and, now I ſuffer innocently in my owne Country, and by their hands, both for whoſe good I and my fore-fathers ſpent our Eſtates and Lives, Father forgive them. As he went forth he prayed, In thee (O Lord) have I hoped, let me not be confounded for ever. Going on the Scaffold, he lift up his eyes and ſaid, Into thy hands (O Lord) I commend my ſpirit. Walking on the fatall cloth that was ſpread on the floore, he made a little ſtand, and brake forth againe into theſe words, In thee (O Lord) have I trusted in my Youth, I am confident that I ſhall be accepted by that ignominions death of my Saviour: and falling downe on his knees he added, To thee (O God) I commend my ſpirit, thou God true and juſt hast redeemed me. And ſeeing the Executioner came not, (for he was a Goſpeller, neither did he make too much haſt, untill they had finiſhed their prayers) he perceiving ſome delay, prayed againe, Lord Jeſus, Son of David, be merciful to me, and receive my ſpirit: and the ſword from behind him cut off his ſpeech with his head.
CHAP. 64
