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A sermon, occasioned
A sermon, occasioned by the execution of a man found guilty of murder, preached at Boston in N.E., March 11th, 1685/6 (together with the confession, last expressions, & solemn warning of the murderer to all persons, especially to young men, to beware of those sins which brought him to his miserable end) / by Increase Mather ...
Boston: printed by R.P., 1687
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Job could say, when a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return, Cap. 16. 22. But you may say, Before 4 days are come & gone, I shall be gone to the place from whence I shall not return till the very heavens be no more. It made Belshazzar's Countenance to be changed, the joints of his loins to be loosed, and his knees to knock one against another, to see the Hand-Writing upon the wall. Dan. 5. 6. and we may imagine (or at least one would think you whose very case it is may imagine) how his thoughts within him were troubled, when the Interpretation laid that dreadful doom upon himself, that his Kingdom was numbered & finished by God, and it was meant of his life & All, which was lost that night. v. 27. 30. It's true, we have none of us any lease of our lives, we cannot say what may befall us this night, and yet (O amazing Madness & Folly!) how apt are we (if not to boast of, yet) to lot upon tomorrow! ⟨p. 91⟩How ready to promise to our selves many▪ years▪ as the Fool in the Gospel did! Luc. 12. 20. who well deserved the name of Fool, had it been for that one evidence of it only.
Job could say, when a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return, Cap. 16. 22. But you may say, Before 4 dayes are come & gone, I shall be gone to the place from whence I shall not return till the very heavens be no more. It made Belshazzar's Countenance to be changed, the joints of his loins to be loosed, and his knees to knock one against another, to see the Hand-Writing upon the wall. Dan. 5. 6. and we may imagine (or at least one would think you whose very case it is may imagine) how his thoughts within him were troubled, when the Interpretation laid that dreadful doom upon himself, that his Kingdom was numbred & finished by God, and it was meant of his life & All, which was lost that night. v. 27. 30. It's true, we have none of us any lease of our lives, we cannot say what may befal us this night, and yet (O amazing Madness & Folly!) how apt are we (if not to boast of, yet) to lot upon tomorrow! ⟨p. 91⟩