what neceffarily that we still do in our Sins, and And this is that

That our Religion was naught, and fuch by which a Man could by no means please God. Which Saying of his, my Lord, your Lordship very well knows thence will follow, to wit, worship in vain, are yet finally fhall be damn'd: which I have to say. Then was Pick-thank fworn, and did fay what he knew in the Behalf of their Lord the King, against the Prifoner at the Bar. Pick. My Lord, and you Gentlemen all this Fellows I have known of a long Time, Testimony and have heard him speak things that ought not to be spoke for he hath railed on Noble Prince Belzebub, and bath spoken

* Pick

thank's

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contemptibly of bis honourable Friends whofe Sins are Names are, the Lord Old Man, the Lord all Lords Carnal Delight, the Lord Luxurious, the and great Lord Defire of Vain Glory, my old Lord

ones.

Lechery, Sir Having-Greedy, with all the reft of our Nobility; and he hath faid moreover, That if all Men were of his Mind, if poffible, there is not one of thefe Noblemen should have any longer a Being in this Town. Befides, he bath not been afraid to rail on you, my Lord, who are now appointed to be his Judge, calling you you an ungodly Villain, with many other fuch like villifying Terms, with which he bath befpattered most of the Gentry of our Town.

When this Pick thank had told his Tale, the Judge directed his Speech to the Prifoner at the Bar, faying, Thou Renegade, Heretick, and Traytor, haft thou heard what thefe honeft Gentlemen have witnefs'd against thee?

Now Faithful, play the Man, fpeak for thy God:
Fear not the Wicked's Malice, nor their Rod:
Speak boldly, Man, the Truth is on thy Side,
Die for it, and to Life in Triumph ride.

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Faith

Faith. May I fpeak a few Words in my own Defence.

Judge. Sirrah, Sirrah, thou deferveft to live no longer, but to be flain immediately upon the Place; yet that all Men may fee our Gentleness towards thee, let us hear what thou vile Runagade has to say.

Faith. 1. I fay then, in Answer to what ful's De- Mr. Envy hath spoken, I never faid nought fence of but this, That what Rule, or Laws, or Caftom, himself. or People, were flat against the Word of God, are diametrically oppofite to Chriftianity. If I have faid amifs in this, convince me of my Error, and I am ready here before you to make my Recantation.

The

Judge's

Speech to

the Jury.

2. As to the Second, to wit, Mr. Superftition, and his Charge against me, I faid only this, That in the Worship of God there is required a Divine Faith, but there can be no Divine Faith without a Divine Revelation of the Will of God. Therefore, whatever is thruft into the Worship of God, that is not agreeable to Divine Revelation, cannot be done by an human Faith, which Faith will not be profitable to Eternal Life.

3. As to what Mr. Pick-thank hath faid, I fay (avoiding Terms, as that I am faid to rail, and the like) that the Prince of this Town, with all the Rabblement, his Attendants by his Gentlemen named, are more fit for being in Hell, than in this Town and Country, and fo the Lord have mercy upon me.

Then the Judge called to the Jury (who all this while ftood by to hear and obferve) Gentlemen of the Jury, You fee this Man about whom fo great an Uproar hath been made in this Town: You have alfo heard

what

what thefe worthy Gentlemen have witnessed® against him: Alfo you have heard his Reply and Confeffion: It lieth now in your Breaft to hang him, or fave his Life; but yet I think meet to inftruct you in our Law.

There was an Act made in the Days of Exod. 1. Pharoah the Great, Servant to our Prince, that left thofe of a contrary Religion should multiply, and grow tco ftrong for him, their Males hold be thrown into the Ri ver. There was an Act fo made in the Days of Nebuchadnezar the Great, another of his Servants, That whofoever would not Dan. 3., fall down and worship his Golden Image, fhould. be thrown into the Fiery Furnace. There was alfo an Act made in the Days of Darius, That whofo for fome time called upon any God but him, should be caft into the Lions Den. Now the Subftance of thele Dan. 3.

Laws this Rebel has broken, not only in
Thought (which is not to be borne) but alfo in
Word and Deed; mhich must therefore needs.
be intolerable

For that of Pharaoh, his Law was made up on Sufpicion, to prevent Mischief, no Crime yet being apparent; but here is a Crime apparent. For the second and third, you fee he difputeth againft our Religion; and for the Treafon he hath confeffed, he deferveth to die the Death.

Then went the Jury out whole Names The Fury were Mr. Blind-man, Mr. No-good, M, Ma and their fice, Mr. Love.luft, Mr. Live-leefe, Mr. Heady, Names. Mr High-mind, Mr. Enmity, Mr. Liar,S Mr. Cruelty, Mr. Hate light, and Mr. Impla

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cable, who every one gave in his
Private
Verdict against him among themfelves, and
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after

dia,

afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the Judge. And first Every among themfelves, Mr. Bindinan the Foreone's pri- man faid, I fee clearly that this Man is an vate Ver- Heretick. Then faid No Good, Away with fuch a Fellow from the Earth. Ay, fai Mr. Malice, for I hate the very looks of him. Then faid Mr. Loveluft, I could never endurg him. Nor I, faid Mr. Live-loofe, for he would always be condemning my ways. Hang him, hang him, faid Mr. Heady. A forry Scrubb, faid Mr. High-mind. My Heart rifeth against him, faid Mr. Enmity. He is a Rogue, faid Mr. Lyar. Hanging is too good for him, faid Mr. Cruelty. Let's difpatch him out of the way. faid Mr. Hate-light. Then faid Mr. Im placable, Might I bave all the World given me, I could not be reconciled to him, therefore let us They con-forthwith bring him in guilty of Death + And clude to fo they did; therefore he was prefently conbring him demn'd to be had from the Place where he in guilty of was, to the Place from whence he came, and Death. there to be put to the most cruel Death that could be invented.

They therefore brought him out, to do The cruel with him according to their Law; + and first Death of they fcourg'd him, then they buffeted him, Faithful then they launched his Flesh with Knives, fter

thar, they ftoned him with ftones, then pricked him with their Swords, and laft of all they burnt him to Afhes at a Stake. Thus came Faithful to his End.

Chariot. Now I faw that there ftood behind the and Harfes Multitude a Chariot, and a couple of Horfes take away waiting for Faithful, who Faithful. Adversaries had difpatched up into it, and ftraitway

(fo foon as his him) was taken was carried up

through