A50164:127
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.
H. S. I am sensible of this also
Min. But are you sensible, That •ou have broken all the Laws of God? You know the Commandments. Are you sensible, That you have broken every one of Them.
H. S. I cannot well answer to that. My Answer may be liable to some Exceptions. —This I own, I have broken every Commandment on the Account mentioned by the Apostle James; That he who breaks one is Guilty of all, But not otherwise.
H. S. I cannot well answer to that. My Answer may be liable to some Ex•eptions. —This I own, I have broken every Commandment on the Account mentioned by the Apostle James; That he who breaks one is Guilty of all, But not otherwise.
Min. Alas, That you know your self no better than so! I do affirm to you, that you have particularly broken every one of the Commandments▪ and you must be sensible of it.