is not one of these Noblemen should 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 beIpattered most of the Gentry of our Town. When this Pickthank had told his Tale, the Judge directed his Speech to the Prifoner at the Bar, faying, Thou Renegade, Heretick, and Traytor, haft thou heard what thefe honeft Gentlemen have witneffred against thee? Faith. May I fpeak a few Words in my own Defence? Judge. Sirrah, Sirrah, thou deferveft to live no longer, but to be flain immediately (upon the Place; yet that all Men may fee our Gentleness towards thee, let us fee what thou haft to fay. Ι Faith. 1. § I fay then, in Answer to what § Faithful's | Mr. Envy hath fpoken, I never faid ought Defence of but this, That what Rule or Laws, or bimself. Custom, or People, were fiat against the Word of God, are diametrically oppofite to Christianity, If I have faid amifs in this, convince me of my Error, and I am ready here before you to make my Recantation. Now, Faithful, play the Man, Speak for thy God; The Judge's Speech to the Jury. Exod. 1. Dan. 2. As to the Second, 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 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. Picktbank hath faid, I lay (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 have Mercy upon me. Then the Judge called to the Jury (who all this while ftood by to hear and observe) Gentlemen of the Jury, you fee this Man about whom fo great an Uproar hath been made in this Town: You have alfo heard what these worthy Gentlemen have witneffed against him: Alfo you have heard his Reply and Confeffion: It lieth now in your Breafts to hang him, or fave his Life; but yet I think meet to inftruct you into our Law. There was an Act made in the Days of Pharaoh the Great, Servant 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 Days of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, another another of his Servants, that whoever For that of Pharaoh, his Law was made. upon a Suppofition, 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. Names. Then went the Jury out, *whofe Names * The Jury were Mr. Blindman, Mr. No-good, Mr. and their Malice, Mr. Love luft, Mr. Live-loofe, Mr. Heady, Mr. High-mind, Mr. Enmity, Mr. Lyar, Mr. Cruelty, Mr. Hate-light, and Mr. Implacable; who every one gave in his private Verdict against him among. themselves, and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in Guilty before the Judge. And firft among themselves, + Mr. Blindman the Foreman faid, I fee + Every one's clearly that this Man is an Heretick. private VerThen 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. Love-luft, I could never endure him. Nor I, faid Mr. Live-loofe, for he would always be condemning my Way dict. |