Now Faithful, piay the Man (peak 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. F 4 Faith. Faith Faith. May I speak a few Words in my ow Defence? Judge Sirrah, Sirrah, thou deferveft to live no longer, but to be fain immediately upon the Place: Yet that all Men may fee our Gentleness towards thee, Let us hear what thou vile Renegade haft to fay. Faith. 1. I fay then, in Answer to what, ful's De- Mr. Envy Hath fpoken, I never faid nought but this, That what Rule, or Laws, or Cu. fence of bimself. from, or People, were flat against the Word of God, are diametrically oppofite to Chriftia The Judge's mity. If I have faid amifs in this, convince me of my Err, and I am ready here before you to make my Recantation. 2. As to the 2d, to wit, Mr. Superftition, and his Charge against me, I faid only this, That in the Worfhip 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. 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 him 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 food by to hear and oblerve) Gentlemen of the Jury, you fee this Man Speech to about whom fa great an Uproar hath been the Jury, made in this Town: You have alfo heard what what these worthy Gentlemen have witneffed againft him: Alfo you have heard his Reply and Confeffion: It lieth now in your Breast to hang him, or fave his Life; but yet I think meet to inftruct you in our Law. There was an A&t made in the Days of Pharaoh the Great, Servant to our Prince, Exod. iii. that left those of a contrary Religion should multiply, and grow too ftrong for him, their Males fhould be thrown into the River. There was an A&t alfo made in the Days of N-bu- Dan. iii.. chadnezar the Great, another af his Servants, That whofoever would not fall down and worship his Golden Image, should be thrown into the Fiery Furnace. There was an Act alfo 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 thefe Laws this Rebel has broken, not only in Thought (which is not to be borne) but also in Word and Deed; which muft therefore needs be intolerable. For that of Pharaoh, his Law was made upon Sufpicion, to prevent Mischief, no Crime, yet being apparent; but here is a Crime apparent For the fecond and third, you fee he difputeth against our Religion;. and for the Ticafon he hath confeffed, he deferveth to die the Death. Then went the Jury, out, * whofe Names *The Jury: were Mr. Bindman, Mr. No-good, Mr Ma- and their lice, Mr. Love-loft, Mr. Live-le, Mr. Heady, Names.. Mr. High mind, Mr Enmity, Mr. Liar, Mr. Cruelty, Mr. Hate-light, and Mr Implacable, who every one gave in his private Verdict against him among themelves, and F 5. after,. afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the Judge. And firit Every among themselves *Mr. Blindman the Foreone's pri. man faid, I fee clearly that this Man is an vate Ver- Heretick. Then faid Mr. No-Good, Away dict. * with fuch a Fellow from the Earth. Aye, faid Mr. Malice, for I hate the very Looks of him. Then faid Mr. Love-luft, I could never endure bim. Nor 1, faid Mr. Live-loofe, for he would always be condemning my Ways. Hang him, hang him, faid Mr. Heady. A forry Scrub, 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. Implacable, Might I have all the World given me, I could not be reconciled to him, therefore let +They con us forthwith bring him in guilty of Death. † clude to And fo they did; therefore he was presently bring him condemn'd to be had from the Place where he in quilty 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 with *The cruel him according to their Law; * and first they Death of fcourg'd him, then they buffeted him, then Faithful. they launc'd his Flesh with Knives, after that they toned him with Stones, then pricked him with their Swords, and last of all they burnt him to Alhes at a Stake. Thus came Faithful to his End. + Chariot + Now I faw that there ftood behind the and Horfes Multitude a Chariot, and a Couple of Horses take away waiting for Faithful, (who as foon as his Faithful. Adverfaries had dilpatched him) was taken up me it, and aitway was carried up through |