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         Ashton, John, d. 1691.
      
       
         
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             A copy of Mr. Ashton's paper, delivered to the sheriff at the place of execution, January 28, 1690/1
             Ashton, John, d. 1691.
          
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           A
           COPY
           of
           Mr.
           Ashton's
           Paper
           ,
           Delivered
           to
           the
           SHERIFF
           AT
           THE
           Place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           
             January
             28.
             
             1690-91
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             ,
          
        
         
           HAving
           observed
           that
           the
           Method
           of
           making
           Speeches
           at
           the
           Place
           of
           Execution
           was
           not
           always
           attended
           with
           the
           designed
           Successes
           ;
           and
           thinking
           it
           better
           to
           imploy
           my
           last
           Minutes
           in
           Devotion
           and
           holy
           Communion
           with
           my
           God
           ,
           I
           have
           prepared
           this
           Paper
           to
           leave
           in
           your
           Hands
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           assert
           my
           Principles
           as
           to
           testifie
           my
           Innocency
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           my
           Religion
           ;
           I
           profess
           ,
           by
           God's
           Grace
           ,
           to
           dye
           in
           the
           Faith
           into
           which
           I
           was
           baptized
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           whose
           Communion
           (
           nothing
           doubting
           of
           my
           Salvation
           ,
           through
           the
           Merits
           of
           my
           Saviour
           )
           I
           have
           always
           thought
           my self
           safe
           and
           happy
           :
           According
           to
           her
           Principles
           ,
           and
           late
           much
           esteemed
           Doctrine
           (
           though
           now
           unhappily
           exploded
           )
           I
           have
           regulated
           my
           Life
           ,
           believing
           my self
           obliged
           ,
           by
           my
           Religion
           ,
           to
           look
           upon
           my
           Rightful
           ,
           Lawful
           Prince
           (
           whatever
           his
           Principles
           were
           ,
           or
           his
           Practices
           might
           be
           )
           as
           God's
           Vicegerent
           ,
           and
           accountable
           (
           if
           guilty
           of
           Male-administration
           )
           to
           God
           only
           ,
           from
           whom
           he
           received
           his
           Power
           ;
           and
           always
           believing
           it
           to
           be
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Realm
           ,
           upon
           any
           Pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           him
           ;
           And
           let
           all
           the
           World
           take
           Notice
           ,
           in
           this
           Belief
           I
           dye
           .
           But
           I
           have
           more
           particular
           Obligations
           to
           the
           King
           my
           Master
           ,
           whom
           I
           have
           had
           the
           Honour
           to
           serve
           ,
           and
           received
           many
           signal
           Favours
           from
           him
           ,
           for
           Sixteen
           Years
           past
           :
           So
           that
           Gratitude
           (
           a
           Thing
           not
           much
           esteemed
           at
           this
           time
           )
           as
           well
           as
           Duty
           and
           Religion
           ,
           commanded
           the
           utmost
           Service
           I
           could
           pay
           him
           .
           And
           when
           I
           had
           these
           Considerations
           ,
           That
           we
           were
           Born
           his
           Liege
           Subjects
           ,
           That
           we
           had
           Solemnly
           professed
           our
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           often
           confirmed
           it
           with
           Oaths
           ,
           That
           his
           Majesty's
           Usage
           ,
           after
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Arrival
           ,
           was
           very
           hard
           ,
           severe
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           say
           )
           unjust
           :
           And
           that
           all
           the
           new
           Methods
           of
           settling
           this
           Nation
           have
           hitherto
           made
           it
           more
           miserable
           ,
           poor
           ,
           and
           more
           exposed
           to
           Foreign
           Enemies
           :
           And
           the
           Religion
           we
           pretend
           to
           be
           fond
           of
           Preserving
           ,
           now
           ,
           much
           more
           than
           ever
           ,
           likely
           to
           be
           Destroyed
           ;
           There
           seems
           to
           me
           no
           way
           to
           prevent
           the
           impending
           Evils
           ,
           and
           save
           these
           Nations
           from
           Poverty
           and
           Distraction
           ,
           but
           the
           calling
           home
           our
           injured
           Sovereign
           ;
           who
           ,
           as
           a
           true
           Father
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           has
           (
           notwithstanding
           all
           his
           Provocations
           
           and
           Injuries
           )
           a
           natural
           Love
           and
           Tenderness
           for
           all
           his
           Subjects
           .
           And
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           Repining
           at
           the
           loss
           of
           my
           Life
           ,
           that
           had
           I
           Ten
           thousand
           I
           should
           rather
           think
           my self
           Obliged
           to
           sacrifice
           them
           all
           ,
           than
           to
           omit
           any
           just
           and
           honest
           Means
           to
           promote
           so
           good
           and
           necessary
           a
           Work.
           And
           I
           advise
           and
           desire
           all
           my
           Fellow
           Subjects
           to
           think
           of
           their
           Duty
           ,
           and
           turn
           to
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           before
           the
           severe
           Judgments
           of
           God
           overtake
           them
           ,
           for
           their
           Perjury
           and
           Rebellion
           :
           But
           certainly
           the
           Good
           and
           Interest
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           abstracted
           from
           all
           other
           Considerations
           ,
           will
           e're
           long
           convince
           them
           of
           the
           Necessity
           of
           doing
           it
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           frankly
           delared
           my
           Principles
           ,
           I
           know
           the
           Inference
           will
           be
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           Acted
           accordingly
           ;
           and
           ,
           consequently
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           now
           ●ustly
           Condemned
           :
           But
           as
           I
           ingenuously
           own
           the
           Inference
           ,
           I
           as
           positively
           deny
           the
           Consequence
           ;
           for
           whatever
           my
           Inclinations
           or
           Actings
           have
           been
           ,
           yet
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Matter
           I
           was
           Sentenced
           to
           dye
           for
           ,
           I
           declare
           my self
           Innocent
           .
           And
           I
           will
           appeal
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           Judges
           themselves
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           ,
           upon
           my
           Tryal
           ,
           there
           appeared
           the
           least
           Proof
           that
           I
           knew
           a
           Tittle
           contained
           in
           the
           Papers
           :
           But
           Presumption
           was
           with
           the
           Jury
           thought
           sufficient
           to
           find
           me
           Guilty
           ;
           though
           ,
           I
           am
           told
           ,
           I
           am
           the
           First
           Man
           that
           ever
           was
           Condemned
           for
           High
           Treason
           upon
           bare
           Suspition
           or
           Presumption
           ;
           and
           that
           contrary
           to
           my
           Lord
           
             Coke's
             ,
          
           and
           other
           eminent
           Lawyers
           Opinions
           .
           The
           knowledge
           of
           my
           own
           Innocency
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Indictment
           and
           Charge
           against
           me
           ,
           was
           that
           that
           Armed
           me
           with
           so
           much
           Assurance
           ,
           and
           occasioned
           my
           casting
           my
           Life
           upon
           the
           first
           Twelve
           Men
           of
           the
           Pannel
           ,
           without
           challenging
           any
           :
           But
           though
           I
           have
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           just
           Reason
           to
           complain
           of
           the
           severe
           Charge
           given
           by
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           hard
           Measure
           I
           have
           received
           ▪
           not
           to
           mention
           my
           close
           Imprisonment
           ,
           the
           hasty
           and
           violent
           Proceedings
           against
           me
           ,
           nor
           the
           Industry
           used
           in
           the
           return
           of
           fitting
           Persons
           to
           pass
           upon
           me
           ,
           the
           denying
           me
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Pannel
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Yet
           as
           I
           hope
           for
           Pardon
           and
           Forgiveness
           at
           the
           Hands
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           do
           I
           most
           heartily
           pray
           for
           and
           forgive
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           my
           Enemies
           ,
           all
           the
           World
           ;
           nay
           ,
           even
           that
           Judge
           and
           Jury-man
           who
           did
           so
           signally
           (
           contrary
           to
           common
           Justice
           )
           expose
           themselves
           to
           destroy
           me
           .
           But
           let
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           be
           done
           ;
           I
           rely
           wholly
           upon
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           the
           Merits
           of
           my
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           for
           Salvation
           ;
           I
           do
           chearfully
           and
           intirely
           resign
           my self
           into
           his
           Hands
           ,
           as
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           a
           faithful
           Creator
           ,
           in
           sure
           and
           certain
           Hopes
           of
           a
           happy
           Resurrection
           .
        
         
           Bless
           ,
           protect
           and
           strengthen
           ,
           O
           Lord
           God
           ,
           my
           good
           and
           gracious
           King
           and
           Master
           :
           In
           thy
           due
           time
           let
           the
           Virtue
           ,
           Goodness
           and
           Innocency
           ,
           of
           the
           Queen
           my
           Mistress
           ,
           make
           all
           their
           Enemies
           blush
           ;
           and
           silence
           the
           wicked
           and
           unjust
           Calumnies
           that
           Malice
           and
           Envy
           have
           raised
           against
           her
           :
           Make
           her
           and
           these
           Nations
           happy
           in
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           whom
           ,
           from
           unanswerable
           and
           undoubted
           Proofs
           ,
           I
           know
           to
           be
           her
           Son
           :
           Restore
           them
           all
           when
           thou
           feest
           fit
           to
           their
           just
           Rights
           ;
           And
           on
           such
           a
           Bottom
           as
           may
           support
           and
           establish
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           once
           more
           make
           her
           Flourish
           ,
           notwithstanding
           what
           she
           hath
           received
           of
           late
           from
           her
           prevaricating
           Sons
           .
        
         
           Forgive
           ,
           forgive
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           all
           my
           Enemies
           ;
           bless
           all
           my
           Friends
           ;
           comfort
           and
           support
           my
           dear
           afflicted
           Wife
           ,
           and
           poor
           Babes
           ;
           be
           thou
           a
           Husband
           and
           a
           Father
           to
           them
           ;
           for
           their
           Sakes
           only
           I
           could
           have
           wished
           to
           have
           Lived
           ,
           but
           pardon
           that
           Wish
           ,
           O
           good
           God
           ,
           and
           take
           my
           Soul
           into
           thy
           e●erlasting
           Glory
           .
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             ASHTON
             .
          
        
         
      
    
     
  

