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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.
[When thou hast thy head full of Drink the Remembrance of God is out of thy heart and thou art unprepared to commit thy self and Family unto God; thou art •n•it to come into ⟨p. 86⟩Gods Presence. I have cause to cry cut and be ashamed of it, that I am guilty of it, because I gave way to that Sin more than any other, and then God did leave me to practise wickedness, and to Murder that dear Woman, whom I should have taken a great deal of Contentment in, which if I had done, I had not been here to suffer this Death.]
Thou art Holy, Just, and Good, and therefore O Lord have mercy on me, for the sake of thy Son pity me, now Lord, I am coming. O that I could do thee better Service.
[Many of you that behold me, I know, wish you never had seen me here.]
Lord, Receive my Soul into a better place, if it be thy blessed will; 'tis a day of great Trouble with me; my Soul is greatly Troubled; give me one Glimpse of Comfort in thy Kingdom; by & by let me have one dram of thy Grace. Accept of me now at this time, 'tis the last time; Good Lord, deny me not, give me, as the Woman of Samaria, a Taste of that Living Water, that my Soul may Thirst no more. I beg it for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.