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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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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 […] ⟨p. 61⟩[…], look down with thy tender mercies on the spirits of the unpersuadable Children. And O Thou that hast the keys of David in thy hand, Open, open our hearts as thou didst Lydia's of old, and effect by thy mighty power that we may look unto thee & believe.
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