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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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Unhappy Man; you must now Die before your time, for your being wicked •ver••ch, and because you have been […] Man of Blood, you must not Live one, all your Days. I am a little to invert the wor• […] Text, in my Spee•l• unto you, and lay, Why don't you seek to have your Transgression pardoned, and ⟨p. 56⟩your Iniquity taken away? For you stall sleep in the Dust, before this Week be our, and if we seek you next Friday Morning, you shall not be among us. Tis a great Favour of God unto you, that you have liberty to hear a Sermon or two before the Execution which you […] Sentenced unto; your Monstrous Hands hurried your poor Wife out of the World with a greater and more cruel Expedition. Your may lament it with an inexpressible Bitterness, that you have no better improved those hundreds of Sermons which you have enjoyed heretofore. But I now beseech you, let not one more be lost. You are Hearing for your last; O let it be as for your Life: Look out for a Pardon, before it be too late, and let not the Devils cheat you of a Never-dying Soul: Every Drop of that innocent Blood in which you have imbrued your merciless Hands has a Tongue in it; and it makes a fearful hideous Clamour in the Ears of the Great God, saying, ⟨p. 57⟩Vengeance, O Lord, Vengeance on the cruel Murderer! Methinks, you should be concerned for a Saving Interest in that Blood, that speaks better things. Nothing but the Blood of the Lord Jesus, will drown the voice of that horrible Cry. This Blood speaks for, A Pardon, to them, whom it belongs unto; O do you now speak for a Title to that Blood; I say again, Before it be too late.
Unhappy Man; you must now Dy before your time, for your being wicked •ver••ch, and because you have been 〈…〉 Man of Blood, you must not Live one, all your Dayes. I am a little to invert the wor• 〈…〉 Text, in my Speel unto you, and lay, Why don't you seek to have your Transgression pardoned, and