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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.
H. S. Sir, my Case in short is This I have laid my self at the Feet of the Lord Jesus Christ for my Salvation; and had it not been for His mere Grace and Help, I had never been able to do That. But there I have laid and left my self; I have nothing to plead, why he should accept of me. If He will do it I am happy but if He will not, I am undone for ever it had been good for me that I never […] been Born.
H. S. Sir, my Case in short is This I have laid my self at the Feet of the Lord Jesus Christ for my Salvation; and had it not been for His meer Grace and Help, I had never been able to do That. But there I have laid and left my self; I have nothing to plead, why he should accept of me. If He will do it I am happy but if He will not, I am undone for ever it had been good for me that I never 〈…〉 been Born.
Min. And you must justify Him if He should Reject you. You surprise me, with at once giving me so much of the Discourse, which all this while I have been labouring for. I can add but this! The good Lord make you sincere in what you say!
Min. And you must justifie Him if He should Reject you. You surprize me, with at once giving me so much of the Discourse, which all this while I have been labouring for. I can add but this! The good Lord make you sincere in what you say!
—Your Crime lay in Blood; & your Help, also, That lies in Blood. I am to •ffer you the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, as that in which you may now have the Pardon of all your sins. Now you may try the sincerity of your Faith in the Blood of the Lord Jesus for a Pardon, by This. Have you an Hope that Blood, for all the other saving •ffects of it? shall I explain what I mean?