A50164:146
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. And you must justify Him if He should Reject you. You surprise me, with at once giving me so much of the Discourse, which all this while I have been labouring for▪ I can add but this! The good Lord make you sincere in what you say! —Your Crime lay in Blood; & your Help also, That lies in Blood. I am to offer you the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, as that in which you may now have the Pardon of all your sins. Now you may try the sincerity of your Faith in the Blood of the Lord Jesus for a Pardon, by This. Have you an Hope in that Blood, for all the other saving effects of it? shall I explain what I mean?
Min. And you must justifie Him if He should Reject you. You surprize me, with at once giving me so much of the Discourse, which all this while I have been labouring for▪ I can add but this! The good Lord make you sincere in what you say! —Your Crime lay in Blood; & your Help also, That lies in Blood. I am to offer you the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, as that in which you may now have the Pardon of all your sins. Now you may try the sincerity of your Faith in the Blood of the Lord Jesus for a Pardon, by This. Have you an Hope in that Blood, for all the other saving effects of it? shall I expl•in what I mean?
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Min. The Blood of the Lord Jesu•, […] not only Sin Pardoning Blood, but […] Soul-Purifying and Heart-softening ••ood. It embitters all Sin unto the […], that it is applied unto, and […] every lust in such a Soul. Are ⟨p. 76⟩