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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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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, Isa. 58. 13, 14. It has bin observed of old, that Religion lives & dyes with the Sabbath. Hear this dying man bewailing his Sabbath-breaking, and if you would not bewail also when dying and suffer for it for ever, after you are dead, repent of and reform that sin. Its worth observing, that this Duty of Sanctifying the Sabbath in the 4th Commandment, is commended to the care and charge of Superiors and Heads of Families especially. See that you set a good example, and require all that are under your shadow to imitate you,
Sabbath-breaking is likewise a growing evil ⟨p. 111⟩and therefore to be testifyed 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 Sanctifyer of the Sabbath is a blessed man, Isa. 58. 13, 14. It has bin observed of old, that Religion lives & dyes with the Sabbath. Hear this dying man bewailing his Sabbath-breaking, and if you would not bewail also when dying and suffer for it for ever, after you are dead, repent of and reform that sin. Its worth observing, that this Duty of Sanctifying the Sabbath in the 4th Commandment, is commended to the care and charge of Superiors and Heads of Families especially. See that you set a good example, and require all that are under your shaddow to immitate you,