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Article THE LIFE OF MRS. ANNE AYSCOUGH, OR ASKEW. ← Page 5 of 7 →
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The Life Of Mrs. Anne Ayscough, Or Askew.
Still he could not be brought over entirely to the side of justice and humanity ; but left this innocent victim to be offered up by the hands of furious bigots , a burnt-offering to their superstition . ^ The prayer which she composed in Newgate , just before her martyrdom , does too much honour to her p iety . and beneficence to be omitted in this memoir '
. _ " O Lord , I have . more enemies now than there are _ hairs on my " head , yet , Lord , let them never overcome me with vain words , but " fight thou , Lord , in my stead , for on thee castl mycare . With all V the spight they can imagine they-fall upon me which am thy poor ' . ' creature ; yet , sweet Lord , let , me not set by them which . are against ' mefor in thee is whole deliht : andLordI heartily desire
, my g , , " of thee , that thou wilt of thy most merciful goodness forgive them " that violence which they dp and have done to me Open also thou " their blind hearts , that they may hereafter do that thing which Is " acceptable . befprethee , and to set forth thy verity aright , without " all vain fantasies of sinful men . ' So be it , 6 Lord , " so be k . "
At length the ' awful , "day which was to , close h r sufferings , when her soul was-to arise , , as it were , in a' fiery , chariot ; , from the corruptions ; and persecutions of a sinful world , arrived . On the 16 th of July , . 1 , 54 6 , she was brought to ; the stake in Smithfield , in company with h . er tutor above mentioned , Nicholas Belehian , . aclergym ' aiiof Shropshire , and John Adams , a taylor .
Here that hoary apostate , Shaxton , was compelled , by way of penance , to preach a sermon unto the . sufferers ; , and addressing himself particularly to Mrs . Ayscough , she . retorted his apostacy upon him in the most animated terms . The executioner , Wriothesly , offered : her the king ' s pardon upon the condition of recantationbut she spurned the proffered grace which
, could not be accepted without the barter of her conscience . Her fellow-martyrs haying likewise refused the pardon , the fire was kindled with the mockery offat justitia .. One who was present at this dreadful scene has left the
followingaccount 01 it . " I , being alive , must needs confess of her now departed to the " Lord , that the day afore her execution , and the same day also , she f had an angel ' s countenance and a smiling face . For I was with " Lasscls , Sir George Blagg , and the other [ viz . Belenian ] , and with me " three of the Throkmortons , Sir Nicolas being one , and Mx . Kelhm the " ¦ other . Bthe same token that one unknown to me saidYe are
y , " all marked that come to them , take heed to your lives . Mr . Lascells , " a gentleman of a rig ht worshi p ful house of Gatford in Nottingham" shire , nig hWorsop , mounted up unto the window of the little parlour " by Newgate , and there sat , and by him Sir George . Mr . Lascells was " merry and cheerful in the Lord , coming from hearing of sentence " of his condemnationand said these wordsMy Lord Bishop would
, , " have me confess the Roman Church to be the Catholic Church ; but " that I cannot , for it is not true . When the hour of darkness came , " and their execution , Mrs . Anm Asaie was $ 0 racked that ihe could VOL . II . 3 G '
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The Life Of Mrs. Anne Ayscough, Or Askew.
Still he could not be brought over entirely to the side of justice and humanity ; but left this innocent victim to be offered up by the hands of furious bigots , a burnt-offering to their superstition . ^ The prayer which she composed in Newgate , just before her martyrdom , does too much honour to her p iety . and beneficence to be omitted in this memoir '
. _ " O Lord , I have . more enemies now than there are _ hairs on my " head , yet , Lord , let them never overcome me with vain words , but " fight thou , Lord , in my stead , for on thee castl mycare . With all V the spight they can imagine they-fall upon me which am thy poor ' . ' creature ; yet , sweet Lord , let , me not set by them which . are against ' mefor in thee is whole deliht : andLordI heartily desire
, my g , , " of thee , that thou wilt of thy most merciful goodness forgive them " that violence which they dp and have done to me Open also thou " their blind hearts , that they may hereafter do that thing which Is " acceptable . befprethee , and to set forth thy verity aright , without " all vain fantasies of sinful men . ' So be it , 6 Lord , " so be k . "
At length the ' awful , "day which was to , close h r sufferings , when her soul was-to arise , , as it were , in a' fiery , chariot ; , from the corruptions ; and persecutions of a sinful world , arrived . On the 16 th of July , . 1 , 54 6 , she was brought to ; the stake in Smithfield , in company with h . er tutor above mentioned , Nicholas Belehian , . aclergym ' aiiof Shropshire , and John Adams , a taylor .
Here that hoary apostate , Shaxton , was compelled , by way of penance , to preach a sermon unto the . sufferers ; , and addressing himself particularly to Mrs . Ayscough , she . retorted his apostacy upon him in the most animated terms . The executioner , Wriothesly , offered : her the king ' s pardon upon the condition of recantationbut she spurned the proffered grace which
, could not be accepted without the barter of her conscience . Her fellow-martyrs haying likewise refused the pardon , the fire was kindled with the mockery offat justitia .. One who was present at this dreadful scene has left the
followingaccount 01 it . " I , being alive , must needs confess of her now departed to the " Lord , that the day afore her execution , and the same day also , she f had an angel ' s countenance and a smiling face . For I was with " Lasscls , Sir George Blagg , and the other [ viz . Belenian ] , and with me " three of the Throkmortons , Sir Nicolas being one , and Mx . Kelhm the " ¦ other . Bthe same token that one unknown to me saidYe are
y , " all marked that come to them , take heed to your lives . Mr . Lascells , " a gentleman of a rig ht worshi p ful house of Gatford in Nottingham" shire , nig hWorsop , mounted up unto the window of the little parlour " by Newgate , and there sat , and by him Sir George . Mr . Lascells was " merry and cheerful in the Lord , coming from hearing of sentence " of his condemnationand said these wordsMy Lord Bishop would
, , " have me confess the Roman Church to be the Catholic Church ; but " that I cannot , for it is not true . When the hour of darkness came , " and their execution , Mrs . Anm Asaie was $ 0 racked that ihe could VOL . II . 3 G '