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Speedy repentance urged. A sermon preached at Boston, Decemb. 29. 1689. In the hearing,…
Speedy repentance urged. A sermon preached at Boston, Decemb. 29. 1689. In the hearing, and at the request of one Hugh Stone, a miserable man under a just sentence of death, for a tragical and horrible murder. : Together with some account concerning the character, carriage, and execution of that unhappy malefactor. : To which are added, certain memorable providences relating to some other murders; & some great instances of repentance which have been seen among us. / By Cotton Mather Pastor of the Gospel in Boston.
Boston: printed by Samuel Green, 1690
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Wherefore,
1. Confess all your Sins, if you ⟨p. 51⟩would have the pardon of them. It was said upon a devout purpose of Confession, in Psal. 32. 5. I said, I will Confess my Transgressions unto the Lord, and thou forgavest the Iniquity of […] Sin. How much more, will an […] performance of it, have such a Consequence?
1. Confess all your Sins, if you ⟨p. 51⟩would have the pardon of them. It was said upon a devout purpose of Confession, in Psal. 32. 5. I said, I will Confess my Transgressions unto the Lord, and thou forgavest the Iniquity of 〈…〉 Sin. How much more, will an 〈…〉 performance of it, have such a Consequence?
In some Cases our Sins must be confessed unto Men. Indeed, our secret Sins must not be divulged, until God Himself have in a manner brought them out; but then we are by our own ingenuous Confessions to perfect the Discovery. So David, so Jonah thought, tho' they could say unto God, Against thee, thee only have I sinned; scarce any but God being privy to their Miscarriages. And thus Achan, when others were made Sufferers by his being a Sinner, and God was pointing at him as the Troubler of all the Neighbourhood, his Duty then was that, My Son, Confess and Give Glory to God. But be sure, Sins ⟨p. 52⟩