A50164:158
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 hope I shall.
Min. Well, we are now but a very few paces from the place, where you must breath your last. You are just going to take a most awful Step, which has this most Remarkable in it, That it cannot be twice taken. If you go wrong now, it cannot be Recalled throughout the Days of a long Eternity. I can but commit you into the Arms of a Merciful Redeemer, that he may keep you from a Miscarriage, which cannot be recalled & redressed throughout eternal Ages. The Lord show unto you the Path of Life!
Min. Well, we are now but a very few paces from the place, where you must breath your last. You are just going to take a most awful Step, which has this most Remarkable in it, That it cannot be twice taken. If you go wrong now, it cannot be Recalled throughout the Dayes of a long Eternity. I can but commit you into the Arms of a Merciful Redeemer, that he may keep you from a Miscarriage, which cannot be recal'd & redress'd throughout eternal Ages. The Lord show unto you the Path of Life!
Attend unto these, as the last words that I may speak before the Prayer, with which I am immediately to take a long Farewell of you. You are now just going to be Confirmed for ever. If the Great God presently find you under the power of Prejudice against any of His Truths and Ways, or of Enmity against what has His blessed
Attend unto these, as the last words that I may speak before the Prayer, with which I am immediately to take a long Farewel of you. You are now just going to be Confirmed for ever. If the Great God presently find you under the power of Prejudice against any of His Truths and Wayes, or of Enmity against what has His blessed