             ,
             Tailor
             .
          
           They
           were
           married
           (
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           )
           on
           
             Friday
             ,
             Febr.
          
           1.
           1683
           
           /
           4.
           
           Thenceforward
           they
           lived
           together
           in
           all
           seeming
           mutual
           Love
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           
           jarr
           ,
           until
           the
           
             Sunday
             three
             weeks
             after
          
           .
           On
           that
           
             Sunday
             morning
          
           Tho.
           Ridgeway
           went
           to
           Church
           ,
           and
           his
           Wife
           staid
           at
           home
           to
           prepare
           Dinner
           .
           At
           his
           
             coming
             home
          
           she
           gave
           him
           a
           
             Dish
             of
             Broth
          
           ;
           of
           which
           he
           ate
           the
           greater
           quantity
           ,
           but
           left
           part
           ;
           there
           being
           seen
           in
           it
           
             something
             like
             to
             Gritt
             or
             Lime
             .
          
           In
           less
           than
           half
           an
           hour
           he
           was
           taken
           with
           a
           
             violent
             vomiting
             and
             purging
          
           ,
           and
           held
           therewith
           'till
           
             past
             midnight
          
           ;
           when
           in
           great
           torment
           he
           died
           ,
           not
           suspecting
           
             (
             as
             is
             said
          
           )
           any
           thing
           of
           Poyson
           .
        
         
           A
           day
           or
           two
           after
           he
           had
           been
           buried
           ,
           an
           Apprentice
           of
           his
           ,
           about
           Sixteen
           years
           of
           Age
           ,
           declared
           to
           his
           Masters
           Relations
           ,
           that
           ,
           he
           
             feared
             his
             Master
             was
             poyson'd
          
           ,
           because
           of
           that
           
             stuff
             ,
             that
             was
             seen
             in
             the
             bottom
             of
             his
             dish
             ,
          
           which
           his
           Wife
           took
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           convey'd
           away
           .
           This
           Information
           being
           taken
           by
           a
           
             Justice
             of
             Peace
          
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           great
           Judgment
           and
           Prudence
           ,
           an
           Inquest
           was
           ordered
           by
           him
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           the
           Coroner
           :
           Upon
           whose
           Inquest
           the
           Wife
           was
           found
           
             Guilty
             of
             Poysoning
             her
             Husband
          
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           
             Coroner's
             Mittimus
          
           sent
           to
           the
           Gaol
           at
           Leicester
           .
        
         
           On
           
             Friday
             ,
             March
          
           14.
           
           She
           was
           by
           the
           
             Grand
             Jury
          
           put
           upon
           her
           Trial
           before
           my
           
             Lord
             Judge
             Street
          
           .
           Upon
           her
           Arraignment
           she
           pleaded
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
           ,
           and
           put
           her self
           upon
           her
           Countrey
           for
           her
           Trial.
           Upon
           a
           Full
           Hearing
           ,
           she
           was
           at
           first
           by
           
             Eight
             thought
             Guilty
          
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           Debate
           
             found
             Guilty
             by
             the
             whole
             Twelve
             ,
          
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Verdict
           
             Sentence
             past
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Proof
           depending
           principally
           upon
           the
           Testimony
           of
           a
           
             Youth
             of
             Sixteen
             years
             old
          
           ,
           and
           she
           all
           along
           
           protesting
           her
           Innocency
           ,
           some
           tender
           People
           were
           willing
           to
           hope
           favourably
           of
           her
           ;
           whereupon
           some
           Applications
           were
           made
           on
           
             Saturday
             morning
          
           for
           some
           Respite
           ,
           or
           a
           Reprieve
           .
           But
           his
           Lordship
           having
           by
           his
           great
           Sagacity
           clearly
           discerned
           ,
           how
           well
           his
           Sentence
           was
           grounded
           ,
           and
           how
           necessary
           it
           was
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           executed
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           signal
           
             Wisdom
             and
             Justice
          
           ,
           rejected
           all
           such
           Addresses
           ,
           leaving
           her
           to
           the
           
             Mercy
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Care
             of
             her
             Friends
          
           ;
           and
           particularly
           recommending
           of
           her
           to
           
             my
             poor
             Advice
             and
             Prayers
          
           .
        
         
           Not
           to
           stand
           to
           give
           you
           any
           account
           of
           the
           Prayers
           preferred
           to
           God
           by
           my self
           and
           others
           ,
           publickly
           and
           privately
           ,
           for
           and
           with
           her
           ,
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           relate
           the
           
             Occurrences
             of
             each
             day
          
           ,
           from
           her
           Condemnation
           ,
           to
           her
           Execution
           .
        
         
           On
           
             Friday
             night
          
           she
           only
           asserted
           her
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           begg'd
           ,
           that
           Application
           might
           be
           made
           for
           her
           Reprieve
           .
        
         
           On
           
             Saturday
             evening
          
           I
           ,
           visiting
           of
           her
           ,
           enquir'd
           of
           her
           Guilt
           ,
           but
           she
           asserted
           her
           Innocence
           .
           I
           desired
           her
           thereupon
           to
           recollect
           ,
           whether
           she
           had
           not
           committed
           
             some
             other
             heinous
             Offence
             of
             the
             like
             or
             some
             other
             nature
             ,
          
           for
           which
           God
           might
           be
           provoked
           to
           suffer
           such
           a
           grievous
           unusual
           Calamity
           to
           befall
           her
           .
           At
           that
           she
           sighed
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Ay
             ,
             There
             it
             is
             ,
             There
             's
             the
             cause
             of
             my
             Woe
          
           ;
           or
           words
           of
           the
           like
           Import
           :
           And
           so
           upon
           fair
           Inducements
           ,
           she
           proceeded
           to
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           she
           feared
           she
           was
           too
           far
           concerned
           in
           the
           
             Death
             of
             another
             Man
          
           :
           which
           (
           as
           she
           then
           freely
           related
           )
           came
           to
           pass
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
         
           Having
           left
           her
           Father's
           House
           ,
           and
           betaken
           her self
           to
           a
           Service
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           her
           Master
           being
           often
           from
           home
           ,
           several
           young
           Men
           frequented
           the
           House
           ,
           with
           whom
           she
           was
           wont
           to
           discourse
           of
           Love
           and
           Marriage
           ;
           professing
           often
           more
           Love
           to
           any
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           than
           was
           at
           any
           one
           time
           meet
           to
           pretend
           to
           
             any
             more
             than
             one
          
           .
           One
           above
           the
           rest
           she
           for
           several
           Months
           entertain'd
           ,
           not
           only
           with
           fair
           
             expressions
             of
             Affection
          
           ,
           but
           also
           with
           
             promises
             of
             Marriage
          
           .
           After
           all
           ,
           on
           a
           sudden
           ,
           she
           
             utterly
             rejects
             him
          
           ,
           without
           any
           just
           cause
           assign'd
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           ,
           he
           on
           the
           Friday
           falls
           into
           a
           
             violent
             Distemper
          
           ,
           whereof
           (
           after
           he
           had
           sent
           importunate
           Entreaties
           for
           a
           Visit
           from
           her
           ,
           which
           she
           
             utterly
             deny'd
          
           )
           the
           next
           Week
           he
           dies
           .
           Now
           ,
           although
           there
           was
           then
           nothing
           of
           
             foul
             Practice
          
           suspected
           ,
           yet
           ,
           upon
           recollection
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           remembred
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           in
           his
           
             last
             illness
             ,
             fared
             very
             strangely
             .
          
           That
           upon
           his
           sudden
           Fall
           his
           blood
           setled
           (
           as
           they
           apprehended
           )
           and
           turned
           black
           ,
           he
           burned
           intolerably
           ,
           all
           ease
           of
           Nature
           was
           utterly
           obstructed
           ,
           his
           Stomach
           was
           violently
           gnawed
           :
           But
           ,
           above
           all
           ,
           he
           all
           along
           complained
           of
           the
           
             last
             draught
             of
             Beer
             he
             drank
          
           (
           after
           his
           coming
           from
           out
           of
           the
           Field
           )
           in
           his
           Masters
           house
           ;
           where
           ,
           
             that
             day
          
           ,
           (
           as
           
             his
             Wife
          
           a
           little
           before
           her
           death
           affirmed
           )
           
             Thomas
             Ridgeway
             aforesaid
             was
             at
             work
             :
          
           And
           here
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           it
           is
           something
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           she
           should
           
             so
             early
             observe
          
           ,
           and
           
             so
             lately
             remember
          
           ,
           that
           her
           Husband
           wrought
           
             the
             same
             day
             in
             the
             same
             house
             ,
          
           wherein
           the
           other
           Person
           fell
           so
           suddenly
           and
           so
           violently
           into
           a
           mortal
           Disease
           .
        
         
           She
           further
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           just
           before
           her
           Husband
           
             breathed
             his
             last
          
           ,
           he
           ,
           in
           horror
           ,
           cry'd
           out
           ,
           
             That
             God's
             hand
             was
             just
             upon
             him
             ,
             for
             the
             wrong
             he
             had
             done
             to
             
             that
             person
             so
             deceased
             ;
             for
             as
             much
             as
             having
             had
             time
             afforded
             him
             to
             repent
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             neglected
             to
             improve
             it
             ,
             and
             now
             being
             just
             dying
             he
             could
             not
             repent
             .
          
           I
           asked
           her
           what
           the
           wrong
           was
           :
           She
           answered
           that
           she
           had
           no
           time
           to
           enquire
           of
           him
           particularly
           
             what
             it
             was
          
           .
           I
           asked
           her
           whether
           she
           had
           not
           at
           any
           time
           heard
           
             Tho.
             Ridgeway
             threaten
             the
             Person
             deceased
             ?
          
           She
           answered
           no
           ;
           nor
           was
           she
           at
           all
           privy
           to
           any
           violence
           practised
           or
           intended
           :
           Yet
           she
           said
           that
           she
           feared
           
             Thomas
             Ridgeway
          
           had
           played
           
             some
             foul
             play
          
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           
             her self
             was
             to
             blame
          
           ;
           and
           that
           she
           had
           been
           often
           
             haunted
             ,
             both
             making
             and
             sleeping
             ,
             with
             frightful
             apprehensions
             of
             the
             appearing
             of
             the
             deceased
             Person
             to
             her
             .
          
           All
           this
           while
           I
           could
           draw
           no
           more
           from
           her
           ,
           touching
           any
           murderous
           design
           or
           attempt
           ,
           than
           that
           she
           suspected
           her
           
             false
             and
             cruel
             carriage
          
           towards
           him
           ,
           might
           occasion
           his
           Sickness
           and
           death
           .
        
         
           I
           then
           inquired
           of
           her
           ,
           
             Who
             the
             deceased
             Person
             was
          
           ?
           She
           refused
           to
           tell
           me
           either
           his
           Name
           or
           
             Place
             of
             Living
          
           ,
           or
           
             Time
             of
             Dying
          
           ;
           and
           all
           ,
           lest
           the
           noise
           of
           such
           a
           discovery
           ,
           should
           revive
           much
           grief
           to
           his
           Relations
           ;
           which
           I
           told
           her
           might
           easily
           be
           prevented
           .
           At
           last
           she
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           
             his
             Mother
             lived
             at
             a
             Neighbouring
             Town
             called
          
           Norton
           :
           I
           gave
           her
           my
           sence
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           left
           her
           .
        
         
           On
           Sunday
           ,
           as
           she
           came
           from
           Church
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           I
           examined
           her
           again
           strictly
           and
           seriously
           ;
           but
           she
           advanced
           
             not
             one
             step
          
           .
           Within
           two
           hours
           ,
           after
           she
           had
           denyed
           all
           knowledg
           of
           any
           evil
           will
           of
           
             Thomas
             Ridgeway
          
           against
           the
           
             Person
             deceas'd
          
           ,
           a
           Brother
           and
           a
           Sister
           of
           hers
           came
           to
           my
           House
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           she
           freely
           
             confessed
             to
             them
          
           ,
           that
           
             Thomas
             Ridgeway
          
           had
           long
           and
           often
           threatned
           the
           Person
           deceased
           with
           
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           
             Cutting
             of
             him
             off
          
           :
           That
           for
           a
           time
           she
           endeavoured
           to
           disswade
           him
           ;
           but
           at
           last
           permitted
           him
           by
           saying
           these
           words
           ,
           
             [
             Do
             what
             you
             will
             with
             him
             .
             ]
          
           I
           inquired
           the
           
             Name
             of
             the
             Person
          
           :
           They
           said
           ,
           they
           knew
           it
           not
           :
           I
           told
           'em
           ,
           
             His
             Mother
             liv'd
             at
          
           Norton
           :
           They
           answered
           ,
           it
           must
           certainly
           be
           one
           
             John
             King
          
           who
           had
           liv'd
           in
           their
           Town
           ,
           and
           died
           about
           
             Midsummer
             last
          
           .
           Whereupon
           I
           apprehended
           that
           her
           Brother
           and
           Sister
           became
           very
           suspicious
           of
           some
           heinous
           guilt
           of
           them
           both
           :
           I
           mean
           both
           of
           
             her
             Husband
             and
             her self
          
           .
        
         
           
             At
             night
          
           ,
           I
           questioning
           of
           her
           of
           what
           hath
           past
           ,
           received
           this
           short
           and
           reserved
           answer
           :
           
             I
             suppose
             my
             Brother
             hath
             told
             you
             all
             .
          
           I
           asked
           her
           what
           she
           said
           to
           
             Thomas
             Ridgeway
          
           ,
           when
           he
           first
           came
           to
           her
           with
           professions
           of
           Love
           ,
           
             after
             the
             death
             of
          
           John
           King.
           She
           said
           ,
           she
           used
           these
           words
           :
           
             So
             ,
             have
             you
             not
             now
             made
             good
             your
             threatning
             words
             against
          
           John
           King
           ?
           I
           here
           set
           my self
           to
           display
           and
           aggravate
           the
           black
           crimes
           of
           
             Thomas
             Ridgeway
          
           and
           her self
           .
           She
           answered
           me
           after
           this
           canting
           manner
           ,
           
             Truly
             I
             dare
             not
             judge
             my
             Husband
             for
             any
             thing
             further
             than
             for
             some
             rash
             and
             harsh
             words
             ;
             nor
             my self
             ,
             for
             intending
             any
             hurt
             by
             speaking
             the
             forementioned
             words
             of
             consent
             .
          
        
         
           Hereupon
           I
           left
           her
           ,
           not
           without
           astonishment
           ,
           that
           she
           should
           go
           so
           far
           towards
           the
           Confession
           of
           a
           
             bloody
             Fact
          
           ,
           the
           guilt
           whereof
           I
           could
           render
           her
           no
           further
           sensible
           of
           .
        
         
           On
           
             Monday
             morning
          
           ,
           having
           considered
           what
           a
           reserved
           ,
           stupid
           ,
           uncertain
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           
             false
             Creature
          
           I
           had
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           I
           set
           down
           in
           writing
           the
           most
           material
           passages
           ,
           which
           she
           with
           
             her
             own
             mouth
          
           had
           related
           to
           me
           ;
           and
           those
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           divers
           grave
           Persons
           ,
           
           I
           distinctly
           
             read
             ,
             and
             questioned
             her
             upon
             .
          
           She
           could
           not
           deny
           any
           word
           that
           I
           charged
           her
           withal
           .
           The
           Fact
           all
           along
           she
           acknowledged
           ,
           but
           still
           ,
           as
           before
           ,
           the
           Guilt
           she
           denyed
           .
        
         
           On
           
             Tuesday
             ,
             Wednesday
          
           and
           Thursday
           ,
           she
           persisted
           much
           in
           the
           same
           posture
           .
        
         
           On
           Friday
           ,
           a
           Neighbour
           of
           hers
           charged
           her
           home
           with
           
             buying
             two
             penniworth
             of
          
           white
           Arsenick
           
             on
             the
          
           Saturday
           
             sevennight
             after
             She
             was
             married
             ,
             at
          
           Ashby-de-la-Zouch
           .
           After
           a
           while
           she
           
             acknowledged
             it
          
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           assign
           any
           use
           she
           made
           of
           it
           .
           The
           Person
           acquainting
           me
           with
           this
           ,
           I
           
             that
             Evening
          
           went
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           applyed
           my self
           very
           severely
           to
           her
           for
           
             denying
             so
             long
             her
             buying
             any
             Poyson
          
           ;
           and
           concluded
           she
           had
           
             given
             it
             to
             her
             Husband
          
           .
           She
           would
           not
           
             expresly
             confess
             the
             buying
             of
             the
             Poyson
             ,
          
           or
           that
           she
           had
           
             before
             confessed
             it
             to
             her
             Neighbour
          
           ;
           nor
           yet
           ,
           upon
           my
           charging
           of
           her
           so
           peremptorily
           ,
           did
           she
           
             deny
             either
             buying
             or
             such
             using
             of
             the
             Poyson
             .
          
        
         
           I
           thereupon
           took
           leave
           of
           her
           ,
           with
           a
           purpose
           to
           
             see
             her
             no
             more
          
           ,
           until
           finding
           her self
           in
           a
           better
           mind
           ,
           she
           should
           send
           for
           me
           :
           And
           so
           I
           
             told
             her
          
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           obstinacy
           and
           reservedness
           amazed
           me
           ,
           and
           put
           me
           upon
           guessing
           at
           the
           
             cause
             thereof
          
           ;
           which
           I
           could
           not
           determine
           to
           be
           mere
           
             Blindness
             and
             Senselesness
          
           ,
           because
           she
           otherways
           appeared
           sufficiently
           Apprehensive
           and
           Knowing
           .
           I
           was
           not
           willing
           to
           impute
           her
           shyness
           to
           an
           
             utter
             aversion
             to
             my
             Cloth
             and
             way
          
           ;
           because
           she
           had
           declared
           her self
           indifferently
           inclined
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           
             Private
             Meetings
          
           .
           Sometimes
           I
           thought
           her
           silence
           proceeded
           from
           an
           unwillingness
           to
           imprint
           the
           mark
           of
           her
           Infamy
           upon
           her
           the
           deeper
           by
           her
           
             own
             Confession
          
           ,
           whether
           she
           believed
           she
           was
           to
           
           Die
           ,
           or
           whether
           she
           hoped
           for
           any
           fruit
           of
           the
           endeavours
           of
           some
           for
           a
           Reprieve
           .
           She
           did
           indeed
           declare
           a
           tenderness
           she
           had
           for
           the
           
             Credit
             of
             a
             Party
          
           ,
           amongst
           whom
           she
           had
           been
           bred
           and
           convers'd
           :
           But
           I
           endeavoured
           to
           assure
           her
           ,
           that
           the
           Reputation
           of
           any
           Party
           was
           much
           better
           provided
           for
           by
           the
           
             humble
             Confession
          
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           
             obstinate
             denyal
          
           of
           any
           Criminal
           Member
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           argued
           an
           intolerable
           Pride
           in
           her
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           the
           Credit
           of
           any
           Party
           depended
           upon
           any
           
             such
             obscure
             and
             vile
             wretch
             as
             her self
             .
          
           But
           if
           ,
           after
           all
           ,
           there
           were
           any
           Person
           ,
           or
           Persons
           ,
           that
           
             advised
             her
             to
             any
             concealment
             of
             the
             Guilt
             of
             her self
             or
             any
             other
             ,
          
           so
           derogatory
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           
             Publick
             Justice
          
           ,
           and
           so
           pernicious
           to
           
             her
             Soul
          
           ;
           let
           such
           
             (
             if
             any
             there
             be
          
           )
           repent
           effectually
           in
           time
           ,
           lest
           ,
           at
           the
           last
           Judgment
           ,
           they
           find
           more
           Blood
           to
           answer
           for
           ,
           than
           yet
           they
           think
           of
           .
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           Story
           .
        
         
           On
           Saturday
           ,
           to
           a
           very
           
             considerable
             Person
          
           ,
           she
           began
           to
           acknowledge
           
             some
             concern
             she
             had
             had
             in
             the
             Death
             of
             her
             Husband
          
           ;
           and
           she
           desired
           him
           to
           acquaint
           me
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           very
           sorry
           she
           had
           
             dealt
             so
             unfaithfully
             with
             me
          
           ;
           and
           to
           intreat
           me
           I
           would
           make
           her
           
             another
             visit
          
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           discover
           the
           
             whole
             Truth
          
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           came
           to
           her
           ,
           she
           told
           me
           that
           she
           had
           indeed
           
             bought
             Poyson
             at
          
           a
           
             Shop
             in
          
           Ashby
           ,
           
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             one
             Widow
          
           Brooks
           ,
           who
           wrapt
           it
           up
           ,
           (
           and
           who
           hath
           this
           ▪
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           answer
           for
           ,
           that
           she
           
             appeared
             not
             to
             give
             Evidence
             for
             God
             and
             the
             King
             against
             the
             Criminal
             .
          
           )
           She
           added
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           not
           made
           
             any
             use
             of
             the
             said
             Poyson
             ,
          
           but
           that
           it
           then
           yet
           lay
           upon
           a
           Bed
           in
           her
           Fathers
           House
           .
           She
           further
           added
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           man
           ,
           who
           ,
           both
           before
           and
           after
           her
           Marriage
           ,
           did
           sollicit
           her
           very
           much
           for
           her
           Love
           ;
           and
           who
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           
           to
           his
           ends
           ,
           came
           on
           Sunday
           in
           Church-time
           to
           her
           house
           ;
           and
           having
           put
           
             some
             poyson
             into
             a
             dish
          
           ,
           slipt
           away
           ;
           that
           she
           
             wittingly
             ,
             at
             her
             Husbands
             return
             home
             ,
             put
             Broth
             to
             the
             Poyson
             ,
             and
             gave
             it
             to
             her
             Husband
             to
             his
             destruction
             :
          
           That
           she
           had
           seen
           the
           face
           of
           this
           man
           that
           day
           in
           the
           next
           Room
           to
           her
           ;
           that
           I
           should
           
             see
             him
             at
             her
             Execution
          
           ,
           for
           his
           Countenance
           would
           bewray
           his
           Guilt
           :
           That
           he
           had
           lived
           at
           Ibstock
           ,
           and
           now
           lives
           with
           a
           Gentleman
           at
           Hinckly
           .
           His
           Name
           she
           would
           by
           no
           means
           declare
           ,
           as
           being
           
             under
             a
             Vow
             or
             Oath
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           I
           discovered
           to
           her
           the
           
             wickedness
             of
             such
             an
             Oath
          
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           could
           no
           ways
           bind
           her
           to
           such
           an
           
             Hellish
             Concealment
          
           .
           When
           I
           had
           said
           all
           I
           could
           ,
           I
           was
           constrained
           to
           leave
           her
           ,
           without
           any
           further
           satisfaction
           touching
           
             this
             pretended
             Person
          
           .
        
         
           On
           Sunday
           ,
           she
           ,
           with
           the
           
             other
             Condemned
             Persons
          
           was
           again
           brought
           to
           Church
           Morning
           and
           Evening
           :
           After
           
             Evening
             Sermon
          
           ,
           she
           declared
           to
           a
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           that
           whereas
           before
           she
           was
           resolved
           ,
           that
           
             all
             the
             world
             should
             not
             have
             perswaded
             her
             to
             confess
             the
             very
             truth
          
           ;
           She
           ,
           upon
           hearing
           the
           Sermon
           (
           the
           substance
           whereof
           is
           hereto
           annexed
           )
           declared
           an
           inviolable
           purpose
           to
           be
           
             free
             and
             sincere
             in
             her
             Confession
             to
             me
             .
          
           I
           went
           up
           to
           her
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           yet
           found
           her
           not
           so
           forward
           to
           such
           Confession
           :
           
             Soon
             after
          
           ,
           her
           Father
           and
           the
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           who
           had
           heard
           her
           make
           the
           Promise
           ,
           went
           up
           to
           
             challenge
             her
             therewith
          
           .
           She
           ,
           
             laughing
             in
             their
             Faces
          
           ,
           told
           them
           ,
           that
           
             All
             she
             had
             said
             touching
             the
             man
             of
          
           Hinckly
           ,
           
             was
             a
             mere
             fiction
          
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           was
           
             no
             such
             man
             in
             being
          
           ;
           but
           that
           she
           
             her self
             alone
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             confederacy
             or
             privity
             of
             any
             other
             creature
             ,
             had
             poysoned
             her
             Husband
             .
          
           Nor
           did
           she
           express
           any
           desire
           of
           seeing
           me
           that
           Night
           ,
           as
           I
           could
           then
           hear
           .
        
         
         
           I
           began
           to
           suspect
           she
           was
           distracted
           ,
           and
           so
           went
           home
           :
           And
           I
           should
           have
           continued
           under
           
             that
             suspicion
          
           ,
           but
           that
           at
           her
           request
           sent
           first
           by
           her
           Brother
           and
           afterwards
           by
           her
           Father
           ,
           I
           coming
           to
           her
           
             some
             hours
             before
             Execution
          
           ,
           found
           her
           in
           a
           temper
           that
           spoke
           
             no
             such
             disorder
             of
             mind
          
           :
           For
           she
           then
           in
           contemplation
           of
           approaching
           Death
           and
           Judgment
           ,
           did
           
             with
             many
             tears
             confirm
             her
             last
             Confession
             .
          
           She
           
             further
             told
             us
          
           ,
           that
           
             three
             years
             before
             ,
             upon
             some
             discontent
             ,
             she
             had
             bought
             other
             poyson
             with
             a
             purpose
             to
             make
             away
             her self
             :
          
           which
           happening
           
             about
             the
             time
             of
             her
             mothers
             death
             ,
          
           occasions
           some
           surmises
           touching
           the
           same
           ;
           as
           also
           some
           whispers
           of
           the
           death
           of
           
             another
             young
             man
             ,
             and
             two
             little
             Children
             .
          
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           
             last
             Poyson
          
           ,
           she
           said
           she
           bought
           it
           for
           her self
           being
           frustrated
           of
           her
           
             expectations
             in
             her
             marriage
          
           :
           For
           she
           could
           not
           
             love
             her
             Husband
             as
             she
             ought
          
           ;
           and
           took
           further
           prejudice
           against
           him
           ,
           because
           of
           
             a
             debt
             of
             twenty
             pounds
          
           ,
           which
           his
           Sister
           demanded
           of
           him
           soon
           after
           his
           marriage
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           he
           had
           pretended
           to
           be
           worth
           .
           But
           ,
           
             above
             a
             week
             before
             her
             Husbands
             death
             ,
             she
             converted
             her
             despair
             into
             revenge
             ,
          
           and
           so
           took
           the
           first
           opportunity
           for
           
             sending
             of
             him
             out
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           This
           she
           
             constantly
             asserted
             with
             seeming
             remorse
             and
             sorrow
             until
             her
             very
             death
          
           ;
           which
           she
           underwent
           without
           much
           apparent
           consternation
           ,
           and
           yet
           with
           much
           seeming
           contrition
           .
        
         
           ☞
           And
           
             this
             last
             declaration
             she
             did
             earnestly
             intreat
             me
             to
             make
             known
             as
             the
             real
             Truth
             ,
          
           for
           the
           preventing
           all
           
             false
             reports
          
           that
           might
           be
           further
           raised
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           
             rectifying
             of
             all
             mistakes
          
           ,
           which
           by
           means
           of
           her self
           or
           others
           ,
           had
           been
           already
           spread
           abroad
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           real
           
             importunity
             of
             divers
             of
             my
             worthy
             Friends
             ,
          
           
           had
           not
           after
           a
           sort
           inforced
           the
           Publication
           of
           this
           confused
           tedious
           story
           ,
           the
           very
           
             request
             of
             the
             dying
             Criminal
          
           ,
           being
           so
           well
           grounded
           ,
           might
           have
           induced
           me
           thereto
           ;
           especially
           when
           thereby
           I
           do
           but
           consult
           
             my
             own
             ease
          
           :
           For
           now
           I
           can
           refer
           many
           to
           this
           Print
           ,
           who
           would
           otherwise
           be
           exacting
           frequent
           relations
           of
           the
           matter
           of
           me
           by
           word
           or
           writing
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           that
           to
           some
           
             inconsiderate
             Persons
          
           ,
           the
           Story
           may
           appear
           less
           agreeable
           for
           the
           
             Lamentable
             Form
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Matter
           of
           it
           ;
           it
           containing
           divers
           uncertainties
           ,
           and
           
             contradictions
             about
             horrid
             Poysoning
          
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           through
           the
           use
           of
           ordinary
           discretion
           ,
           
             out
             of
             such
             malignant
             Poyson
             much
             soveraign
             Medicine
             may
             be
             compounded
             :
          
           To
           give
           you
           a
           
             few
             Instances
             amongst
             many
          
           ,
           that
           your
           own
           Reason
           may
           collect
           :
           —
           Hence
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           His
           
             Majesties
             Justice
             is
             vindicated
             from
             the
             imputation
             of
             Partiality
             ,
          
           which
           some
           have
           wickedly
           endeavoured
           to
           fix
           thereupon
           ,
           by
           suggesting
           that
           the
           woman
           was
           dealt
           the
           more
           harshly
           with
           ,
           for
           her
           
             supposed
             private
             Opinion
             or
             Inclination
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           Virtue
           and
           Goodness
           be
           not
           always
           the
           Results
           of
           a
           
             careful
             Education
          
           ,
           how
           may
           we
           dread
           the
           wickedness
           of
           our
           Children
           ,
           that
           may
           ensue
           upon
           our
           
             utter
             neglect
          
           ,
           or
           
             evil
             example
          
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Parents
           ,
           who
           are
           openly
           repayed
           in
           the
           
             disobedience
             of
             a
             Child
          
           ,
           should
           do
           well
           ,
           humbly
           to
           reflect
           upon
           the
           provocation
           they
           may
           have
           given
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           encouragement
           they
           have
           occasioned
           to
           their
           Child
           ,
           by
           any
           visible
           opposition
           they
           have
           made
           to
           the
           
             Sovereign
             Father
             of
             their
             Country
          
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           manifest
           disregard
           they
           have
           any
           ways
           shewed
           to
           their
           
             Spiritual
             Mother
             the
             Church
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           the
           
             Sentiments
             of
             Religion
             formed
             in
             Youth
             be
             
             once
             subdued
             or
             suppressed
             ,
          
           no
           wonder
           if
           the
           
             blackest
             of
             wickednesses
          
           draw
           on
           one
           another
           :
           Such
           as
           
             Disobedience
             to
             Parents
             ,
             Dissimulation
             with
             all
             men
             ,
             Treachery
             and
             Cruelty
             to
             Neighbours
             and
             Lovers
             ,
             Bloody
             and
             Treasonous
             Practices
             against
             Parents
             and
             Husbands
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           An
           Hypocrite
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           stick
           at
           the
           
             Commission
             of
             the
             blackest
             crimes
             ,
             at
             the
             check
             of
             Conscience
             ,
          
           will
           sometimes
           refuse
           to
           
             acknowledge
             the
             same
             for
             the
             Credit
             of
             a
             Party
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           
             The
             words
             of
             condemned
             Criminals
             are
             not
             to
             be
             rashly
             believed
             ,
          
           especially
           ,
           
             where
             Concealment
             is
             founded
             upon
             a
             mistaken
             religious
             consideration
             :
          
           And
           this
           may
           reach
           beyond
           the
           present
           Subject
           to
           many
           ,
           that
           have
           suffered
           condign
           punishment
           for
           their
           Treasons
           for
           
             these
             five
             years
             last
             past
          
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           There
           want
           not
           
             some
             Persons
             of
             all
             perswasions
          
           ,
           who
           perfectly
           
             abhor
             ,
             and
             heartily
             endeavour
             the
             discovery
             of
             all
             wickedness
             in
             their
             own
             Adherents
             and
             Relations
             .
          
        
         
           8.
           
           All
           
             young
             People
             are
             warned
          
           ,
        
         
           Against
           all
           
             forsaking
             their
             Parents
             and
             Guides
             of
             their
             Youth
             ,
          
           and
           
             leaning
             to
             their
             own
             understanding
          
           ,
           and
           
             gratifying
             their
             own
             sensual
             and
             vain
             Inclination
             ,
          
           especially
           in
           affairs
           of
           Marriage
           .
        
         
           Against
           all
           wicked
           
             affectation
             of
             first
             Captivating
          
           ,
           and
           then
           
             Rejecting
             the
             Affections
             of
             others
          
           .
        
         
           Against
           all
           making
           of
           
             rash
             and
             unwarrantable
             Promises
             of
             Marriage
             ,
          
           as
           without
           Leave
           ,
           so
           without
           Love.
           
        
         
           Against
           all
           
             unjust
             breaking
             of
             such
             Promises
          
           when
           they
           are
           once
           made
           ,
           and
           may
           in
           time
           be
           lawfully
           performed
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Some
           Persons
           are
           
             prodigiously
             hardened
             through
             the
             deceitfulness
             of
             Sin.
          
           Their
           iniquity
           becomes
           an
           unsearchable
           mystery
           to
           themselves
           and
           others
           .
           Their
           Heart
           becomes
           
             deceitful
             above
             measure
             ,
             and
             desperately
             wicked
             ;
             who
             can
             know
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           Some
           
             further
             useful
             remarks
          
           apposite
           to
           the
           present
           〈…〉
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           UPON
           THE
           PENITENT
           RECOGNITION
           OF
           JOSEPH'S
           BRETHREN
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 GEN.
                 xlii
                 .
                 21.
              
               
            
             
               And
               they
               said
               one
               to
               another
               ,
               We
               are
               verily
               guilty
               concerning
               our
               Brother
               ,
               in
               that
               we
               saw
               the
               anguish
               of
               his
               Soul
               ,
               when
               he
               besought
               us
               ,
               and
               we
               would
               not
               hear
               .
               Therefore
               is
               this
               distress
               come
               upon
               us
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           JOseph's
           Brethren
           having
           conceived
           an
           inveterate
           Envy
           and
           Hatred
           against
           him
           ,
           as
           they
           saw
           him
           drawing
           near
           to
           them
           upon
           a
           kind
           Visit
           ,
           conspired
           his
           death
           :
           but
           ,
           upon
           the
           mediation
           of
           
             Ju
             〈…〉
          
           〈…〉
           him
           to
           the
           
             〈…〉
             maelites
          
           .
           
           By
           them
           he
           is
           sold
           to
           
             Potiph
             〈…〉
             ●gypt
          
           ;
           where
           ,
           after
           various
           Rencounters
           ,
           he
           is
           〈…〉
           ed
           to
           great
           Power
           ,
           and
           in
           special
           to
           the
           Trust
           and
           Disposal
           of
           the
           
             Stores
             of
             Corn
             in
             a
             time
             of
             great
             Dearth
             .
          
           His
           Brethren
           ,
           afrer
           many
           years
           ,
           being
           compelled
           by
           Famine
           ,
           go
           down
           into
           Egypt
           to
           buy
           Corn
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           brought
           before
           their
           Brother
           Joseph
           ;
           who
           forthwith
           knew
           them
           ,
           but
           for
           a
           season
           remained
           unknown
           to
           them
           .
           He
           pretends
           to
           suspect
           'em
           for
           Spies
           ,
           questions
           'em
           touching
           their
           Family
           and
           Relations
           ,
           requires
           'em
           to
           fetch
           their
           little
           Brother
           Benjamin
           for
           their
           Purgation
           ;
           and
           orders
           first
           
             all
             of
             'em
             but
             one
          
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           
             one
             out
             of
             'em
             all
          
           to
           remain
           in
           Prison
           by
           way
           of
           Pledge
           or
           Hostage
           ,
           until
           they
           should
           have
           brought
           little
           Benjamin
           into
           his
           presence
           .
           They
           ,
           being
           reduced
           to
           such
           a
           
             grievous
             strait
          
           ,
           begin
           to
           make
           
             sad
             reflections
          
           upon
           what
           might
           provoke
           God
           to
           cast
           them
           into
           such
           woful
           distress
           .
           They
           are
           not
           long
           to
           seek
           ,
           nor
           do
           they
           at
           all
           differ
           about
           the
           Cause
           .
           It
           must
           needs
           be
           
             their
             harsh
             and
             cruel
             usage
             of
             their
             Brother
             ,
          
           the
           resentment
           whereof
           they
           seem
           unanimously
           to
           acknowledge
           in
           the
           
             words
             of
             my
             Text
          
           —
           where
           they
           
             said
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             We
             are
             verily
             guilty
             concerning
             our
             Brother
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           words
           speak
           
             
               1.
               
               Their
               
                 Guilt
                 concerning
                 their
                 Brother
              
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Their
               
                 Deportment
                 under
                 it
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           I.
           Of
           
             their
             Guilt
          
           .
        
         
           Take
           a
           Particular
           of
           this
           in
           Chap.
           37.
           there
           you
           have
           the
           
             Rise
             and
             Progress
             of
             it
          
           .
        
         
           It
           commenced
           in
           
             Envy
             and
             evil
             will
          
           ,
           ver
           .
           11.
           so
           long
           
           as
           men
           enjoy
           the
           love
           and
           favour
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           and
           Relations
           ,
           so
           long
           they
           remain
           secure
           of
           their
           welfare
           and
           lives
           ,
           for
           ought
           that
           can
           or
           will
           be
           design'd
           against
           'em
           :
           but
           where
           either
           love
           never
           take
           root
           ,
           or
           where
           it
           came
           afterwards
           to
           be
           
             perverted
             to
             malice
             and
             rancour
          
           ,
           well
           might
           some
           bitter
           Fruit
           be
           expected
           from
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           It
           strait
           advanced
           to
           a
           
             Bloody
             Conspiracy
          
           ,
           ver
           .
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           Two
           of
           these
           Brethren
           ,
           Simeon
           and
           Levi
           ,
           had
           once
           before
           in
           another
           sad
           instance
           given
           a
           
             Specimen
             of
             their
             malice
          
           ,
           Chap.
           34.
           when
           they
           plotted
           and
           practised
           against
           the
           Sechemites
           for
           the
           Rape
           on
           their
           Sister
           Dinah
           .
           The
           memory
           whereof
           ,
           both
           in
           its
           cause
           and
           effects
           ,
           their
           Father
           
             Jacob
             cursed
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             described
             ,
             Chap.
          
           49.7
           .
           
             Cursed
             
               (
               saith
               he
            
             )
             be
             their
             Anger
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             fierce
             ;
             and
             their
             Wrath
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             cruel
             .
          
           —
           Where
           the
           spirits
           of
           men
           are
           gall'd
           and
           canker'd
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           
             contriving
             revenge
          
           upon
           persons
           ,
           whether
           publick
           or
           private
           ,
           as
           the
           occasion
           is
           given
           'em
           ,
           or
           rather
           taken
           by
           them
           ,
           where
           we
           may
           seasonably
           take
           warning
           to
           
             watch
             over
             our
             spirits
          
           ,
           that
           lust
           within
           us
           to
           envy
           ,
           and
           boil
           within
           us
           to
           revenge
           ,
           that
           we
           
             nip
             malice
             in
             the
             very
             bud
             ,
          
           and
           prevent
           it
           of
           all
           its
           dismal
           Effects
           .
        
         
           Having
           conspired
           against
           the
           
             life
             of
             their
             Brother
          
           ,
           they
           broach
           their
           venom
           ,
           by
           
             beginning
             with
             his
             Coat
             ,
             his
             Coat
             of
             many
             colours
             .
          
           —
           That
           badge
           of
           his
           Fathers
           special
           affection
           ,
           and
           one
           occasion
           of
           their
           malice
           to
           him
           —
           That
           
             Ensign
             of
             special
             honour
          
           ;
           And
           who
           ,
           that
           robs
           a
           man
           of
           his
           honour
           ,
           will
           stick
           at
           his
           life
           ?
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           garment
           and
           instrument
           of
           
             warmth
             ,
             health
          
           and
           life
           .
           And
           it
           is
           a
           shrewd
           sign
           of
           an
           evil
           design
           against
           the
           latter
           ,
           when
           men
           seize
           upon
           the
           former
           .
           
           Where
           let
           
             all
             here
          
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           tempted
           ,
           or
           shall
           hereafter
           fall
           into
           temptation
           to
           Oppression
           or
           Rapine
           ,
           to
           Filching
           or
           Stealing
           ,
           but
           especially
           to
           Robbery
           and
           Burglary
           ,
           let
           all
           such
           for
           Contrition
           ,
           or
           Warning
           ,
           seriously
           and
           sadly
           consider
           the
           
             evil
             of
             such
             Practices
          
           .
           Such
           Practices
           are
           
             wicked
             in
             themselves
          
           ,
           as
           being
           manifest
           
             violations
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             Righteousness
             and
             Justice
          
           both
           Humane
           and
           Divine
           .
           Such
           Practices
           are
           too
           evident
           Indications
           of
           hearts
           void
           of
           all
           
             love
             to
             mankind
             ,
             and
             tenderness
             of
             humane
             life
             :
          
           For
           how
           can
           a
           man
           be
           supposed
           to
           value
           that
           life
           ,
           the
           means
           and
           support
           whereof
           he
           violently
           and
           falsly
           bereaves
           the
           owner
           of
           ?
           Such
           Practices
           full
           oft
           do
           necessarily
           engage
           to
           Murder
           and
           Bloodshed
           .
           For
           it
           frequently
           so
           falls
           out
           ,
           that
           ,
           unless
           the
           Thief
           add
           
             Murder
             to
             his
             Robbery
             or
             Burglary
             ,
          
           he
           may
           be
           like
           or
           certain
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           power
           ,
           custody
           and
           prosecution
           of
           the
           persons
           assaulted
           or
           attempted
           :
           And
           then
           must
           the
           Knife
           or
           Dagger
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Robber
           ,
           be
           sheathed
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           him
           that
           innocently
           defends
           himself
           ;
           as
           certainly
           as
           he
           that
           
             draws
             his
             Sword
             upon
             his
             Sovereign
             ,
          
           must
           of
           necessity
           
             throw
             away
             the
             Scabbard
          
           .
           Now
           haply
           this
           digression
           may
           be
           of
           some
           influence
           upon
           the
           minds
           of
           some
           ,
           yet
           
             less
             harden'd
             Robbers
          
           and
           Rebels
           ;
           who
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           not
           so
           much
           scruple
           the
           Robbery
           or
           
             Rebellion
             for
             their
             own
             sakes
          
           ,
           may
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           be
           deterr'd
           therefrom
           ,
           by
           the
           dread
           of
           Murder
           and
           Bloodshed
           :
           For
           ,
           doubtless
           ,
           Thousands
           would
           never
           have
           begun
           with
           
             plundering
             their
             Countrey-men
          
           ,
           or
           
             resisting
             their
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           foreseen
           ,
           or
           forefeared
           ,
           that
           their
           unadvised
           Enterprizes
           would
           have
           
             terminated
             in
             the
             blood
             of
             one
             and
             the
             other
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           
             Cruelty
             of
          
           Joseph
           
             's
             Brethren
          
           .
           They
           malign
           him
           ,
           they
           conspire
           against
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           the
           taking
           that
           away
           ,
           they
           
             cast
             him
             a
             languishing
             ,
             trembling
             Prisoner
             ,
             into
             a
             deep
             Pit
             ,
          
           Chap.
           37.24
           .
           Imprisonment
           of
           it self
           is
           severe
           ,
           and
           yet
           severer
           ,
           when
           the
           Prison
           is
           a
           
             Pit
             so
             like
             a
             Grave
          
           :
           And
           ,
           then
           most
           dreadful
           ,
           
             when
             a
             Grave
             is
             known
             not
             to
             be
             far
             off
             .
          
           Debtors
           and
           Malefactors
           may
           be
           cast
           into
           Prison
           without
           such
           terrible
           apprehensions
           as
           
             innocent
             Persons
          
           ,
           especially
           Sovereigns
           (
           as
           the
           
             late
             Royal
             Martyr
             too
             truly
             observed
             in
             relation
             to
             his
             own
             Confinement
             .
          
           )
           Debtors
           are
           only
           detained
           until
           
             payment
             made
          
           ,
           and
           Malefactors
           are
           to
           be
           secured
           in
           life
           until
           the
           Gaol-delivery
           ,
           when
           possibly
           the
           last
           day
           may
           prove
           such
           to
           them
           :
           But
           such
           as
           with
           Joseph
           are
           altogether
           unjustly
           and
           causelesly
           sequestred
           from
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           can
           scarce
           imagine
           any
           other
           end
           of
           their
           Gaolers
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           only
           
             reserve
             'em
             for
             a
             speedy
             ,
             violent
             death
             .
          
           Under
           the
           horrible
           apprehensions
           of
           such
           a
           Period
           had
           
           Joseph's
           Brethren
           in
           their
           Cruelty
           put
           him
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           when
           by
           the
           
             melting
             Rhetorick
             of
             their
             Brother
          
           Judah
           ,
           they
           were
           restrain'd
           from
           his
           
             actual
             Murder
          
           ,
           yet
           so
           far
           did
           they
           persevere
           in
           their
           unnatural
           
             thirst
             of
             Revenge
          
           ,
           as
           to
           sell
           him
           for
           a
           
             wretched
             Bond-slave
          
           (
           a
           Condition
           worse
           than
           that
           of
           the
           dead
           )
           to
           the
           
             cruel
             and
             curst
          
           Ishmaelites
           ,
           Chap.
           37.26
           ,
           27
           ,
           28.
           
           I
           call
           the
           
             Ishmaelites
             cruel
             and
             curst
          
           ,
           as
           not
           degenerating
           (
           't
           is
           like
           )
           from
           that
           hopeful
           Father
           of
           theirs
           ,
           
             whose
             hand
             was
             against
             every
             man
             ,
             and
             against
             whom
             was
             every
             man's
             hand
             ,
          
           Gen.
           16.12
           .
           Now
           in
           this
           barbarous
           Caravan
           of
           Ishmaelites
           ,
           might
           they
           behold
           their
           little
           tender
           Brother
           begin
           to
           look
           in
           anguish
           back
           upon
           them
           his
           inhumane
           Hucksters
           .
           Now
           might
           they
           behold
           
           him
           to
           take
           unwilling
           weary
           steps
           towards
           he
           knew
           not
           where
           ,
           nor
           what
           .
           If
           he
           prov'd
           unwilling
           to
           march
           ,
           they
           might
           haply
           see
           him
           
             dragg'd
             along
             forcibly
             at
             a
             Horses
             tail
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           by
           the
           Buyers
           thought
           unable
           ,
           all
           the
           favour
           he
           was
           like
           to
           gain
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           rudely
           
             packt
             upon
             a
             Camel's
             back
          
           .
           Well
           ,
           by
           this
           time
           he
           's
           
             out
             of
             their
             sight
          
           :
           But
           he
           and
           his
           distress
           will
           not
           be
           always
           
             out
             of
             their
             mind
          
           ,
           as
           will
           appear
           by
           the
           Sequel
           ,
           as
           we
           now
           proceed
           to
           speak
           .
        
         
           II.
           Of
           the
           
             Deportment
             of
             these
             cruel
             men
             under
             their
             Guilt
             .
          
        
         
           Where
           it
           is
           remarkable
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               That
               they
               
                 call
                 it
                 to
                 mind
              
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               they
               
                 confess
                 it
              
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               they
               
                 aggravate
                 it
              
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               they
               
                 take
                 the
                 present
                 distress
                 as
                 the
                 punishment
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           
             call
             their
             Guilt
             to
             mind
          
           .
        
         
           The
           apprehension
           of
           their
           Guilt
           ,
           recovers
           a
           real
           existence
           in
           their
           Souls
           .
        
         
           Can
           we
           imagine
           ,
           that
           such
           an
           unnatural
           course
           as
           this
           should
           be
           taken
           against
           
             an
             innocent
             Brother
          
           ?
           That
           they
           should
           first
           
             conspire
             his
             Death
          
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           so
           far
           
             expose
             his
             Life
             to
             extreme
             danger
             ,
          
           and
           forthwith
           for
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           
             Thirteen
             Years
             ,
             as
             some
             reckon
             ,
          
           or
           
             Twenty
             two
             Years
             ,
             as
             others
             collect
             ,
          
           forthwith
           and
           for
           so
           long
           time
           (
           I
           say
           )
           suppress
           or
           extinguish
           
             all
             memory
             and
             sense
             of
             such
             a
             staring
             ,
             crying
             Sin
             ?
          
           We
           may
           rather
           ,
           from
           what
           befel
           the
           
             condemned
             Criminal
             in
             this
             Congregation
          
           ,
           
           as
           she
           hath
           declared
           ,
           conclude
           that
           such
           manifest
           Cruelty
           must
           be
           followed
           with
           
             Fear
             and
             Horror
          
           .
           If
           upon
           her
           
             consenting
             to
             some
             revengeful
             practice
             by
             her
             late
             Husband
             against
             another
             innocent
             man
             ,
          
           though
           she
           understood
           not
           expresly
           that
           his
           Murder
           was
           intended
           ,
           she
           could
           not
           free
           her
           mind
           from
           dreadful
           impressions
           
             making
             nor
             sleeping
          
           ;
           we
           may
           strongly
           conclude
           that
           
           Joseph's
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           had
           after
           plotting
           his
           Death
           ,
           sold
           him
           to
           
             more
             than
             probable
             destruction
          
           ,
           were
           visited
           with
           frequent
           
             stinging
             memento's
          
           of
           what
           so
           wickedly
           they
           performed
           .
        
         
           However
           we
           are
           by
           the
           Text
           assured
           ,
           that
           (
           when
           in
           their
           distress
           )
           they
           recovered
           a
           lively
           remembrance
           ,
           and
           entertain'd
           a
           deep
           sense
           of
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Such
           a
           remembrance
           may
           be
           presumed
           to
           occur
           to
           the
           Guilty
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           ordinary
           operations
           of
           the
           Soul
           's
           known
           Faculties
           ,
           of
           
             Vnderstanding
             ,
             Judgment
             ,
             Imagination
             ,
             and
             Remembrance
          
           ;
           so
           likewise
           from
           divers
           
             semblable
             occurrences
             in
             humane
             affairs
          
           ,
           sundry
           remarkable
           
             acts
             of
             God's
             providence
          
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           from
           an
           
             unexplicable
             secret
             Nemese
          
           ,
           or
           a
           kind
           of
           
             severe
             Divine
             Instinct
          
           ,
           that
           ever
           and
           anon
           hunts
           and
           pursues
           the
           Conscience
           of
           the
           Guilty
           .
           By
           such
           kind
           of
           secret
           stinging
           remembrances
           of
           their
           Cruelty
           ,
           hath
           the
           Peace
           of
           some
           been
           utterly
           banished
           ,
           the
           health
           of
           others
           miserably
           impaired
           ,
           the
           hands
           of
           some
           drawn
           down
           in
           intolerable
           anguish
           
             upon
             themselves
          
           ,
           and
           the
           tongues
           of
           others
           enforced
           
             openly
             to
             reveal
          
           the
           insupportable
           burdens
           of
           their
           own
           spirits
           for
           experimenting
           this
           last
           Essay
           ,
           whether
           the
           
             giving
             vent
             might
             save
             the
             v●ssel
             that
             would
             otherways
             break
             .
          
        
         
           So
           full
           of
           Torture
           is
           a
           
             Conscience
             guilty
             of
             Cruelty
             or
             Bloodshed
             ,
          
           that
           no
           man
           in
           his
           right
           wits
           ,
           as
           ever
           he
           
           hopes
           for
           peace
           and
           quiet
           ,
           would
           trust
           his
           own
           Soul
           with
           so
           
             fatal
             a
             secret
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Remembring
           their
           Guilt
           ,
           they
           
             confess
             it
          
           .
           They
           say
           
             One
             to
             another
          
           ,
           we
           are
           
             verily
             Guilty
          
           .
        
         
           They
           do
           not
           (
           with
           
             one
             that
             ought
             in
             time
             to
             take
             it
             into
             serious
             consideration
          
           )
           first
           
             intimate
             a
             foul
             practice
          
           ,
           and
           speak
           a
           
             consent
             to
             it
          
           ,
           and
           acknowledge
           
             frightful
             impressions
             of
             it
          
           ,
           and
           then
           go
           about
           to
           
             deny
             or
             extenuate
             the
             matter
          
           .
        
         
           They
           cry
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           
             Verily
             Guilty
          
           .
        
         
           They
           cry
           
             One
             and
             All.
          
           
        
         
           Each
           accuses
           himself
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           impeaches
           
             all
             the
             rest
          
           ,
           saying
           in
           
             [
             We
             are
             verily
             Guilty
          
           ]
           I
           am
           so
           for
           my self
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           of
           you
           for
           
             his
             self
          
           .
        
         
           They
           stifle
           not
           their
           Guilt
           
             in
             whole
             or
             in
             part
          
           .
        
         
           They
           stick
           not
           at
           any
           general
           or
           particular
           
             Covenant
             ,
             Vow
          
           ,
           or
           Oath
           ,
           whereby
           they
           might
           look
           upon
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           
             mutual
             Secrecy
          
           .
        
         
           They
           insist
           not
           upon
           their
           Credit
           ,
           neither
           the
           Credit
           of
           
             any
             one
             singly
          
           though
           never
           so
           Religious
           a
           man
           ,
           nor
           the
           Credit
           of
           
             All
             put
             together
          
           ;
           though
           as
           such
           ,
           they
           made
           up
           the
           
             then
             onely
             Godly
             Party
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           indeed
           would
           any
           Criminal
           else
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           the
           least
           truly
           
             sensible
             of
             Guilt
          
           ,
           and
           
             sorrowful
             for
             it
          
           ,
           do
           otherwise
           ,
           especially
           ▪
           when
           
             under
             sentence
             of
             Death
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           open
           and
           free
           Confession
           of
           their
           own
           
             personal
             Guilt
          
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           
             essential
             Branch
             of
             Repentance
             and
             Satisfaction
             .
          
           Hereby
           
             Honour
             is
             given
             to
             God
             ,
             Right
             is
             done
             to
             Humane
             Justice
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Persons
             injured
          
           
           have
           the
           well-meant
           satisfaction
           of
           an
           
             ingenuous
             submission
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           
             all
             that
             is
             within
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Delinquent
             ,
          
           will
           be
           accepted
           in
           lieu
           of
           adequate
           compensation
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           discovery
           of
           Confederates
           and
           Conspirators
           ,
           (
           although
           some
           have
           
             so
             far
             apostatized
             from
             all
             truth
             and
             fidelity
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             love
             Life
             at
             such
             a
             rate
          
           )
           yet
           any
           one
           that
           writes
           himself
           Christian
           ,
           (
           one
           would
           think
           )
           should
           be
           of
           
             another
             mind
          
           ,
           when
           he
           considers
           ,
           how
           by
           concealment
           he
           secures
           and
           
             hardens
             the
             Guilty
          
           ;
           by
           Confession
           he
           exposes
           'em
           (
           as
           far
           as
           he
           can
           )
           to
           
             Judgment
             ,
             Shame
          
           ,
           and
           Sorrow
           .
           By
           Confession
           he
           
             warns
             the
             innocent
             against
             wicked
             attempts
          
           ;
           by
           Concealment
           he
           leaves
           them
           
             in
             their
             Enemies-power
          
           ,
           and
           
             draws
             their
             blood
             upon
             his
             own
             head
             ,
             even
             after
             his
             death
             .
          
           By
           Concealment
           he
           draws
           or
           leaves
           the
           
             Guiltless
             under
             suspicion
          
           ;
           by
           Confession
           he
           sets
           the
           
             Saddle
             on
             the
             right
             Horse
          
           .
           By
           Concealment
           
             upon
             Oath
          
           ,
           either
           ye
           make
           God
           to
           become
           a
           
             Party
             against
             himself
          
           ,
           or
           ye
           give
           the
           
             Devil
             a
             power
             of
             binding
             to
             Secrecy
             ,
             beyond
             what
             ye
             allow
             to
             God
             of
             loosing
             to
             Confession
          
           ;
           whereas
           by
           Confession
           ye
           give
           
             honour
             and
             pre
             eminence
             to
             God
             ,
          
           and
           do
           effectually
           and
           actually
           break
           all
           the
           
             diabolical
             Bonds
             of
             wicked
             Conspiracies
             and
             Associations
             .
          
        
         
           I
           hope
           what
           hath
           been
           thus
           briefly
           spoken
           touching
           the
           
             free
             Confession
             of
          
           Joseph
           
             's
             Brethren
          
           ,
           with
           the
           
             grounds
             of
             all
             free
             Confessions
          
           ,
           may
           serve
           to
           open
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           to
           the
           seeing
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Guilty
           to
           the
           putting
           of
           the
           truth
           in
           practice
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           Confessing
           their
           Guilt
           ,
           they
           
             aggravate
             it
          
           .
        
         
           They
           now
           consider
           Joseph
           not
           only
           as
           a
           man
           ,
           but
           as
           
             their
             own
             dear
             Brother
          
           ,
           which
           reaches
           as
           far
           as
           
           Judah's
           words
           ,
           Chap.
           37.27
           .
           when
           he
           disswaded
           them
           from
           taking
           away
           his
           Life
           .
           He
           is
           
             our
             Brother
          
           ,
           and
           
             our
             Flesh
          
           .
           This
           includes
           the
           wronging
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           yea
           ,
           of
           
             an
             innocent
          
           or
           
             good
             man
          
           ,
           and
           adds
           an
           aggravation
           from
           his
           
             near
             Relation
          
           .
        
         
           They
           aggravate
           their
           Guilt
           from
           
             their
             Inexorableness
          
           .
           They
           heard
           him
           (
           they
           say
           )
           
             beseeching
             ,
             entreating
             ,
             begging
          
           ,
           and
           
             wooing
             for
             mercy
          
           ;
           and
           their
           Deafness
           ,
           their
           Obstinacy
           ,
           and
           their
           
             Obdurateness
             to
             all
             such
             powerful
             language
             ,
          
           is
           now
           an
           aggravation
           of
           Guilt
           and
           Grief
           to
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           there
           was
           a
           more
           melting
           language
           which
           now
           they
           well
           remember
           ,
           Joseph
           their
           dear
           Brother
           used
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Tongue
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           that
           of
           the
           
             Anguish
             of
             his
             Soul
          
           ,
           which
           their
           curst
           Barbarity
           struck
           him
           into
           .
           It
           was
           that
           language
           of
           
             Sighs
             and
             Groans
             ,
             and
             Shrieks
             ,
             and
             Tears
             ,
             and
             convulsive
             Distortions
             ,
             and
             languishing
             Airs
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             dying
             Looks
             ,
          
           which
           now
           afresh
           concentred
           in
           their
           imaginations
           ,
           and
           made
           up
           an
           
             imaginary
             Ghost
             of
             their
             near
             dying
             ,
             departing
             Brother
             .
          
           All
           the
           Terror
           of
           
           Joseph's
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           an
           
             August
             Prince
          
           ,
           whil'st
           unknown
           to
           'em
           ,
           did
           not
           so
           terrifie
           'em
           with
           the
           threats
           of
           Imprisonment
           ,
           until
           they
           proved
           themselves
           no
           Spies
           ,
           or
           with
           Death
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           not
           purge
           themselves
           therefrom
           ,
           as
           now
           the
           revival
           of
           all
           
             his
             Souls
             anguish
          
           ,
           when
           he
           ,
           to
           the
           life
           ,
           acted
           the
           part
           of
           a
           sweet
           ,
           innocent
           ,
           importunate
           ,
           almost
           for
           grief-expiring
           Child
           ,
           did
           then
           so
           
           naturally
           perform
           .
           
             [
             Limus
             ut
             hic
             durescit
             ,
             &
             haec
             ut
             cera
             liquescit
             uno
             eodemque
             igni
             !
             ]
          
           Their
           alienated
           hearts
           did
           not
           then
           more
           
             like
             mud
          
           grow
           hard
           ,
           than
           now
           
             like
             wax
          
           ,
           they
           melted
           and
           flowed
           before
           the
           same
           Fire
           of
           their
           little
           Brother
           
           Joseph's
           Soul
           in
           the
           utmost
           torment
           of
           anguish
           ,
           as
           once
           they
           saw
           it
           ,
           and
           now
           they
           remember
           it
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           not
           finished
           the
           Exaggeration
           of
           their
           Crime
           .
        
         
           They
           ,
           amongst
           'em
           ,
           make
           their
           Crime
           
             Murder
             ,
             no
             less
             than
             Murder
             .
          
        
         
           At
           least
           Reuben
           ,
           who
           understood
           how
           far
           they
           had
           all
           conspired
           to
           kill
           Joseph
           ;
           how
           far
           at
           Judah
           ▪
           s
           more
           tender
           motion
           all
           the
           rest
           had
           consented
           to
           the
           
             selling
             of
             him
          
           ;
           and
           how
           far
           himself
           had
           
             concealed
             all
             these
             wicked
             purposes
             and
             practices
             ,
          
           I
           say
           Reuben
           imputes
           no
           less
           than
           his
           
             blood
             to
             them
          
           ,
           ver
           .
           22.
           
           
             Therefore
             behold
             also
             his
             blood
             is
             required
             .
          
        
         
           It
           may
           not
           be
           impertinent
           here
           to
           look
           more
           nearly
           into
           this
           their
           imputation
           of
           
           Joseph's
           
             Blood
             to
             themselves
          
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           for
           a
           while
           consider
           ,
           what
           they
           
             might
             have
             said
             for
             themselves
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           
             what
             they
             said
             of
             themselves
          
           .
        
         
           They
           might
           have
           said
           
             f●r
             themselves
          
           such
           things
           (
           as
           
             our
             Criminal
          
           would
           be
           glad
           and
           forward
           to
           say
           for
           her self
           )
           namely
           —
        
         
           We
           ,
           observing
           our
           old
           weak
           Father
           totally
           to
           alienate
           his
           Love
           from
           all
           
             us
             elder
             Children
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           strangely
           to
           neglect
           us
           in
           comparison
           with
           
             this
             Novice
             of
             a
             later
             Venter
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           he
           grew
           very
           insolent
           and
           imperious
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           course
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           right
           of
           Primogeniture
           ,
           to
           
             dream
             forsooth
             of
             a
             
             tyrannical
             Empire
             over
             us
             his
             Seniors
             and
             Superiors
             ,
          
           did
           begin
           to
           think
           to
           take
           him
           down
           in
           his
           Childrens
           shoes
           .
           One
           of
           us
           indeed
           in
           haste
           cry'd
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             kill
             him
          
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           true
           we
           too
           many
           of
           us
           through
           surprize
           cry'd
           ,
           
             Do
             what
             ye
             will
             with
             him
             :
          
           But
           ,
           no
           sooner
           did
           our
           more
           discreet
           Brother
           Judah
           essay
           to
           allay
           our
           Passions
           ,
           suddenly
           moved
           against
           
             our
             Brother
             and
             Flesh
          
           ,
           as
           he
           truly
           stiled
           him
           ,
           but
           we
           were
           
             all
             contented
          
           ,
           Chap.
           37.
           v.
           27.
           very
           well
           contented
           at
           his
           milder
           motion
           to
           have
           him
           only
           
             sold
             to
             our
             near
             Kinsmen
          
           ,
           the
           direct
           Descendants
           of
           our
           ever
           honoured
           great
           Grandfather
           Abraham
           :
           And
           who
           knows
           ,
           but
           if
           he
           had
           then
           put
           the
           Question
           ,
           touching
           his
           
             full
             liberty
          
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           been
           as
           well
           content
           with
           
             that
             too
          
           .
           —
           But
           ,
           after
           all
           ,
           they
           scorn
           to
           
             palliate
             or
             extenuate
             any
             branch
             or
             circumstance
             of
             their
             hideous
             Crime
          
           ;
           they
           plead
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           
             Reuben
             tells
             them
          
           ,
           they
           are
           guilty
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Trespass
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Murder
           .
        
         
           Judah
           might
           have
           alledged
           his
           own
           natural
           affection
           ,
           his
           
             tenderness
             of
          
           Joseph
           
             's
             blood
          
           ,
           and
           his
           success
           in
           
             saving
             of
             his
             life
          
           ,
           although
           with
           the
           price
           of
           his
           liberty
           .
           But
           when
           all
           the
           rest
           plead
           Guilty
           ,
           
             he
             also
             holds
             up
             his
             hand
             ,
          
           or
           at
           least
           
             holds
             his
             tongue
          
           ,
           as
           surely
           thinking
           ,
           that
           the
           
             adv●sing
             the
             selling
             of
             him
             ,
             was
             next
             door
             to
             the
             slaying
             of
             him
             .
          
        
         
           But
           what
           might
           Reuben
           have
           said
           ,
           not
           only
           
             in
             excuse
          
           ,
           but
           even
           in
           
             commendation
             of
             himself
          
           ?
           And
           that
           
             to
             this
             tune
          
           .
        
         
           Chap.
           37.21
           ,
           22.
           
           When
           I
           discerned
           my
           Brethrens
           
             bloody
             purposes
          
           against
           my
           Brother
           Joseph
           ,
           I
           deliver'd
           him
           actually
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           ;
           and
           diverting
           them
           from
           killing
           of
           him
           ,
           I
           contrived
           the
           
             putting
             of
             him
             into
             a
             Pit
             ,
          
           that
           thence
           I
           might
           in
           season
           have
           taken
           him
           ,
           
           and
           delivered
           him
           to
           his
           Father
           again
           ,
           without
           any
           selling
           of
           him
           into
           slavery
           and
           danger
           .
        
         
           Ver.
           29
           ,
           30.
           
           When
           I
           returned
           to
           the
           Pit
           for
           the
           
             delivering
             of
             him
          
           ,
           and
           found
           him
           not
           ,
           
             I
             rent
             my
             cloaths
             ,
             and
             bitterly
             lamented
             my
             misfortune
             and
             his
             ,
          
           and
           grew
           almost
           distracted
           at
           the
           missing
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           Chap.
           42.22
           .
           And
           now
           
             this
             distress
          
           is
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           wickedness
           of
           that
           our
           
             unnatural
             sin
          
           is
           thereby
           afresh
           brought
           to
           our
           remembrance
           ;
           although
           I
           do
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           
             abhorr'd
             and
             declar'd
             against
             such
             sin
          
           ;
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           exempt
           my self
           from
           
             all
             guilt
          
           .
           I
           do
           conclude
           
             his
             Blood
             is
             required
          
           :
           you
           must
           needs
           acknowledge
           
             your selves
             guilty
             of
             it
          
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           
             murderous
             conspiracy
             and
             cruel
             practice
          
           .
           Nor
           do
           I
           say
           but
           
             my
             concealing
          
           of
           the
           whole
           from
           my
           Father
           to
           the
           indemnifying
           of
           you
           ,
           may
           justly
           occasion
           share
           of
           his
           Blood
           to
           be
           required
           of
           
             me
             amongst
             the
             rest
             of
             you
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           they
           all
           carry
           their
           Cruelty
           to
           the
           utmost
           height
           of
           Murder
           ,
           the
           Murder
           of
           a
           Person
           ,
           whom
           
             they
             knew
             not
             to
             be
             dead
             or
             alive
             :
          
           whereas
           
             alive
             he
             was
          
           ,
           and
           even
           stood
           within
           their
           sight
           and
           hearing
           ,
           
             a
             living
             and
             glorious
             man
          
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           occasion
           of
           their
           Practices
           ,
           as
           
             Joseph
             himself
             acknowledged
             in
          
           Chap.
           45.5
           .
        
         
           After
           all
           that
           hath
           been
           said
           upon
           the
           aggravation
           of
           this
           Misdemeanor
           ,
           we
           may
           clearly
           discern
           ,
           that
           ,
           however
           senseless
           evil
           men
           may
           be
           (
           and
           the
           
             less
             sensible
          
           they
           are
           ,
           the
           worse
           may
           they
           be
           judged
           to
           be
           )
           of
           any
           actions
           amounting
           to
           Murder
           ;
           such
           good
           men
           (
           as
           in
           the
           main
           we
           may
           hope
           
           Joseph's
           Brethren
           to
           have
           been
           )
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           overwhelmed
           with
           apprehensions
           of
           such
           their
           attempts
           as
           but
           
             border
             upon
             Bloodshed
          
           .
           They
           not
           
           only
           abominate
           
             wallowing
             in
             gore
          
           ,
           but
           dread
           also
           
             garments
             even
             spotted
             with
             blood
          
           .
        
         
           But
           
             gross
             Murder
             it self
          
           is
           not
           so
           utterly
           unpractised
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           at
           this
           time
           we
           need
           to
           insist
           upon
           its
           Circumstantials
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Tendencies
             thereto
          
           .
           How
           frequently
           doth
           there
           cry
           aloud
           in
           our
           ears
           ,
           
             The
             Blood
             of
             Innocents
             shed
             by
             their
             unnatural
             Mothers
             at
             their
             birth
             ,
          
           the
           Blood
           of
           honest
           men
           shed
           upon
           the
           Road
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           Bed
           by
           
             Robbers
             and
             Burglarers
          
           ?
           Not
           to
           mention
           the
           less
           precious
           Blood
           of
           
             Ruffians
             shed
             in
             Taverns
          
           ,
           or
           of
           
             Hectors
             shed
             in
             Duels
          
           .
           Sometimes
           we
           hear
           of
           desperate
           Sinners
           shedding
           
             their
             own
             blood
             with
             their
             own
             hands
             .
          
           At
           this
           time
           we
           are
           given
           to
           suspect
           that
           the
           
             Blood
             of
             a
             Lover
             hath
             been
             shed
             by
             his
             Rival
             ,
          
           and
           
             consented
             to
             by
             his
             unconstant
             and
             treacherous
             Mistriss
             .
          
           However
           ,
           this
           we
           are
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           here
           in
           view
           a
           
             wretched
             woman
             sentenced
             to
             death
             for
             hating
             her
             own
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             poysoning
             her
             so
             lately
             married
             Husband
             :
          
           Nor
           doth
           the
           horror
           of
           the
           Fact
           as
           yet
           oblige
           her
           (
           so
           far
           as
           we
           can
           
             yet
             discern
          
           )
           either
           to
           the
           
             free
             confessing
             of
             her
             Murder
             before
             men
             ,
          
           or
           to
           the
           duely
           
             aggravating
             of
             it
             to
             her self
          
           .
        
         
           She
           too
           tenderly
           huggs
           her
           sin
           in
           her
           own
           bosom
           .
           She
           will
           not
           take
           the
           counsel
           given
           by
           Joshua
           to
           
             Achan
             ,
             Josh
          
           .
           7.19
           .
           as
           Achan
           did
           ,
           ver
           .
           20.
           
           She
           will
           not
           freely
           and
           truly
           declare
           the
           whole
           of
           her
           Guilt
           .
           She
           doth
           not
           (
           as
           she
           ought
           )
           
             give
             Glory
             to
             God
             ,
             by
             confessing
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             telling
             of
             it
             to
             his
             servants
             .
          
        
         
           What
           do
           you
           apprehend
           
             of
             your self
          
           and
           your
           sad
           condition
           ?
           Can
           you
           form
           right
           Notions
           of
           the
           
             Nature
             of
             Murder
          
           ?
           Can
           you
           by
           your self
           sufficiently
           aggravate
           the
           Crime
           from
           your
           
             destroying
             your
             Husbands
             Body
          
           ,
           and
           also
           (
           as
           't
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           )
           his
           
             very
             Soul
          
           ?
           
           Can
           you
           aggravate
           your
           Sin
           from
           your
           Treachery
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           
             asked
             Food
          
           ,
           did
           with
           semblance
           of
           Love
           ,
           give
           him
           as
           bad
           as
           a
           
             Serpent
             or
             a
             Scorpion
          
           ?
           Can
           you
           enhance
           your
           Guilt
           ,
           by
           considering
           how
           you
           have
           murder'd
           a
           
             Man
             made
             in
             the
             likeness
             of
             God
          
           ;
           and
           how
           you
           have
           murder'd
           a
           
             Husband
             set
             over
             you
             as
             your
             Soveraign
             Head
             ?
          
           Whereupon
           the
           wisdom
           of
           our
           Law-givers
           hath
           made
           such
           Murder
           no
           less
           than
           Treason
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           also
           ordained
           a
           
             punishment
             for
             it
             no
             less
             terrible
             ,
          
           than
           its
           Name
           is
           odious
           :
           even
           that
           of
           
             burning
             alive
             to
             ashes
          
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           probably
           suppos'd
           to
           intend
           amongst
           other
           ,
           these
           two
           formidable
           Representations
           ,
           the
           one
           of
           
             Hell
             Torment
          
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           
             everlasting
             Oblivion
          
           .
        
         
           Yet
           further
           ;
           Can
           you
           ,
           during
           your
           silence
           and
           obstinacy
           ,
           counsel
           your self
           in
           all
           the
           methods
           of
           an
           
             effectual
             Repentance
          
           ,
           and
           
             saving
             Faith
          
           ?
           Can
           you
           assure
           your self
           of
           the
           prevalence
           of
           
             your
             own
             Prayers
          
           ,
           (
           if
           you
           pray
           at
           all
           )
           or
           can
           you
           hope
           for
           the
           effectual
           fervent
           
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Righteous
          
           ,
           who
           can
           discover
           in
           you
           no
           such
           Contrition
           ,
           as
           may
           move
           'em
           to
           Compassion
           ?
           Can
           a
           Soul
           ,
           so
           press'd
           down
           as
           yours
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           raise
           it self
           up
           ,
           unless
           by
           
             deep
             Humiliation
          
           ,
           and
           
             free
             Confession
          
           ,
           you
           obtain
           
             comfortable
             Absolution
          
           ?
        
         
           When
           
           Joseph's
           guilty
           Brethren
           came
           to
           know
           that
           they
           stood
           before
           him
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           answer
           him
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           troubled
           and
           
             terrified
             at
             his
             presence
          
           .
           And
           are
           you
           able
           (
           if
           you
           know
           you
           stand
           in
           a
           
             more
             dreadful
             presence
          
           ,
           even
           that
           of
           
             God
             himself
          
           )
           can
           you
           be
           able
           to
           think
           ,
           or
           speak
           ,
           or
           do
           any
           thing
           of
           a
           free
           and
           noble
           nature
           ,
           that
           may
           at
           all
           
             recommend
             you
             to
             mercy
          
           ?
           I
           rather
           suspect
           ,
           that
           
             such
             a
             close
             ,
             sullen
             ,
             trayterous
             Murderer
             ,
          
           must
           through
           her
           dark
           thoughts
           be
           
             rackt
             with
             
             torture
          
           ,
           be
           bound
           in
           all
           her
           Faculties
           ,
           and
           be
           drown'd
           in
           Despair
           and
           Perdition
           .
        
         
           Consider
           then
           
             in
             time
          
           ,
           (
           if
           it
           be
           not
           already
           past
           )
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           more
           adviseable
           to
           make
           an
           
             ingenuous
             discovery
             of
             the
             whole
             of
             your
             Guilt
             ,
          
           than
           at
           last
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           too
           late
           ,
           to
           have
           it
           
             wrung
             out
             with
             the
             Halter
          
           ,
           or
           
             extracted
             by
             the
             Fire
          
           .
           Let
           not
           then
           your
           wickedness
           be
           
             sweet
             in
             your
             mouth
          
           ,
           neither
           
             hide
             it
             under
             your
             tongue
          
           ,
           Job
           20.12
           .
           
             Acknowledge
             your
             transgression
          
           ,
           and
           
             let
             your
             sin
             be
             ever
             before
             you
          
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           
             language
             and
             practice
             of
             penitent
          
           David
           ,
           
             when
             involved
             in
             the
             guilt
             of
             blood
             ,
          
           Psal
           .
           51.3
           .
           Yea
           ,
           take
           your
           punishment
           meekly
           ,
           as
           
             justly
             inflicted
             upon
             you
             both
             by
             God
             and
             man
             for
             your
             heinous
             sin
          
           ;
           which
           leads
           me
           to
           the
           
             last
             Particular
             of
             their
             Deportment
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Having
           Remembred
           ,
           Confessed
           ,
           and
           Aggravated
           their
           Sin
           ,
           they
           
             take
             their
             present
             Distress
             to
             be
             as
             a
             punishment
             inflicted
             upon
             them
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Therefore
             is
             this
             Distress
             come
             upon
             us
             ,
             
               say
               they
            
             all
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             behold
             also
             his
             blood
             is
             required
             ,
             saith
             Reuben
             .
          
        
         
           These
           men
           had
           been
           from
           their
           Infancy
           educated
           in
           the
           
             Knowledge
             and
             Fear
             of
             the
             True
             God
             ,
          
           who
           made
           and
           Governs
           ,
           and
           Judges
           the
           World
           in
           Righteousness
           .
           And
           however
           their
           Envy
           against
           their
           Brother
           Joseph
           ,
           might
           for
           a
           season
           blind
           'em
           ,
           to
           the
           permitting
           of
           'em
           to
           do
           so
           foul
           a
           deed
           :
           And
           however
           their
           Prosperity
           might
           of
           a
           long
           time
           infatuate
           'em
           ,
           to
           the
           stupifying
           of
           their
           hearts
           to
           the
           Recognition
           or
           Sense
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           yet
           they
           not
           having
           abjur'd
           or
           forgotten
           their
           God
           ,
           nor
           having
           utterly
           stifled
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           nor
           having
           absolutely
           erased
           past
           facts
           out
           of
           their
           memories
           ;
           but
           being
           now
           cast
           into
           sudden
           adversity
           ,
           which
           
           makes
           men
           to
           consider
           ,
           they
           begin
           pensively
           to
           cast
           about
           for
           the
           
             Cause
             of
             their
             present
             Woe
          
           .
           Distress
           they
           sensibly
           feel
           :
           
             A
             Cause
             thereof
             they
             must
             suppose
          
           ;
           for
           they
           were
           not
           of
           the
           number
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           imagine
           any
           thing
           comes
           by
           a
           mere
           
             blind
             chance
          
           .
           They
           knew
           their
           affliction
           
             arose
             not
             out
             of
             the
             dust
             ,
          
           nor
           was
           blown
           upon
           them
           by
           any
           of
           the
           winds
           :
           Nor
           did
           they
           blame
           the
           Stars
           for
           it
           :
           They
           understood
           that
           
             God
             orders
             all
             the
             affairs
             of
             men
             ,
             both
             for
             weal
             and
             wo
             :
          
           They
           knew
           that
           he
           doth
           
             not
             willingly
             afflict
             nor
             grieve
             the
             children
             of
             men
             ,
             to
             crush
             under
             his
             feet
             all
             the
             Prisoners
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           They
           weighed
           that
           
             Sin
             is
             the
             only
             Mother
             of
             Misery
             ,
          
           and
           that
           theref●re
           they
           must
           certainly
           have
           
             sinned
             against
             their
             Maker
             and
             Judge
          
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           grievousest
           of
           all
           their
           Sins
           must
           be
           put
           to
           this
           account
           .
           They
           might
           judge
           that
           no
           sin
           cryes
           so
           loud
           in
           the
           ears
           of
           God
           for
           Vengeance
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           
             Blood
             and
             Cruelty
          
           ;
           nor
           any
           murder
           so
           effectually
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           
             our
             Brethren
             ,
             our
             own
             Flesh
             and
             Blood.
             
          
        
         
           They
           could
           not
           then
           but
           remember
           ,
           what
           they
           had
           
             long
             before
             contriv'd
             and
             executed
             against
             their
             dear
             Brother
             ,
          
           Joseph
           .
           In
           the
           severe
           Treatment
           they
           now
           met
           withal
           ,
           being
           threatned
           as
           Spies
           ,
           obliged
           to
           fetch
           their
           tender
           Brother
           Benjamin
           ,
           to
           the
           grief
           of
           their
           Aged
           Father
           Jacob
           ,
           and
           the
           danger
           of
           his
           Life
           ;
           and
           being
           in
           danger
           all
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           'em
           ,
           of
           being
           made
           close
           Prisoners
           ,
           or
           of
           being
           cast
           into
           the
           Dungeon
           ,
           as
           they
           cast
           their
           Brother
           Joseph
           into
           the
           Pit
           ,
           they
           see
           much
           of
           their
           
             former
             Crime
          
           in
           their
           
             present
             Distress
          
           ;
           the
           one
           proving
           (
           as
           ordinarily
           it
           doth
           )
           a
           mirror
           of
           the
           other
           .
           No
           wonder
           then
           ,
           they
           feeling
           the
           instant
           and
           urgent
           calamity
           ,
           and
           recollecting
           their
           ancient
           provocation
           ,
           and
           considering
           the
           
             Justice
             of
             an
             incensed
             God
          
           ,
           
           should
           in
           horror
           and
           anguish
           ,
           believe
           and
           acknowledg
           themselves
           to
           be
           
             verily
             guilty
             concerning
             their
             Brother
          
           ;
           and
           that
           
             Distress
             ,
             as
             a
             punishment
             ,
             was
             come
             upon
             them
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             his
             Blood
             was
             required
          
           .
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           (
           as
           many
           
             Avocations
             and
             Interruptions
          
           would
           give
           me
           a
           little
           time
           to
           collect
           them
           )
           given
           you
           my
           
             sudden
             ,
             but
             serious
             Reflections
             upon
             this
             sorrowful
             Song
             of
          
           Joseph's
           Brethren
           ;
           with
           some
           accommodation
           thereof
           to
           the
           
             present
             sad
             occasion
          
           .
           Before
           I
           conclude
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           a
           little
           to
           exemplifie
           the
           usefulness
           of
           this
           remarkable
           passage
           ,
           in
           the
           
             following
             deductions
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           may
           hence
           learn
           ,
           to
           
             admire
             the
             inscrutable
             Revolutions
             of
             Divine
             Providence
             .
             Paris
             ,
             Romulus
             ,
          
           and
           Cyrus
           ,
           having
           been
           exposed
           to
           extremities
           (
           as
           is
           storied
           ,
           though
           without
           any
           great
           certainty
           )
           and
           afterwards
           mounting
           to
           the
           height
           of
           Power
           ,
           are
           still
           spoken
           of
           as
           
             almost
             miracles
          
           :
           But
           here
           we
           read
           
             a
             Narrative
             of
          
           Joseph
           ,
           
             much
             more
             true
             and
             no
             less
             strange
             .
          
           In
           his
           tender
           years
           ,
           he
           hardly
           escapes
           out
           of
           the
           violent
           hands
           of
           his
           bloody-minded
           Brethren
           into
           a
           calamitous
           and
           desperate
           Captivity
           :
           He
           was
           sold
           and
           bought
           ,
           and
           bought
           and
           sold
           over
           and
           over
           :
           He
           is
           cast
           into
           
             Pit
             and
             Prison
          
           ,
           in
           Perils
           always
           ,
           in
           Deaths
           often
           .
           And
           after
           all
           ,
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           by
           a
           
             wonderful
             turn
             of
             Providence
          
           ,
           are
           brought
           low
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           exalted
           :
           They
           seek
           to
           him
           whom
           they
           had
           sold
           ,
           and
           
             bow
             to
             him
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             his
             Glory
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           had
           trampled
           upon
           in
           the
           depth
           of
           his
           misery
           .
           They
           behold
           him
           advanced
           by
           God
           himself
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           
             Foster
             Father
             to
             a
             Great
             King
             ,
             a
             Patron
             of
             a
             vast
             People
             ,
          
           and
           as
           able
           as
           willing
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           
             Preserver
             of
             their
             Father
             and
             themselves
             .
          
           By
           this
           secret
           Intrigue
           of
           Gods
           Wisdom
           ,
           the
           
             holy
             Seed
             of
             Israel
          
           is
           secur'd
           from
           Famishing
           ,
           and
           the
           sacred
           Stock
           is
           
           continued
           ,
           from
           which
           was
           to
           spring
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           the
           Glorious
           Saviour
           of
           Mankind
           .
           Thus
           we
           see
           the
           most
           slight
           and
           unpromising
           circumstances
           of
           humane
           affairs
           ,
           capable
           of
           being
           ordered
           by
           God
           to
           the
           
             most
             important
             and
             Noble
             Purposes
          
           .
           Nor
           are
           there
           any
           wheels
           in
           this
           vast
           Machine
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           how
           cross
           soever
           they
           move
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           that
           God
           cannot
           ,
           doth
           not
           over-rule
           and
           harmonize
           to
           the
           producing
           most
           admirable
           effects
           ,
           as
           (
           't
           is
           more
           than
           probable
           )
           we
           shall
           be
           clearly
           given
           to
           comprehend
           at
           the
           
             Consummation
             of
             all
             things
          
           .
           I
           cannot
           now
           stand
           to
           infer
           ,
           how
           this
           should
           quiet
           and
           establish
           our
           fluctuating
           hearts
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           
             cross-grain'd
             occurrences
          
           ,
           and
           seemingly
           
             unequal
             administrations
          
           of
           worldly
           concerns
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Since
           we
           read
           how
           
           Joseph's
           Brethren
           were
           thus
           over-reached
           and
           over-ruled
           ,
           to
           the
           recalling
           to
           mind
           within
           themselves
           their
           Violence
           intended
           ,
           and
           in
           part
           committed
           against
           their
           Brother
           ,
           to
           the
           
             confessing
             of
             it
             to
             one
             another
             in
             the
             hearing
             of
             that
             Brother
             himself
             ,
          
           who
           had
           then
           full
           power
           for
           the
           avenging
           of
           it
           upon
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           seeing
           themselves
           ,
           with
           all
           confusion
           of
           face
           ,
           made
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           just
           punishment
           for
           it
           ,
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           further
           obnoxious
           to
           destruction
           :
           Since
           we
           read
           all
           this
           brought
           to
           pass
           by
           the
           
             secret
             Providence
             of
             an
             All-seeing
             God
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           henceforward
           ,
           whilst
           he
           knows
           and
           thinks
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           will
           dare
           to
           offer
           any
           violence
           to
           his
           Brother
           ,
           though
           in
           the
           
             secretest
             Recess
             ,
             or
             darkest
             Night
             ?
          
           If
           I
           say
           ,
           
             Surely
             the
             darkness
             shall
             cover
             me
          
           ;
           even
           
             the
             night
             shall
             be
             light
             about
             me
             ;
             yea
             the
             darkness
             hid●th
             not
             from
             thee
             ,
             but
             the
             night
             shineth
             as
             the
             day
             ;
             the
             darkness
             and
             the
             light
             are
             both
             alike
             to
             thee
             ;
             Psal
             .
          
           139.11
           ,
           12.
           
           We
           can
           no
           more
           evade
           
             Gods
             Wisdom
          
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           a
           mind
           to
           detect
           us
           ,
           than
           we
           can
           
           obstruct
           
             his
             power
          
           ,
           when
           he
           arms
           himself
           to
           punish
           us
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           
             security
             in
             the
             commission
             of
             any
             sin
             .
          
           
             God
             shall
             bring
             every
             work
             into
             judgment
             ,
             with
             every
             secret
             thing
             ,
             
               Eccl.
               12.14
               .
            
             There
             is
             nothing
             hid
             ,
             which
             shall
             not
             be
             manifested
             ,
             
               Mar.
               4.22
               .
            
          
        
         
           But
           then
           there
           are
           
             some
             Sins
          
           ,
           that
           God
           makes
           himself
           more
           peculiarly
           concerned
           to
           detect
           ,
           such
           as
           
             High-Treason
             against
             his
             own
             Vicegerents
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           are
           upon
           
             that
             very
             Consideration
          
           warn'd
           against
           the
           
             closest
             entertaining
             so
             much
             as
             a
             thought
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Curse
             not
             the
             King
             ,
             no
             not
             in
             thy
             thought
             ,
             and
             curse
             not
             the
             Rich
             in
             thy
             Bed
             chamber
             :
             for
             a
             Bird
             of
             the
             air
             shall
             carry
             the
             voice
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             hath
             wings
             shall
             tell
             the
             matter
             ,
             
               Eccl.
               10.20
               .
            
          
        
         
           God
           is
           likewise
           very
           
             rigorous
             in
             the
             Scrutiny
             he
             makes
             after
             any
             bloody
             Crimes
             :
          
           As
           if
           he
           would
           upon
           occasion
           
             take
             the
             Coroner's
             Inquest
             into
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
          
           he
           himself
           is
           said
           to
           
             make
             inquisition
             for
             blood
          
           ,
           Psal
           .
           9.12
           .
           When
           Ahab
           had
           so
           wickedly
           murder'd
           Naboth
           ,
           God
           commissions
           Elijah
           both
           as
           a
           Searcher
           ,
           and
           a
           Judge
           ;
           first
           to
           
             hunt
             him
             out
          
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           
             doom
             him
             to
             his
             deserved
             punishment
             ,
          
           1
           Kings
           21.17
           ,
           24.
           
           It
           is
           long
           since
           that
           it
           p●st
           into
           a
           Proverb
           
             [
             Murder
             will
             out
             .
          
           ]
           And
           such
           a
           
             Vox
             Populi
          
           being
           founded
           upon
           observation
           of
           the
           usual
           effects
           of
           Providence
           in
           the
           cases
           of
           blood
           ,
           may
           in
           a
           sober
           sence
           pass
           for
           
             Vox
             Dei.
          
           Man
           first
           saith
           it
           ,
           and
           
             God
             himself
             by
             his
             frequent
             wonderful
             Discoveries
             hath
             set
             his
             Seal
             to
             it
             .
          
           It
           would
           be
           endless
           ,
           it
           is
           really
           impossible
           to
           reckon
           up
           or
           search
           out
           the
           mysterious
           methods
           of
           the
           Almighty
           practised
           or
           practicable
           in
           this
           Process
           .
           We
           may
           from
           consideration
           had
           in
           gross
           of
           such
           his
           Arts
           at
           the
           
             rising
             of
             every
             furious
             passion
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
           
             stirring
             of
             any
             revengeful
             inclination
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             offer
             of
             any
             cruel
             and
             bloody
             temptation
             ,
          
           take
           warning
           to
           stand
           upon
           our
           Guard
           ,
           and
           to
           quell
           the
           very
           first
           of
           all
           mutinous
           and
           boisterous
           motions
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           How
           deeply
           doth
           it
           concern
           every
           Creature
           to
           
             examine
             himself
             to
             the
             bottom
             touching
             all
             crying
             Sins
             ,
          
           particularly
           touching
           the
           Sins
           of
           Cruelty
           and
           Blood
           ?
           Divers
           men
           may
           heretofore
           have
           incurr'd
           more
           or
           less
           guilt
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           which
           because
           Providence
           for
           a
           while
           lets
           to
           sleep
           ,
           Conscience
           is
           content
           to
           
             bury
             as
             dead
          
           .
           They
           wipe
           their
           bloody
           mouths
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           have
           suckt
           the
           blood
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           cry
           ,
           
             Am
             I
             not
             innocent
          
           ?
           They
           are
           as
           ready
           for
           a
           
             new
             attempt
          
           ,
           as
           ever
           they
           were
           for
           the
           old
           performance
           :
           
             Because
             sentence
             against
             their
             former
             evil
             work
             is
             not
             executed
             speedily
             ,
             therefore
             their
             heart
             is
             fully
             set
             in
             them
             to
             do
             evil
             ,
          
           Eccl.
           8.11
           .
           But
           let
           all
           such
           remember
           the
           
             bloody
             Agag
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           dreamt
           that
           the
           
             bitterness
             of
             his
             death
             was
             past
             ,
          
           came
           
             delicately
             unto
          
           Samuel
           
             the
             Lords
             Inquisitor
             for
             blood
          
           :
           who
           ,
           for
           that
           
           Agag's
           
             Sword
             had
             made
             women
             childless
          
           ,
           made
           
             his
             mother
             childless
             among
             women
             ,
             by
             hewing
             of
             him
             in
             pieces
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           15.32
           ,
           33.
           
        
         
           In
           such
           an
           
             almost
             desperate
             Case
          
           as
           this
           of
           Blood
           is
           ,
           Let
           a
           man
           take
           his
           measures
           for
           averting
           the
           Shame
           ,
           Horror
           ,
           Confusion
           and
           Destruction
           that
           are
           due
           to
           him
           at
           the
           
             hand
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           from
           the
           behaviour
           of
           such
           as
           discreetly
           endeavour
           to
           reconcile
           themselves
           to
           the
           
             offended
             justice
             of
             man
             ,
             to
             their
             Soveraign
             .
          
           Let
           him
           go
           with
           a
           
             Rope
             about
             his
             Neck
             in
             all
             true
             humiliation
             ,
             with
             all
             frank
             Confession
             .
          
           Fearing
           and
           trembling
           ,
           let
           him
           prostrate
           himself
           ,
           entreating
           the
           onely
           begotten
           Son
           of
           his
           God
           the
           King
           of
           Israel
           to
           offer
           his
           own
           
           blood
           once
           shed
           ,
           even
           for
           the
           
             shedders
             of
             his
             own
             blood
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           .
           Who
           knoweth
           but
           thereupon
           the
           Divine
           Sovereign
           may
           have
           mercy
           here
           and
           hereafter
           :
           For
           God
           is
           
             King
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Kings
           of
           Israel
           were
           wont
           to
           be
           
             merciful
             Kings
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Let
           us
           all
           exercise
           the
           
             utmost
             Compassion
             towards
             these
             perishing
             wretches
          
           ;
           what
           ,
           though
           as
           yet
           they
           do
           not
           
             think
             us
             kind
          
           ,
           because
           we
           urge
           them
           to
           what
           is
           
             grievous
             to
             flesh
             and
             blood
          
           ,
           but
           profitable
           to
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           even
           
             voluntary
             and
             ample
             Confession
          
           ?
           What
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           not
           rightly
           
             pity
             themselves
          
           ?
           What
           ,
           though
           they
           cannot
           or
           will
           not
           (
           as
           they
           ought
           )
           
             pray
             for
             themselves
          
           ?
           yet
           in
           pitious
           consideration
           ,
           that
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Journey
           is
           Eternity
           ,
           the
           way
           to
           their
           Bliss
           is
           long
           ,
           the
           passage
           thereto
           strait
           ,
           their
           success
           very
           dubious
           ,
           but
           not
           absolutely
           desperate
           ;
           Let
           us
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           Opportunities
           and
           Abilities
           ,
           whil'st
           we
           and
           they
           breath
           together
           ,
           with
           strong
           Cries
           never
           cease
           assailing
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           on
           their
           behalf
           for
           such
           measures
           of
           ,
           
             Clear
             Conviction
             ,
             Thorough
             Contrition
             ,
             Deep
             Humiliation
             ,
             Free
             Confession
             ,
          
           and
           
             Living
             Faith
          
           ,
           as
           may
           carry
           them
           through
           the
           Agonies
           of
           Death
           to
           a
           Crown
           of
           Life
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .