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An Office for Prisoners for Crimes · John Kettlewell

An Office for Prisoners for Crimes, Table of contents

THE CONTENTS. OF THE Office for Prisoners for Crimes.

I. Directions for Prisoners for CRIMES.

Chap. I. HOW to Behave and Employ themselves, after Commitment, and before the Tryal. page 1

Chap. II. How to Behave and Employ themselves, in order, to and at, their Tryal p. 12

Chap. III. How to Behave and Employ themselves after Sentence of Gondemnation, and at the Time of Execution. p. 20

II. Special Directions for Prisoners for Debt. p. 27

III. General Directions for Both. p. 33

Scriptures for Prisoners for Crimes. p. 44

I. A general Prayer for all Prisoners, taken out of the Companion for the Persecuted.

Particular Prayers for Prisoners for CRIMES.

I. For deliverance from their Sins and Sorrows. p. 55

II. The Prisoners Confession of God's Justice in his sad Circumstances. p. 57

III. His Profession of Repentance under the same. p. 62

IV. Prayers for Learning Righteousness, and Improvement of remaining Moments of Life. p. 66

V. Prayers for Acceptance of Repentance, tho late, and for the sincerity and integrity thereof. p. 70

VI. For Respite, and longer Time in this world; and against the day of Tryal. p. 74

EJACULATIONS.

Ejaculations at his TRYAL. p. 78

Ejaculations after his Tryal if Acquitted. p. 79

If CONDEMNED. p. 80

VII. Prayers after Sentence of Condemnation, or any time before Execution, and at Execution, only making the Changes as they are noted in the Margin. p. 81

Ejaculations for him at the time of Execution. p. 86

VIII. A Thanksgiving for deliverance out of Prison, whither they had been justly committed for capital Crimes. p. 87

Scriptures for Prisoners for Debt. p. 93

Particular Prayers for Prisoners for DEBT.

I. The indebted Prisoners Prayers, for clearing the Score of his Sins. p. 98

II. A Prayer for Mercy from his Creditors. p. 101

III. Prayers for an Heart to be Honest to his Creditors. p. 103

IV. A Thanksgiving for a Prisoner for Debt, on his Release from Prison. p. 107

The End.

End of the text · John Kettlewell, An Office for Prisoners for Crimes (1697)