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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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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 ⟨p. 72⟩one Commandment, in which you count your self most Innocent: and […] whether you do not presently confess your self Guilty thereabout. I may not leave this point slightly passed ever with you.
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 ⟨p. 72⟩one Commandment, in which you count your self most Innocent: and 〈…〉 whether you do not presently conf•s your self Guilty thereabout. I may not leave this point slightly passed ever with you.
H. S. That Commandment, Thou shalt not make to thy self any Graven Image; How have I broken it?