Now Faithful play the man, speak for thy God,
Fear not the wicked's malicė, nor their rod:
Speak boldly man, the truth is on thy fide,
Die for it, and to life in triumph ride.

Part I. Envy. My Lord, I could fay much more, only I would not be tedious to the court: yet, if, need be, when the other gentlemen have given in their evidence, rather than any thing fhall be wanting that will difpatch him, I will en large my teftimony against him. So he was bid ftand by.

Then they called Superftition, and bid him look upon the prifoner. They alfo afked, what he could fay for their Lord the King against him? Then he fware him: fo he began.

Super. My Lord, I have no great acquaintance with this, man; nor do I defire to have farther knowledge of him. However, this I know, that he is a very peftilent fellow, from fome difcourfe that the other day I had with him in this town; for then talking with him, I heard him fay, that our religion, was naught, and fuch by which a man could by no means pleafe God. Which faying of his, my Lord, your Lordship very well knows what neceffarily thence will follow, to wit, that we ftill do worship in vain, are yet in our fins, and finally fhall be damned: And this is that which I have to fay.

Then was Pickthank fworn, and bid fay what he knew in the behalf of their Lord the King, against the prifoner at the bar.

Pick. My Lord, and you Gentlemen all, this fellow I have known of a long time, and have heard him fpeak things that ought not to be fpoke; for he hath railed on our noble prince Pelzebub, and he hath fpoke contemptible of his honourable friends, whofe names are, the

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great ones.

Lord Old-Man, the Lord CarnalDelight, the Lord Luxurious, the Lord Defire of Vain Glory, my old Lord Leachery, Sir Having Greedy, with all the reft of our nobility; and he hath faid moreover, that if all men were of his mind, if poffible, there is not one of these noblemen fhould have any longer a being in this town. Befides, he hath not been afraid to rail on you, my Lord, who are now appointed to be his judge, calling you an ungodly villain, with many other fuch like vilifying terms, with which he hath befpattered most of the gentry of our

town.

When this Pick-thank had told his tale, the judge directed his speech to the prifoner at the bar, faying, Thou renegade, heretic, and traitor, haft thou heard what these honeft gentlemen have witnessed against thee?

Faith. May I fpeak a few words in my own defence?

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Judge. Sirrah, firrah, thou deferveft to live no longer, but to be flain immediately upon place; yet that all men may fee our gentleness towards thee, let us hear what thou haft to say. Faith. 1. I fay then, in anfwer to what Mr Envy hath spoFaithful's deken, I never faid ought but this, fence.. That what rule, or laws, or custom, or people, were flat against the word of God, are diametrically oppofite to Chriftianity. If I have faid amifs in this, convince me of my error, and I am ready here before you to make my reen

tation.

2. As to the fecond, to wit, Mr. Superftition, and his charge againft me, I faid only this, That in the worship 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 thrust into the worship of God, that is not agreeable to divine revelation, cannot be done but by an human faith; which faith will not be profitable to eternal life.

3. As to what Mr Pickthank 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 this gentleman named, are more fit for being in hell than in this town and country: And fo the Lord bave mercy upon me.

The judge's Speech to te jury.

Then the judge called to the jury, (who all this while flood by to hear and obferve,) Gentlemen of the jury, you fee this man about whom so great an uproar hath been made in this town: You have alfo heard what thefe worthy gentlemen have witneffed againft him; alfo you have heard his reply and confeffion. It lieth now in your breasts to hang him, or fave his life; but yet I think meet to inftruct you into our law.

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There was an act made in the days of Pharaoh the great, fervant to our prince, that, left those of a contrary religion fhould multiply, and grow too ftrong for him, their males fhould be thrown into the river. There was alfo an act made in the ys of Nebuchadnezzar the great, another of

his fervants, That whoever would not fall down and worship his golden image, fhould be thrown into a fiery furnace. There was also an act made in the days of Darius, That whofo for fome time called upon any god but him, should be caft into the lion's den. Now, the fubftance of thefe laws this rebel has broken, not only in thought, (which is not to be borne,) but also in word and deed, which must therefore needs be intolerable, Exod. i. Dan iii. and iv.

For that of Pharoah, his law was made upon a fuppofition, to prevent mischief, no crime being yet apparent; but here is a crime apparent For the fecond and third, you fee he difputeth against our religion; and for the treafon he hath confeffed, he deferveth to die the death.

The jury and

their names.

Then went the jury out, whofe names were, Mr Blind-man, Mr No-good, Mr Malice, Mr Loveluft, Mr Live-loofe, Mr Heady, Mr High-mind, Mr Enmity, Mr Lyar, Mr Cruelty, Mr Hatelight, and Mr Implacable; who every one gave in his private verdict against him among themfelves, and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the judge. And first among themfe:ves, Mr Blind-man the foreman faid, I fee clearly that this man is an heretic. Then faid Mr No-good, away with fuch a fellow from the earth Ay faid Mr Malice, for I hate the very looks of him. Then faid Mr Loveluft, I could never endure him. Nor I, faid Mr Live-loofe; for he would always be condemning my way. Hang him, hang him, faid M Heady. A forry ferub, faid Mr High-mind.