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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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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.
The Sermons which you have heard formerly, or might have done, will be as so many ⟨p. 33⟩witnesses against you, before the Judgment▪ se•• of Christ: the 3 Sermons which have hi• preached to you in public, since your Condemnation, the pains that has bin taken with you in private by one or other of the Lords Servants; all these will aggravate your Condemnation, when you shall be judged again, before all the world at the last Day, if you dye impenitent.
The Sermons which you have heard formerly, or might have done, will be as so many ⟨p. 33⟩witnesses against you, before the Judgment▪ se•• of Christ: the 3 Sermons which have hi• preached to you in publick, since your Condemnation, the pains that has bin taken with you in private by one or other of the Lords Servants; all these will aggravate your Condemnation, when you shall be judged again, before all the world at the last Day, if you dye impenitent.
Consider. 3. There's yet a Possibility that your soul may be saved. Notwithstanding all that has bin spoken to you, don't despair; repent but do not despair. I would not have you say as Cain did, My sin is greater than can be forgiven. The Lord is a merciful God. Tho' Men cannot forgive you, God can; and He will do it, if you unfeignedly repent & believe on the Lord Jesus. There is infinite Merit in the Death of Christ: if your bloody soul be washed in his blood, it shall be made whiter than the Snow. That Sin which you must now dye for, God has forgiven to others upon their true Repentance. Manasseh filled the streets of Jerusalem with innocent blood, but when he humbled himself, and besought the Lord for Mercy, God was entreated of him. O therefore Repent, and then though your Body must dye, your Soul shall live and not dye.