Speedy repentance urged a sermon preached at Boston, December 29, 1689

The Last Speech of Hugh Stone.

Young Men and Maids; observe the Rule of Obedience to your Parents; and Servants to your Masters, according to the Will of God, & do the Will of your Masters: If you take up wicked ways, you set open a Gate to your Sins, to lead in bigger afterwards; thou canst not do any thing but God will see thee although thou thinkest thou shalt not be catched, thou thinkest to hide thy self in Secret, when as God in Heaven can see see th•e, though thou hast hid it from Man. And when thou goest to Thievery, thy wickedness is discovered, and thou ar• found Guilty. O Young Woman that is Married, and Young Man, look on […] here; be sure in that Solemn Engagement, you are obliged one to another; Marriage •s an Ordinance of God, have a care of •reaking that Bond of Marriage-Union; if the Husband provoke his Wife, and cause a Difference, he sins against God; and so does she, in such Carriage; for sh• is bound to be an Obedient Wife. O you Parents that give your Children in Marriage, ⟨p. 82⟩remember what I have to say, you must take notice when you give them in Marriage, you give them freely to the Lord, and free them from that Service & Command you ought to have, yet you ought to have a tender regard to them. O thou that takest no care to lead thy life civilly and honestly, and then Committest that Abominable Sin of Murder, here is this Murderer, look upon him; and see how many are come with their eyes to behold this man, that abhors himself before God; that is the Sin that I abhor my self for, and desire you take Example by me; there are here a great many young people, and O Lord, that they may be thy Servants! Have a care, do not sin; I will tell you, that I wish I never had had the opportunity to do such a Murder; if you say, when a person has provoked you, I will kill him: 'Tis a thousand to one, but the next time you will do it. Now I Commit my self into the Hands of Almighty God.