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The wicked mans portion. Or A sermon (preached at the lecture in Boston in…
The wicked mans portion. Or A sermon (preached at the lecture in Boston in New-England the 18th day of the 1 month 1674. when two men were executed, who had murdered their master.) Wherein is showed that excess in wickedness doth bring untimely death. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a Church of Christ. ; [Six lines of quotations]The wicked mans portion. Or A sermon (preached at the lecture in Boston in New-England the 18th day of the 1 moneth 1674. when two men were executed, who had murthered their master.) Wherein is shewed that excesse in wickedness doth bring untimely death. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a Church of Christ. ; [Six lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1675
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. Consider, That there is yet a possibility for you to escape the second death. Though your sin be very great, yet God can pardon it. I remember a passage concerning a poor creature that was condemned to dye for wickedness he had been guilty of (I the rather mention it because he was Country man to one of you) but when he was in Person gave good Hopes of his unfeigned Repentance, 1and when he came to the place of execution, He had this expression, O! God is a great forgiver, God is a great forgiver, so I say to you in his Name, the Lord is a great Forgiver, It is his Name to forgive iniquity Transgression and sin. Yea and He hath, (upon deep and unfeigned Repentance) for given those that have committed this sin which you are now to suffer for. Mana•••h shed much innocent blood yet when he humbled himself greatly, the Lord was entreated for him. There are some in Heaven that were once Bloody sinners. David was delivered from Blood guiltiness. Upon his Repentance it was said to him, The Lord hath ⟨p. 23⟩put away thy sin thou shalt not dye, As to the second death he did not dye. And Saul (afterwards Paul) had once the guilt of blood upon him, And therefore he made his Confession before the Lord, Saying, Lord; When the blood of thy Martyr Steven was shed, I also was standing by and Consenting to his death. Yet when he did repent and I unto God in Jesus Christ, God forgave him his iniquity. Know therefore, that there is Mercy enough with God to Pardon and Save as great sinners as you are.
3. Consider, That there is yet a possibility for you to escape the second death. Though your sin be very great, yet God can pardon it. I remember a passage concerning a poor creature that was condemned to dye for wickedness he had been guilty of (I the rather mention it because he was Country man to one of you) but when he was in Person gave good Hopes of his unfaigned Repentance, 1and when he came to the place of execution, He had this expr•ssion, O! God is a great forgiver, God is a great forgiver, so I say to you in his Name, the Lord is a great Forgiver, It is his Name to forgive iniquity Transgression and sin. Yea and He hath, (upon deep and unfaigned Repentance) for given those that have committed this sin which you are now to suffer for. Manah shed much innocent blood yet when he humbled himself greatly, the Lord was entreated for him. There are some in Heaven that were once Bloody sinners. David was delivered from Blood guiltiness. Upon his Repentance it was said to him, The Lord hath