The bloody assizes, or, A compleat history of the life of George Lord Jefferies, from his birth to this present time ... to which is added Major Holmes's excellent speech, with the dying speeches and prayers of many other eminent Protestants : none of which were ever before publish'd ...

Some Passages Relating to Mr. Sampson Larke with his Prayer, at the same time and place when Executed.

IMmediately after Col. Holmes was Executed; this good Man was ordered to prepare to follow▪ accordingly going to deliver some few Words to the People, some whereof were formerly of his Congregation, but being told, he could not expect much time; because it was so late, and so many to be Executed after him, so he suddenly concluded, and said, I will now speak a few Words to him which I am sure will hear me, and so began his Prayer, as followeth,

Blessed Lord God, we thine unworthy Creatures, now here be∣fore thee cannot but acknowledg from the bottom of our Hearts our own unworthiness, we must confess we have been grievous Sin∣ners and have brought forth the Evil Fruit of it in our Lives, to the great dishonour of thy Name, for which we have deserved thy heavy wrath and indignation to be powred forth upon us, not only in this Life, but in that which is to come.

O let us bless God for our Sufferings and Afflictions, as for our Mercies, we bless thee in particular for this, O sanctifie it to us, let us be effectually convinced of the vanity of the World, and of our own sinfulness by Nature and Practise, and to see that to be

Sin which we never saw before; O Lord make us sensible of the absolute Necessity of the Righteousness of Christ to justifie us, and let him be now made much more dear and precious to our Souls than ever, that so we may be wrought into a more▪ Heavenly Frame, and raised to a higher degree of Spirituality, and so made more meek and humble, and let us judge Charitably of others, that differ from us in Opinion and Judgment; and now O Lord, though by thy most righteous Judgment, we most justly deserve these suf∣ferings, and such an ignominious death, for our Sins, against thee, not for Treasons against the Kingdom, let us be in a preparedness for it: Pardon all our Sins, help us quietly to submit to thy holy will, speak peace to all our Souls, look in mercy O Lord, on this poor Nation, especially on this Town, and every particular Person in it, let them all mind those things which concerns their peace before they are hid from their Eyes, comfort my dear and distressed Wife, be a Husband unto her, deliver her out of the Paw of the Lyon, and the Paws of the Bear, look upon all thy poor afflicted ones, all Pri∣soners and Captives, work deliverance for them if thou seest it good, but thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven, and now Lord with humble meekness and submission I submit to thy will, de∣pending upon the merits of my Saviour, to whom with thy blessed self and Spirit be ascribed all Honour and praise both now and for ever. Amen.

Then mounting the Ladder, he called to some of the Town who weeped for him, but were at some distance, go home to your own Houses, pray do not weep for me, and before you get up yonder Hill, I shall be with my Heavenly Father, in fulness of Joy and Pleasure for ever more, and so advising those before him to leave off those cruel Sentiments they had taken of them, besides some Heavenly discourses with some of his Friends, was turned off to the great grief of the good People in the Town, especially those of his own Congre∣gation. To give him nothing but his due, he was a man- mighty charitable, relieving and visiting the poor and needy, Preached in season and out of season▪ and made it his business to no about doing good, and to put poor Souls in a way for Eternal Life, he was an old Christian, as well as aged in Years▪ he was a general loss.

Especially to his dear and tender Wife, but all our losses are no∣thing to be compared to that Glory that he now enjoys.

FINIS.