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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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And O you Drunkards! Let Trembling take hold of you, especially you Drunkards of Ephraim Isa. 28. 1. I mean Church-Member Drunkards, I wish there were none such that hear me this day, who either are Church-Members now, or were till dismembered for that sin: see (I say) unto what end one of your Companions in that sin is brought. God sometimes hangs up Drunkards in chains, as Spectacles to the world, and that by snatching them away by some untimely End: Sometimes they they fall in the Water, and are drowned, sometimes into the fire & are burned, and sometimes by other observable Providences He sets a mark on those sinners, & bears His Testimony against the Sin. And it was that sin chiefly that exposed this poor creature to the sin of Murder for which he is now to suffer. Receive Instruction lest Vengeance overtake you when you are least aware of it.
And O you Drunkards! Let Trembling take hold of you, especially you Drunkards of Ephraim Isa. 28. 1. I mean Church-Member Drunkards, I wish there were none such that hear me this day, who either are Church-Members now, or were till dismembred for that sin: see (I say) unto what end one of your Companions in that sin is brought. God sometimes hangs up Drunkards in chains, as Spectacles to the world, and that by snatching them away by some untimely End: Sometimes they they fall in the Water, and are drowned, sometimes into the fire & are burned, and sometimes by other observable Providences He sets a mark on those sinners, & bears His Testimony against the Sin. And it was that sin chiefly that exposed this poor creature to the sin of Murder for which he is now to suffer. Receive Instruction lest Vengeance overtake you when you are least aware of it.
Sabbath-breaking is likewise a growing evil▪ ⟨p. 111⟩and therefore to be testified against. It was that Sin which brought Israel of old unto Desolation. Hear this person telling you that he feels this sin now lying as an insupportable load upon him. And believe it, all that are guilty of that sin, shall find it sooner or later, alike burdensome to them. As men spend their Sabbaths, so they are. The right Sanctifier of the Sabbath is a blessed man,