Of Capt, Jo HN Phil l ips. 409 



Unto jvhich 1 have added, the Sins Qf UnchalHty* 

 And I have provoked the Holy One, at length, to 

 leave me unto the Crimes of Pyracy and Robbery ^ 

 . svherein, at laft, I have brought my felf under thie 

 Guilt of Murder alio. 



i But one Wickednefs that has led me as much 

 as any, to all the reft, has been my brutifh Drua- 

 kennefs. By ftrong Drink I have been heated and 

 hardened into the Crimes that are now more bit* 

 ter than Death unto me. 



I could vvifti that Mafters of Veflels would not ufe 

 their Men with fb much Severity, as many of them 



. jdo, which expofes to great TemptatioriSf 



And then of White. 

 I am now, with Sorrow, reaping the Fruits of my 

 Difobedience to my Parents, who ufed their Endea- 

 ivours to have me inftrufted in my Bible, and my 

 . Catechifm. 



And the Fruits of my negleding the publickWor- 

 fhip of God, and prophaning the holy Sabbath. 



And of my blafpheming the Name of God, my 

 Maker. 



Byt my Drunkennefs has had a great Hand in 

 bringing my Ruin upon me. I was drunk when I 

 was enticed aboard the Pyrate. 



And now, for all the vile Things I did aboard, I 

 own the Juftice of God and Man, . in what is done 

 unto me. 



Of both together. 

 We hope, we truly hate the Sins, whereof we 

 liave the Burthen lying fb heavy upon our Co«i^ 

 fciences. ' , i* 



We warn all People, and partitularly young Peo- 

 ple, againft fuchSins as thefe. We wifh, all may 

 take Warning by us. 



We beg for Pardon, for the fake of Chrift, our 

 . Saviour j and our Hope is in him alone. Oh ! that 



