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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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In an English Plantation, that is not far from New-England, a while ago, there were two or three […] Condemned to Die, as I have heard, for •••acy. After their Condemnation they •••oke Prison, and fled into the Woods; from whence, after some weeks, they returned ⟨p. 63⟩of their own Accord, and Surrendered themselves unto the Authority, saying, We got away only that we might have time to make our peace with God, and get the pardon of our Sins assured unto us, which through' Grace, we have done, and now we tender our Lives, to satisfy the Justice of the Law. The Judges were so pleased with this Ingenuity, that first they bestowed a Reprieve on them, and then procured a Pardon for them.
In an English Plantation, that is not far from New-England, a while ago, there were two or three 〈…〉 Condemned to Dy, as I have heard, for •••acy. After their Condemnation they •••oke Prison, and fled into the Woods; from whence, after some weeks, they returned ⟨p. 63⟩of their own Accord, and Surrendred themselves unto the Authority, saying, We got away only that we might have time to make our peace with God, and get the pardon of our Sins assur'd unto us, which thro' Grace, we have done, and now we tender our Lives, to satisfie the Justice of the Law. The Judges were so pleased with this Ingenuity, that first they bestow'd a Reprieve on them, and then procur'd a Pardon for them.
For your part, you are utterly & for ever uncapable of a Pardon, from the Hands of Men; but were you in earnest about it, you might yet get a Pardon from the Hands of God without flying any whither, but unto the Horns of the Altar, the Lord Jesus for it.