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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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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.
I am to tell you, Next, That your Case is very sad. Look round about, and say, Is there any Sorrow like your Sorrow? Your House; you have Troubled it, and it is turned upside down by what you have done; and, what […] […], what Horror, have you filled […] Hearts of your scattered Children with? Your Name; you have Blemished it, it must Rot, without ⟨p. 60⟩a Grave-stone among Civil People, & you must hereafter be known by this Description, The Man that Murdered his Wife. Your Body; it has undergone the pains of Chains and Gaols, & there is a little more pain reserved for it, before it feed the Worms. But above all, your SOUL, your Soul, is brought into Dangers too affrighting to be patiently thought upon. What is it that the Word of God, pronounces upon the Murderer? No Murderer has Eternal Life It says, The Murderer shall not Inherit the Kingdom of God. It says, The Murderer shall have his portion in the Lake that burns with fire and Brimstone. Surely, Thy very Heart must be moved out of its place, to hear of such an End as this, which indeed will never have an End What think you of Changing your Fetters, for the Chains […] •••ness in the Dismal Vault belo•• •hat think you of changing your P•••on, your Dungeon, for the Outer Darkness, in which there is gnashing of Teeth for evermore! ⟨p. 61⟩Truly, it becomes you to lay your self in the Dust, and cry out, Woe is unto me, that I have Sinned!
I am to tell you, Next, That your Case is very sad. Look round about, and say, Is there any Sorrow like your Sorrow? Your House; you have Troubled it, and it is turned upside down by what you have done; and, what 〈…〉 〈…〉, what Horrour, have you fill'd 〈…〉 Hearts of your scattered Children with? Your Name; you have Blemish'd it, it must Rot, without ⟨p. 60⟩a Grave-stone among Civil People, & you must hereafter be known by this Description, The Man that Murdered his Wife. Your Body; it has undergone the pains of Chains and Gaols, & there is a little more pain reserved for it, before it feed the Worms. But above all, your SOUL, your Soul, is brought into Dangers too affrighting to be patiently thought upon. What is it that the Word of God, pronounces upon the Murderer? No Murderer has Eternal Life It says, The Murderer shall not Inherit the Kingdom of God. It says, The Murderer shall have his portion in the Lake that burns with fire and Brimstone. Surely, Thy very Heart must be moved out of its place, to hear of such an End as this, which indeed will never have an End What think you of Changing your Fetters, for the Chains ness in the Dismal Vault belo hat think you of changing your Pon, your Dungeon, for the Outer Darkness, in which there is gnashing of Teeth for evermore!