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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Min. And what Reaso•• […] that Hope?
Min. And what Reaso•• 〈…〉 that Hope?
H. S. I find all my Sins made so •i• ter to me, that if I were to have […] ⟨p. 70⟩given me this Afternoon, to Live such a Life, as I have Lived heretofore, I would not accept of it; I had rather Dy.
H. S. I find all my Sins made so •i• ter to me, that if I were to have 〈…〉 ⟨p. 70⟩given me this Afternoon, to Live such a Life, as I have Lived heretofore, I would not accept of it; I had rather Dy.
Min. That is well, if it be True. But suffer me a little to search into the Condition of your Soul. Are you sensible, That you were Born a Sinner? That the Guilt of the First Sin committed by Adam, is justly charged upon you? And that you have hereupon a Wicked Nature in you, full of Enmity against all that is Holy, and Just, and Good? For which you deserved to be destroyed, as soon as you first came into this World.
Min. That is well, if it be True. But suffer me a little to search into the Condition of your Soul. Are you sensible, That you were Born a Sinner? That the Guilt of the First Sin committed by Adam, is justly charged upon you? And that you have hereupon a Wicked Nature in you, full of Enmity against all that is Holy, and Iust, and Good? For which you deserved to be destroyed, as soon as you first came into this World.