A50164:46
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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But then, our Next Enquiry is to be: Why should men be Importunate in their Prayers to the Eternal God, for the pardon of their Sins, before the ⟨p. 22⟩Sleep of Death bring their Great Change upon them.
For Answer to this, Let these three Conclusions, all found in the Text, be laid together.
Conclusion 1.
None can Forgive Sins, but God.
The Scribes of old were so far Well Instructed, as to say, in Marc. 2. 7. Who can Forgive Sin, but God only? The true Answer is very short; None. Injuries done to men, may so far be forgiven by Men, as men only are concerned in them. Hence tis among the solemn Charges of the Lord Jesus, to us all, in