A50164:55
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 Acts 9. 11. Behold he Prays! Tis in Prayer that we confess our Sins, 'tis in Prayer that we renounce our Sins, 'tis by Prayer that we cast all our Sins, upon the Lord Jesus Christ; and with| out this, the least Sin in the World is utterly unpardonable.