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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
As to Cursing I shall commend that solemn Text to all that are guilty of it Psa. 109. 17, 18, 19.) As he loved Cursing, so let it come unto him, &c. let it come into his […] like water and oil into his bones. The causeless Curse, shall not come (Pro. 26. 2.) unless it be upon the head of him that vented it. The Apostle James inveighs against it among the evils of an unruly Tongue, intimating how absurd it is, that out of the same mouth ⟨p. 109⟩should proceed blessing & cursing, that we should bless God▪ and curse men that are made in the same Image, with the same Tongue Cap. 3. 9, 10. If ever you desire to be blest, hate & shun Cursing. God will curse them that curse.
As to Cursing I shall commend that solemn Text to all that are guilty of it Psa. 109. 17, 18, 19.) As he loved Cursing, so let it come unto him, &c. let it come into his 〈…〉 like water and oyl into his bones. The causeless Curse, shall not come (Pro. 26. 2.) unless it be upon the head of him that vented it. The Apostle James inveighs against it among the evils of an unruly Tongue, intimating how absurd it is, that out of the same mouth ⟨p. 109⟩should proceed blessing & cursing, that we should bless God▪ and curse men that are made in the same Image, with the same Tongue Cap. 3. 9, 10. If ever you desire to be blest, hate & shun Cursing. God will curse them that curse.
The next is Lying, a Sin that we learn from the Womb, Ps. 58. 3. and can hardly leave it when old. Hence David saw need to pray to be kept from the way of Lying