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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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Mor. I over-heard a man mocking & scoffing at me when I stumbled just now, he does very ill. I have done so my self: I have mocked & scoffed like that man, and see what it hath brought me to: he may come to the like.
Mor. I over-heard a man mocking & scoffing at me when I stumbled just now, he does very ill. I have done so my self: I have mock'd & scoff'd like that man, and see what it hath brought me to: he may come to the like.
Min. The Lord forgive that foolish hard-he. te• creature. But be not too much disturbed.
Mor. Yonder! I am now come in sight of the place where I must immediately end my days. Oh what a huge Multitude of people is come together on this occasion! O Lord, O Lord I pray ⟨p. 122⟩thee to make my Death profitable to all this Multitude of People, that they may not sin against thee as I have done!
Mor. Yonder! I am now come in sight of the place where I must immediately end my dayes. Oh what a huge Multitude of people is come together on this occasion! O Lord, O Lord I pray ⟨p. 122⟩thee to make my Death profitable to all this Multitude of People, that they may not sin against thee as I have done!