A50164:137
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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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 heartily so.
Min. But your Sorrows must be after a godly Sort. Not merely because of the miseries which it has brought on your outward Man, but chiefly for the Wrongs and Wounds therein given to your own Soul; and not only for the Miseries you have brought on your self, but chiefly for the Injuries which you have done to the Blessed God.
Min. But your Sorrows must be after a godly Sort. Not meerly because of the miseries which it has brought on your outward Man, but chiefly for the Wrongs and Wounds therein given to your own Soul; and not only for the Miseries you have brought on your self, but chiefly for the Injuries which you have done to the Blessed God.
H. S. I hope my Sorrow lies there.
Min. But do you Mourn without Hope▪