A sermon occasioned by the execution of a man found guilty of murder preached…

3. Beg hard for a broken heart, that may unfeignedly mourn for sin, that being burdened with it thou mayst most bitterly weep, and sigh & groan […] it. Such sins as thou standest Convicted ⟨p. 97⟩of call for the deepest Humiliation & Contrition Its the bane of multitudes of Sinners in the world, that their Convictions of Sin were but weighty and their Humiliation superficial, and so their Conversion not real. God will prick thee to the heart, yea and break thy Heart all to pieces for thy sin if ever he pardon thee. Also bemoan thy self for all thy Profaneness, Looseness, Sensuality which has exposed thee to this great sin at last. Bewail all those evils which the holy God has to charge thee with; thy Rending His Sacred name by Curses & Oaths, wronging His Truth by Lying, Abusing his good Creatures to Excess, Making thy Belly thy god, and sacrificing the Lord's Blessings thereunto, which he sent thee for His own Use and Service; And especially for thy rejecting of his Gospel, of which great and horrible sin, thou art convicted out of thy own mouth, while thou wert profaning his Sabbaths, & neglecting to give thy Attendance on the public Worship, and so turning away thine Ear from Hearing the joyful sound by which thou mightst have been forever blessed.—

3. Beg hard for a broken heart, that may unfeignedly mourn for sin, that being burdened with it thou mayst most bitterly weep, and sigh & groan 〈…〉 it. Such sins as thou standest Convicted ⟨p. 97⟩of call for the deepest Humiliation & Contrition Its the bane of multitudes of Sinners in the world, that their Convictions of Sin were but ••eighty and their Humiliation superficial, and so their Conversion not real. God will prick thee to the heart, yea and break thy Heart all to pieces for thy sin if ever he pardon thee. Also bemoan thy self for all thy Prophanness, Loosness, Sensuality which has exposed thee to this great sin at last. Bewail all those evils which the holy God has to charge thee with; thy Rending His Sacred name by Curses & Oaths, wronging His Truth by Lying, Abusing his good Creatures to Excess, Making thy Belly thy god, and sacri••ceing the Lord's Blessings thereunto, which he sent thee for His own Use and Service; And especially for thy rejecting of his Gospel, of which great and horrible sin, thou art convicted out of thy own mouth, while thou wert profaning his Sabbaths, & neglecting to give thy Attendance on the publick Worship, and so turning away thine Ear from Hearing the joyful sound by which thou mightst have been forever blessed.—