Crime & punishment > Life and farewell address of Peter Aug. Heaman, who was executed at Leith, on the 9th of January last, for the crimes of piracy and murder

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riches of [thy grace in making me a brand, in
thy rich favour, saved from eternal burnings.
Search, try, and prove me, and lead me in
thy way everlasting. Extend that grace I have
abused unto me, and let him whom my sins
have often pierced and crucified afresh, times
beyond number, be my great deliverer. Oh
let the Sun of righteousness arise with healing
under his wings upon my soul. Remember the
promises of thy grace, the declarations of thy
love, founded on the everlasting covenant,
and let them be accomplished upon me. When
’ I go hence and am no more, receive me with
the open arms of thine everlasting love. Oh
come quickly, Amen, even so come. Lord
Jesus.
In the faith of the enjoyment of God as
my only portion, and in the free up-giving
and surrender of worldly delights and satis¬
faction, I subscribe myself a deep debtor to
; sovereign grace.
Written by the criminal in the Tolbooth of
Edinburgh, the 23d to the 29th of December,
;i821.
P. A. HEAMAN.
Printed by Balfour & Clarke,
Edinburgh, 1822.