The second and last collection of the dying speeches, letters, and prayers &c. of those eminent Protestants who suffered in the west of England (and elsewhere) under the cruel sentence of the late Lord Chancellour, then Lord Chief Justice Jefferys : with an account of their undaunted courage at the barr and afterwards : with the most remarkable circumstances that attended their execution.

A Letter to his Wife, Sept. 23. 1684.

My Dearest Love,

I Hope you received a few Lines from me, by the way of London; once more I write to you, by our faithful and trusty Friend W. D. who hath been at Exon. If there be need for it, he knows many of my Dear and Faithful Friends there, who wish you would come and live among them; and if your Estate fail, I think it very adviseable so to do; I hope God will stand by you and defend you: My Dear, see me in God, as I must you. I must now bid adieu unto all Earthly and Worldly Comforts, and all the Pleasant and Delightful Objects of Sence. I bless God for all present Mercies and Comforts hitherto I have had; what will be after this day, I know not, but the Will of the Lord be done.

My Dear, be very cautious not to speak one Word, least it be wrested to wrong Sence, which may ruine you; I have not writ what I would of this Nature, take the Advice of Friends, and of what I send by our Friend. O let not the Everlasting Arms of God be with-drawn from you one Moment; and let him strengthen you with all Might, according to his Glorious Power, and to all Patience and Long-Suffering, with Joyfulness! Pray hard for Victory over Passion, and be much in private Closet-Prayer with God; and often read the Holy Bible, and

other good Books, the Lord continually guide, direct and counsel you. My dear, I return you a thousand thanks for all the Love you have shew'd me and my Children, and particu∣larly for the high and great Demonstration you have given there∣of in this day of my distress; I hope my Daughters will be as dutiful to you, and be as much concern'd for your comfort and welfare, as if you had travelled with them, and brought them into the World; God bless my Dear Little-Ones and them to∣gether, I shall dye their most Affectionate and Praying Father; God I hope will uphold, support, and comfort me at the last hour, and enable me to overcome the Temptations I shall vio∣lently be assaulted with before I Die: God by his Infinite and freest Mercies in Christ Jesus, Pardon all the neglect of Relative Duties, (which I have bitterly lamented and bewail'd before God, with all the Sins I am guilty of) for the sake of our Dearest Lord and Redeemer; the Lord make you grow in all Grace more than ever, and make this great Affliction so humbly Purifying and Spiritualizing to you as well as me, that it may work for us both, a far more Exceeding and Eternal Weight of Glory; let him take your Soul into his most dearest Embra∣ces, and lodge it in the Bosom of his Love here, and make us to meet in the full and Everlasting Fruition and Enjoyment of him hereafter; though it is dangerous for you to vindicate that I die for, yet be not too much cast down for it: I will say no more as to that. My hearty and affectionate Respects to all my Dear Friends; I need not name them; I hope to meet them, with your self, to inherit Eternal Life through the Merits of Christ's Death: Farewel my Dear, farewel in the Lord; until we meet to be Marry'd to him for ever; my Heart is as full of Love t•…•…e as it was the first day I Marry'd thee; and if God spar•…•…ife, it should have been as fully manifested until Death; therefore I rest,

Your most Affectionate and Endeared Husband, J. H.

Sept. 23. 1684.