Tower of London, February 14.
Sindercom having upon his Triall by a Jury in the Upper
Bench, received sentence to be hanged drawn and quartered
at Tyborne, for his Treasonous designe against the life of his
Highnes, and having some daies time afterward given him
for the preparing of his soule for another, world, care was
taken by the honourable Sir John Barkstead Lievtenant of
the Tower, to send unto him, at severall times, divers eminent
and pious Ministers of the City to conferr with him
touching his concernments in the life to come. Two things
in his discourse were observable; that when any of the
Ministers came to him, he would first condition with them,
that they should not treat with him at all touching the crime
for which he stood condemned. The other was, that he told
them alwales, as an entrance to his discourse, that he was for
the Universall Point; and being pressed to explaine his meaning,
he told them he beleeved that all men were brought into
a save able estate by the death of Christ, and hee doubted not
but himself should fare as well as others. Which expression
shews him to have been infected with that un Evangelical
Conceit of Universal Redemption. Little good could be
wrought on him by any of the Ministers: And no marvel, if
it be considered what discourse passed from him to others,
since the time of his Condemnation, for, he was of the same
opinion with many others that have slipt into Libertmism;
viz. That when man dieth, the soule sleepeth with the Body,
and (said he) it may be it shall rise again. This is that
wretched opinion of that sort of men whom wee (in English)
cal Soul-sleepers, persons so farr unworthy the name of
Christians, that the ancient Heathens will rise up in judgement
against them; and in the tendencie of it so destructive
to the conveniencie of Government, that it disposeth those
who embrance it, attempt any wickedness whatsoever, any
Treason, Sedition, or Assassination, and to despise vertue,
seeing it at once destroyeth both the hope of reward and the
feare of punishment, after this life is [unr]ed.