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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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Min. But you must Remember. That the Commandment is Exceeding Broad; it reaches to the Heart as well as the Life: it includes Omissions as well as Commissions, and it at once both Requires and Forbids. But I pray, make an experiment upon any ⟨p. 72⟩one Commandment, in which you count your self most Innocent: and see whether you do not presently confess your self Guilty thereabout. I may not leave this point slightly passed over with you.
H. S. That Commandment, Thou shalt not make to thy self and Graven Image; How have I broken it?
Min. Thus: You have and undue Images of God in your Mind a thousand times. But more than so; that Commandment not only forbids our using the Inventions of Men in the Worship of God, but it also requires our using all the Institutions of God. Now have not you many and many a time turned your back upon some of those glorious Institutions?