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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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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.
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
Name upon it, you shall be fixed, and settled, and confirmed in it, until the very Heavens be no more. But they are very Terrible Plagues and Pains, which you may be sure will accompany this everlasting Disposition of your Soul.
On the other side, If God now find your Soul, under the power of Inclinations to Love Him, Fear Him, Serve Him; and to esteem the Lord Jesus above a thousand Worlds; you shall then be Confirmed in the perfection of such a Temper, and of all the Joy, that must Accompany it. Which of these is the Condition that I now leave you in.
On the other side, If God now find your Soul, under the power of Inclinations to Love Him, Fear Him, Serve Him; and to esteem the Lord Jesus above a thousand Worlds; you shall then be Confirmed in the perfection of such a Temper, and of all the Ioy, that must Accompany it. Which of these is the Condition that I now leave you in.