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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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Min. Now the Lord help me to deal faithfully with you, & the Lord help you to receive what He shall ⟨p. 117⟩unable me to offer unto you. Mark what I say: You were born among the enemies of God, you were born with a soul as full of emnity against God as a Toad is full of poison. You have lived now—how many years?
Min. Now the Lord help me to deal faithfully with you, & the Lord help you to receive what He shall ⟨p. 117⟩unable me to offer unto you. Mark what I say: You were born among ye enemies of God, you were born with a soul as full of emnity against God as a Toad is full of poison. You have liv'd now—how many years?
Morg. I think about Thirty.
Min. And all these 30 years have you been sinning against the holy God. Ever since you knew how to do any thing, you have every day bin guilty of innumerable sins: you deserve the dreadful wrath & curse of the infinite God. But God has brought you here, to a place where you have enjoyed the means of grace. And here you have added unto your old Sins, most fearful Iniquities: you have bin such a matchless, prodigious Transgressor, that you are now to dye by the stroke of civil Justice; to die before your time, for being wicked over much. There is hardly any sort of Wickedness which you have not wallowed in-That sin particularly which you are now to die for, is a most monstrous Crime. I can't possibly describe or declare the sins whereby you have made your self an astonishing Example of Impiety & punishment.
Min. And all these 30 years have you been sinning against the holy God. Ever since you knew how to do any thing, you have every day bin guilty of innumerable sins: you deserve the dreadful wrath & curse of the infinite God. But God has brought you here, to a place where you have enjoy'd the means of grace. And here you have added unto your old Sins, most fearful Iniquityes: you have bin such a matchless, prodigious Transgressor, that you are now to dye by the stroke of civil Justice; to dy before your time, for being wicked over much. There is hardly any sort of Wickedness which you have not wallowed in-That sin particularly which you are now to die for, is a most monstrous Crime. I can't possibly describe or declare the sins whereby you have made your self an astonishing Example of Impiety & punishment.