A50164:171
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.
[When thou hast thy head full of Drink, the Remembrance of God is out of thy heart and thou art unprepared to commit thy self and Family unto God; thou art unfit to come into ⟨p. 86⟩Gods Presence. I have cause to […] out an• be ashamed of it, that I am guilty of it, because. I gave may to that Sin m•re than any other, and then God did leave me to practise wickedness, and to Murder that dear Woman, whom I should have taken a great deal of Contentment in, which if I had done, I had not been here to suffer this Death.]
[When thou hast thy head full of Drink, the Remembrance of God is out of thy heart and thou art unprepared to commit thy self and Family unto God; thou art unfit to come into ⟨p. 86⟩Gods Presence. I have cause to 〈…〉 out an• be ashamed of it, that I am guilty of it, because. I gave may to that Sin m•re than any other, and then God did leave me to practise wickedness, and to Murder that dear Woman, whom I should have taken a great deal of Contentment in, which if I had done, I had not been here to suffer this Death.]
Thou art Holy, Just, and Good, and therefore O Lord have mercy on me, for the sake of thy Son pity me, now Lord, I am coming. O that I could do thee better Service.
[Many of you that behold me, I know, wish you never had seen me here.]