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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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There was a Minister that walked with him to his Execution; and I shall insert the principal Passages of the Discourse between them; in which the ⟨p. 69⟩Reader may find or make something useful to himself, what ever it were to the Poor Man who was more immediately concerned in it.
There was a Minister that walk'd with him to his Execution; and I shall insert the principal Passages of the Discourse between them; in which the ⟨p. 69⟩Reader may find or make something useful to himself, what ever it were to the Poor Man who was more immediately concerned in it.
Minister. I am come to give you what Assistance I can, in your taking of the Steps, which your eternal Weal or Woe, now depends upon the well or •ill taking of.
Minister. I am come to give you what Assistance I can, in your taking of the Steps, which your eternal Weal or Wo, now depends upon the well or •ill taking of.
Hugh Stone. Sir, I Thank you, and I beg you to do what you can for me.