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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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—He would break forth into very High Expressions; his great Comfort was fetched from that Promise in Ma•. 11. 28. Come to Me—and I will give you rest. He would now cry out, O the Riches of Free-grace! There are thousands of thousands, & ten thousand times ten thousand, in the third Heaven, rejoicing over a great and an […] sinner coming to Glory! O glorify Free-grace ⟨p. 14⟩for ever. —He would say, O blessed Sickness, blessed sickness! what a friend hast thou been to me! and now Welcome Death! or Welcome Life, what my dearest Redeemer please. O that I could declare to my Relations and my Neighbours! yea that I could declare to Kings and Worlds what the Lord has done for my soul! —He would reflect on the Humiliation of the Lord Jesus Christ, with an amazed & a transported soul; he would break forth into a great Adoration of it, and say, O this wonderful mercy to undone sinners! He would also make that one of his Admirations, O the glorious work of faith, which doth role it self on Christ alone! [He bewailed it with a peculiar Bitterness, That he had been for the change of Government. But […] said, he believed that God would restore […] us, the judges as at the first, & the counsellors as at the beginning, & pastors according to His own heart. He was likewise much concerned about the Interest of Christ in the world; & about the Success of the Prince of Orange,whose glorious Expedition we had then by the edges, a small notice of, he talked in strains that seemed surprisingly prophetical.] His counsel to every one was, To make their Calling & Election sure. And he would often say, O I am an old sinner▪ & ⟨p. 15⟩& but a young Convert! I am fifty years old, and have lived but seven weeks all this whi••.
—He would break forth into very High Expressions; his great Comfort was fetch'd from that Promise in Ma•. 11. 28. Come to Me—and I will give you rest. He would now cry out, O the Riches of Free-grace! There are thousands of thousands, & ten thousand times ten thousand, in the third Heaven, rejoicing over a great and an 〈…〉 sinner coming to Glory! O glorify Free-grace