SECT. II.
Containing his Behaviour in Prison, and a• the Place of Execution; with his Confe∣rence with Dr. H —, and several o∣ther Divines.
ON Wednesday January the 6th. Mr. Harrison was seized in White Fryers, by a Warrent from the L•rd Chief Justice Holt; and committed to Newgate for the Murther of Dr. Clench, where he conti∣nued till the 6th Instant; on which said Day, being brought to the Old Baily, he was there arraigned and tryed for the wil∣ful Murther of the said Doctor; where, upon hearing the full Evidence, he was found Guilty.
Before his Tryal and Conviction he was not so much affected with the Thoughts of another World, but being now under a Sentence of Death, he began to consider of his Latter End; and by the Christian Charity of many Divines, particularly the the Reverend Dr. H—; He was much assisted by their Spiritual Comfort and Advice. Yet all they could do, while in Newgate, could not perswade him to a Confession of the Murther, saying that no Person could possibly prove it upon him. He was told that his Conscience was Ten Thousand Witnesses, and that if he did not confess it before he Dyed, (being concious of it) there could not be any Hopes of his Salvation, he was told, that he should take heed how he falsly appealed to the Heart searching God, for this would aggravate his Guilt. He often declar'd, that he had been a very great Sinner, and deserved this, and Ten times worse Punishment from God, and did ex∣pect no less than Death, and therefore Page 4 was willing to prepare for it. On Sunday the 10th Instant, the Ordinary read Pray∣ers, and Preached a Sermon to the Con∣demned Malefactors in the Chapple, where Mr. Harrison attended and was ve∣ry attentive, seeming very much affected with th•se Preparity Exercises for his Death, but after the Sermon was ended and before Mr. Ordinary began his last Prayer, Mr. Harrison spoke to him and said he had made a good Discourse, and that as to what related to Blood guiltiness if any one of Dr. Clench's Murtherers were there, they could not but be tauched the Heart, and be forced to a genuine Confession. (or Words to that Effect) And now good Reader, we come to the last Acts of Moments of unhappy Mr. Edward Harrison; who pursuant to the Sentence he received in the Old Baily was this Day about the Hour of Eleven, carried from Newgate to Holbourn, against Furnivals-Inn, where a Gibbet was Erected, for his Execution, before he was turned off he Prayed a considerable Time by him∣self.
