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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Min. Within a very few Minutes your immortal Soul must appear before God the Judge of all. I am heartily sorry you have lost so much time since your first Imprisonment: you had need use a wonderful Husbandry of the little piece of an Inch which now remains. Are you now prepared to stand before the Tribunal of God?
H. S. I hope I am.
Min. And what Reason for that Hope?
H. S. I find all my Sins made so bitter to me, that if I were to have my life ⟨p. 70⟩given me this Afternoon, to Live such a Life as I have Li•ved heretofore, […] would not accept of it; I had rather Dy.
H. S. I find all my Sins made so bitter to me, that if I were to have my life ⟨p. 70⟩given me this Afternoon, to Live such a Life as I have Lived heretofore, would not accept of it; I had rather Dy.