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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.
—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?
H. S. Do Sir.
Min. The Blood of the Lord Jesus, not only Sin Pardoning Blood, but so Soul-Purifying and Heart-softening land. It embitters all Sin unto the ••ul, that it is applied unto, and morays every lust in such a Soul. Are ⟨p. 76⟩are you desirous of this?
Min. The Blood of the Lord Jesus, not only Sin Pardoning Blood, but so Soul-Purifying and Heart-softening land. It embitters all Sin unto the ••ul, that it is applied unto, and mor•ies every lust in such a Soul. Are ⟨p. 76⟩are you desirous of this?