The English Spira being a fearful example of an apostate who had been a preacher many years and then apostatized from his religion, miserably hanged himself, October the 13th, 1684 : giving an account of his dispair, and divers conferences had with him, by several ministers and others of his friends : together with his answer, and papers written by his own hand / left attested by Mr. T. Plant, Mr. H. Collings, Mr. B. Dennis, Mr. B. Keach.

A Narrative of Mr. John Child's Trouble of Spirit, and Deplo∣rable End. Of some of the Conferences had with him in the times of his Troubles: and of such Papers as were written by him on this Subject.

SOon after the said Mr. John Child had published his foremen∣tioned second Argument, which was about the latter end of the year 1682, he signified to some of his intimate Acquaintance, that his mind was perplext, for what he had therein done; but yet bare the trouble so, as not to make any great shew of it in his gene∣ral Behaviour, until about the beginning of July 1684. when he could no longer bear or conceal the horrors of his mind, but spake of it to some that came accidentally to see him, and sent to several others of his Acquaintance to come to him, to whom when they came, he disclosed the miserable Condition into which he had brought himself, and the occasion thereof, in such manner, as that it became publickly known to many of his Acquaintance and Neighbours, and occasioned many, besides those sent for to visit and discourse with him, and others to write to him, the substance whereof, with his Answers, you have as follows.