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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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5. Your Death will not expiate your Offence in the sight of God, nor cause the Turning away of His Anger from you: Its true the shedding of your blood will take away, the Sin from the Land that it shall no• lie there, else innocent blood ⟨p. 92⟩should be imputed to the Land; but this doe• nothing towards the Satisfaction of Gods Justice in order to the Removal of his wrath from the Murderer. Punishment makes no amends for Sin, unless it be that which was inflicted upon Christ as he stood in the capacity of a Surety in behalf of the Elect, and so bare both their sin and their punishment, but otherwise H•ll torments don't satisfy God's Justice nor quench the fire of his wrath, muchless can any bodily suffering do it, tho it be the highest, even death it self. Do not then deceive your self; Say not I have sinned, its true, but am now to suffer the Law, and that being undergone I shall then be quit. It is so indeed as to any thing that men can do to thee, but thy death does not at all deliver thee out of the hands of Divine Justice. Nay rather Sixthly,
5. Your Death will not expi•te your Offence in the sight of God, nor cause the Turning away of His Anger from you: Its true the shedding of your bloud will take away, the Sin from the Land that it shall no• ly there, else innocent bloud ⟨p. 92⟩should be imputed to the Land; but this doe• nothing towards the Satisfaction of Gods Justic• in order to the Removal of his wrath from the Murderer. Punishment makes no amends for Sin, unless it be that which was inflicted upon Christ as he stood in the capacity of a Surety in behalf of the Elect, and so bare both their sin and their punishment, but otherwise H•ll torments don't satisfy God's Just•ce nor quench the fire of his wrath, muchless can any bodily suffering do it, tho it be the highest, even death it self. Do not then deceive your self; Say not I have sinned, its true, but am now to suffer the Law, and that being undergone I shall then be quitt. It is so indeed as to any thing that men can do to thee, but thy death does not at all deliver thee out of the hands of Divine Justice. Nay rather Sixthly,