A50164:105
Speedy repentance urged a sermon preached at Boston, December 29, 1689
Speedy repentance urged a sermon preached at Boston, December 29, 1689 : in the hearing and at the request of one Hugh Stone, [a mis]erable man [under a just sen]tense of [death] for a [tragical and] hor[rible murder : together with some account concerning the character, carriage, and execution of that unhappy malefactor : to which are added certain memorable providences relating to some other murders, & some great instances of repentance which have been seen amongst us / by Cotton Mather.]Speedy repentance urged a sermon preached at Boston, December 29, 1689 : in the hearing and at the request of one Hugh Stone, [a mis]erable man [under a just sen]tence of [death] for a [tragical and] hor[rible murder : together with some account concerning the character, carriage, and execution of that unhappy malefactor : to which are added certain memorable providences relating to some other murders, & some great instances of repentance which have been seen amonst us / by Cotton Mather.]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green, 1690
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And yet let me tell you, Lastly, That there is a May be of Mercy for you. Tho' with Cain, you have been a Murderer; yet let not the out-cry of Cain be with you, My sin is greater than can be forgiven. You may be made a Manasseh, for Blessedness, as you have been such an one for Wickedness. A Pardon is to be had, if you slight it not; and how should that mel• your very Heart within you?
In an English Plantation, that is not far from New-England, a while ago, there were two or three Men• Condemned to D•, as I have heard, for Piracy. After their Condemnation they broke Prison, and fled into the Woods; from whence, after some weeks, they returned ⟨p. 63⟩of their own Accord, and Surrendered themselves unto the Authority, saying, We got away only that we might have time to make our peace with God, and get the pardon of our Sins assured unto us, which through' Grace, we have done, and now we tender our Lives, to satisfy the Justice of the Law. The Judges were so pleased with this Ingenuity, that first they bestowed a Reprieve on them, and then procured a Pardon for them▪
In an English Plantation, that is not far from New-England, a while ago, there were two or three Men• Condemned to D•, as I have heard, for Piracy. After their Condemnation they broke Prison, and fled into the Woods; from whence, after some weeks, they returned ⟨p. 63⟩of their own Accord, and Surrendred themselves unto the Authority, saying, We got away only that we might have time to make our peace with God, and get the pardon of our Sins assur'd unto us, which thro' Grace, we have done, and now we tender our Lives, to satisfie the Justice of the Law. The Iudges were so pleased with this Ingenuity, that first they bestow'd a Reprieve on them, and then procur'd a Pardon for them