A50164:54
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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Conclusion 2▪
The God of Heaven requires our Importunate Prayers, that our Sins may be forgiven to us.
Tis an Article in that Platform of Prayer, which our Lord has given us, O our Heavenly Father, Forgive us our Trespasses. When a certain Man had sinned at a grievous Rate, there was this Direction given to him, in Acts 8. 22. Repent of thy wickedness, and pray to God. And O that this Direction ⟨p. 26⟩might penetrate into the very Soul of the sad man that is now before us here▪ a Man (if he be worthy to be called so) of whom we may say, O this Man hath sinned a great Sin! Behold, the course to be taken by every sinner. that would have a Pardon from the Lord; Pray to God, if perhaps thy Sin may be forgiven thee. We have a promise of a Pardon, in Ezek. 36. 25. I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean. But what follows? Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be enquired of, to do it. We must enquire of God, and entreat of God, if we would not perish without a Pardon forever▪ There is no sign of a Pardon in any man, till it can be said of him, as in in