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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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Seek a Pardon, and seek it BELIEVINGLY. It is to be Enjoyed by none but a Believing Soul.
Seek a Pardon, and seek it BELIEVINGLY. It is to be Enjoy'd by none but a Believing Soul.
To Excite this Faith.
Consider, The proper and only Gospel-way, to a pardon. 'Tis by Faith; as we are minded in Rom. 5. 1. We are Justified by Faith. We must Request, and Expect our Pardon to come swimming down unto us in the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ alone; and we must keep our Eye upon Him, under that Notion, in John 1. 29. The Lamb of God which takes away the Sin of the World. We must look upon our Pardon as purchased and procured for us, by the Death of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in the Eternal Covenant of Redemption Engaged unto His Father, That He would make His own Soul an offering for the Sins of all His Chosen ones. We are to take the Merits of the Lord ⟨p. 48⟩Jesus Christ, as they are proffered unto us in the Tenders of the Gospel; and lay the whole Stress of our Guilty Souls thereupon for ever. It is said in 1 John 1. 7. The Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all Sin. Wherefore we must Renounce all Dependence upon any Righteousness of our own for our pardon. Let us not place any Trust, in any Good Works, or in any Good Frames of our own, as tho' they could render the Holy God propitious to us. It is said in Job 9. 2, 3. How should man be Just with God? If He will contend with him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand. The Jews give this Exposition of it; The pleas which men fetch from any Good thing in themselves, for the pardon of their sins, are so weak, and so trifling, and so foolish, that the Great God would scorn to give an Answer to one among a Thousand of them. Alas, we must not so much as ascribe the Inclinations of God to Impute the