A true Copy of a LETTER Sent by S. J. an Eminent Minister of the Church of England, TO Sir Tho. Armstrong Prisoner in Newgate, on the 18th of this Instant June, 1684.  
Sir Thomas,  
NOw is the day at hand in which your strong held Soul and Body must be disunited and dissolved by Death: I shall not here stand to mention the heinousness of your crime, and the Merits of your Death. You are now shortly to appear before the Righteous Judge of Heaven and Earth, for whose unavoidable Assize I hope you prepare for; Conscientia mille testes, there is no Bribing, no Subornation of Juries nor Evidence; If your own Heart Condemn you, God is greater than your Heart, and knoweth all things: It is no great matter to stand upon those punctillions of honour, how, or after what manner you shall make your exit, and Death close your Eyes; Whether longer or shorter? whether Nobly or Ignominiously? (as to Worldly Fame) whether in the Field or in the Bed? whether by the Axe or the Gibbet? It is your Soul I aim at: It is true your Crime was great here, (I beg your Pardon) I do not intent to insult over one, Mortuus▪ in Lege, a dying Man a dead Lion: But that I may by these just considerations, raise the Spring of your Soul to a right consideration, and a true pitch for Eternity; and as your Life makes atonement to the King, it must be your true Repentance, Prayers and Tears with strong Sighs and Groans that must make atonement through Christ to God Almighty, which is the only thing I hearty desire for, and am fellow Labourer with you: That this your sincere and true Repentance may so animate your Soul, that may prepare it for an Eternal weight of Glory.  
The best Cordial I can give you, or prescribe to you in this present Disease (In terticulo morbis) is the Word of God: Where I shall first advise you to Read as soon as may be, That you find your Soul hover after Eternal Happiness, is the 88 Psalms, both as it is in the Bible and also altered something in the Common-Prayer-Book: There is nothing in the whole Word of God doth more correspond with your present condition. And this truly humbling to you, and inclining your Soul to seek for Soul saving comfort, turn to the 55 of Isaiah 6 and 7 ver. Other promises of Mercy I doubt not but you will apply to yourself, and in that safe way and Method our dear Lord and Saviour hath Scoured out unto you, from his own Promises and Intercession. Thus prepared like Moses the Servant of the Lord, when he had by God himself his day and place appointed for Death, in the 32 of Deut. and so on, He is nothing dismayed, but Sings his Song, makes his Speech, gives his Blessing, goes cheerfully up at the Command of God and Dyes.. I pray God so Blessed a Saint may be your Pattern, and that your Sins may be freely Pardoned, and your Soul may be Eternally saved.  
Is the most Ardent desire, and Prayers of him that was your Acquaintance, and now a poor Intercessor at the Throne of Grace, for you.   

LONDON, Printed for A. Banks.   

Entered according to Order.