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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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To his Brethren he said, You are care full about a Garment for me under my weakness this winter, but Brothers, I have a better Garment than you can provide for me; the long white Robe of the• Righteousness of Jesus Christ, will cover me all over.
He kept praying & praising, & singing psalms till his end came; and then being taken speechless & senseless, his friends apprehended they should hear him speak no more. Thus he lay for divers hours drawing on; but at length he just came to himself again, and sprang up in his bed, spreading his arms abroad, as tho' going to leap into the Arms of a Redeemer, and Shouting, O my friends, Heaven rings all over at this! They wonder at this, a great and an old sinner coming to Heaven! Behold, in my father's house are many mansions; if it had not been so, my Saviour would not have said it, But He is gone to prepare a place for one, O the Riches of Grace! O glorify Free-Grace for ever more! And so he went away to the Rest of God.
He kept praying & praising, & singing psalms till his end came; and then being taken speechless & senseless, his friends apprehended they should hear him speak no more. Thus he lay for divers hours drawing on; but at length he just came to himself again, and sprang up in his bed, spreading his arms abroad, as tho' going to leap into the Arms of a Redeemer, and Shouting, O my friends, Heaven rings all over at this! They wonder at this, a great and an old sinner coming to Heaven! Behold, in my father's house are many mansions; if it had not been so, my Saviour would not have said it, But He is gone to prepare a place for one, O the Riches of Grace! O glorifie Free-Grace for ever more! And so he went away to the Rest of God.
Despair not. That alone will mercy bar To faults that like the Sands & Mountains are.