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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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But This is not all the Good-Speech of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto us; There's some-what more that remains to be said unto us all, [and particularly unto that Condemned Malefactor here who is never to see the Light of another Sabbath in the world] It was a pathetic word of the Apostle to his Corinthians in 2. Cor. 6. 1. We beseech you that you receive not the grace of God in vain. Wherefore.
USE. 11. O Let every one of us now […] ••th Jesus Christ by Faith for SALVATION▪ If he say unto us, Look unto me, let not us […] such prodigies of madness as to reply▪ […] will not look unto thee. It is a sweet in […] between God and man, which the […] prescribes in Jer. 3. 22. where the Can of God […] Return ye backsliding […] backslidings: and the Echo of man is▪ behold […] come unto thee, for thou ar• th• Lord […] God. […] that there might now •e such a Communion between Christ and us. His […] Look unto Me and be saved: let our Return […], •hould we look unto thee, for thou art the Lord our saviour. Do not, I entreat you, do not give unto the Lord Jesus Christ such a daring and damning Answer as that in Jer. 44. 16. As for the word spoken by us in the Name of the Lord, we will not heart thereunto. It is a thing declared by the Lord Jesus Christ concerning these Gospel times Zech 12. 10. Men shall look upon me and morn▪ No shall a like thing be brought to pass with these walls this day? How shall so great thing as this be gained? A sad part of this Congregation, tis to be doubted, are too much […] the Leviathan, Their hearts are as firm as a […] as a piece of the nether Millstone: The […] of him that Layeth at them cannot hold. Alas, […] shall be done for them? Unto Thee, O Lord, […] my […]; O Father of spirits […]