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A sermon occasioned by the execution of a man found guilty of murder preached…
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 that murderer to all persons; especially to young men, to beware of those sins which brought him to his miserable end.) / By Increase Mather, teacher of church of Christ.
Boston: printed by R.P. i.e, 1687
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But is there no hope in Israel concerning me? yes, I see a door of hope. My God may become my Friend, and His Foe MAY become His child yet for all this. Yet may I glorify Him & enjoy Him forever. The Son of God is become the Son of man, a Days-man between God & man. It has pleased the •ather that in him should all fullness dwell, and it hath pleased Himself, to engage in the blessed work of bringing God and man together. Neither will I undervalue Him so▪ much, as to count that any of my straits are too difficult for Him to meddle with▪ or that any of my Faults will cause him to reject the Supplications that his Spirit shall help me to come before him with. No, No, when I am▪ about to say unto him, Lord, If thou wilt thou canst save me, His preventing Goodness says to me, Soul, if thou wilt, I will. Then I will […] longer pine away in mine Iniquities, but look unto Him immediately. Having got thus far,
But is there no hope in Israel concerning me? yes, I see a door of hope. My God may become my Friend, and His Foe MAY become His child yet for all this. Yet may I glorify Him & enjoy Him forever. The Son of God is become the Son of man, a Dayes-man between God & man. It has pleas'd the •ather that in him should all fulness dwell, and it hath pleased Himself, to engage in the blessed work of bringing God and man together. Neither will I undervalue Him so▪ much, as to count that any of my streights are too difficult for Him to meddle with▪ or that any of my Faults will cause him to reject the Supplications that his Spirit shall help me to come before him with. No, No, when I am▪ about to say unto him, Lord, If thou wilt thou canst save me, His preventing Goodness sayes to me, Soul, if thou wilt, I will. Then I will 〈…〉 longer pine away in mine Iniquities, but look unto Him immediately. Having got thus far,