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ter before twelve , he departed this life . God have mercy on his soul . <« P . M . a C .. F . [ Capuchin * or Carmelite Friar ] came to the D . upon the doctor ' telling him of the state of the K . and told him , That now was the
time for him to take care of his broth& ' $ soul , and that it was his duty tcftell him so . The D . with this admonishment , went to K . aird after some privsate discourse , the K . uttered these expressions : O brother how long have I wislied ? but . now help me : withal declaring that he would have
Mr . Hud . [ H ' uddleston ] who had preserved him in the tree and now hoped would preserve his soul . Mr . H . was accordingly sent for and desired to bring all necessaries for a dying man . But he , not having the B . ' S . [ blessed sacrament ] by him , went to one of the Qu . Ps , [ Queen ' s Priests ] and telling him the occasion ,
desired his assistance to procure it aud to bring it to the back stairs . The K . having notice that Mr . Hud . waited at the door , desired to be in private ; the bishops and nobles
withdrew , the D . latching fast the door , | the Lords , P ., B aad F . [ Bath and Feversham ] were going out also , but the D . told them they might stay . iTie K , seeing Mr . H . cried out " Ali mighty God ! what good planet
governs me , that all my life is wonders and miracles I When , O Lord , I consider my infan cy , my exile , my escape at Worcester , my preservation in the oak , with the assistance of this good Father , and now to have him again to preserve my soul ! O Lord , my
wonderful restoration , my great danger in the late-conspiracy , and last of all to be ' raised from death to life , and to have my ^ soul preserved by the assistance of this good Father , whom 1 see , O good Lord , that thou hast
Created for my good T The D . and Lds . withdrew into the closet , for the space of an hour . Then entering the roo again , the Father asked the K . w « et ! ier he would be pleased to revive ? He answered , " if I were wcflr-% ofit . Amen , Amen . " The Fa . gaining , comforting and praying * m him , he said , « Father , if I am £ ?* % of it , I pray let me have it . " * « e Fa . said , it would be brought to ^ i mmediately , and asked his leave ^ " proceed With the « cttremAc&on te King replied , with all my ¦» ear t . " The D , and Lords assisting at T i fm
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the time , Fa . H . was called to the door , where he received' the B . S . and desiring the K . to compose him self to receive ? , the K . would needs rise ( hut was persuaded to the contrary ) he said , " let me meet my
heavenly Father in a better manner than lying on my back . " But being overruled ,, they continue in prayer . Amongst others the Fa . repeats an act of contrition , desiring the K . to repeat it , word by word , after him . Having made an end , the K . * rec d with the
greatest expressions of dev 6 tion imaginable . This being ended they go obL with the pray ers de animu . That being done the K . desired the act of contrition to be again repeated , saying , O Lord , yood God , when my lips fail , let my heart speak these words e ternall y * Amen . ~ - ¦ ¦
" The bishops and lords enter the room again and desire the K . to remember his last end and to endeavour to make a good end . He said he had thought of it and hoped he had made his peace with God . They asked him
whether he would receive ; he said he would not . So persisting in extolling the Qu . and D . —said he was not sorry to leave the world leaving so good a brother to rule behind him . *"
The Protestant Jacobites and Tories were very averse to believe this Reconciliation . Samuel Wesley , in his Poems , ( 1743- - p . 273 ) thus expresses their sentiments on the authority of Lady Ogelthorpe , who had held a station in the XDbuxts of Charles and James .
Charles to no saint his dying' soul < 5 ommends , Nor owns conversion to the papal sway 5 No Romish Priest , nor Huddleston attends With useless unction , his expiring clay .
Burnet , on the other hand , thus attests the reconciliation , " Cardinal Howard told me at Rome , that Fluddleston , according to the relation that he sent thither , made the King go through some acts of contrition , and , after such a confession as he cor . ld then make , he gave him absolution and the other sacrametits . He also ¦ ¦¦
- » " ¦ - ¦¦ ' ' ' "w "' ' ¦¦« " '' - " *¦ ¦ ' r « ' * BUrnet declares , * tc lie ^ sai 4 nothing of the Queen nor any one Wpfrf of hisr people . " To James he recommended Lady IViitsmouth aiicTMis . Gwynu" O . T i . 008 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1815, page 225, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1759/page/25/
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