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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
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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.
H. S. I can't see it.
H. S. I cann't see it.
Min. But you must Remember, That the Commandment is Exceeding Broad; it reaches to the Heart as well as the Life: it includes Omissions as well as Commissions, and it at once both Requires and Forbids. But I pray, make an experiment upon any