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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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To his Father once he said, I have felt a great work on my distressed soul; This your son was lost and is found, was dead and is alive. Doleful nights have I seen; the Thoughts of my sins did sorely oppress me, when I would be crying to my […] Saviour for His mercy, He would seem not to pity me, but to say, Thou hast been ⟨p. 13⟩a servant of the Devil and of thy Lust, and dost thou now come to me? I have been calling to thee, and thou hast been hardening thy heart at my Calls, and dost thou expect mercy after all? And then the Devil would put in, saying, Thou hast been my Vassal so long, thy Cries for Mercy are now all too late. I have also seen the face of an Angry God, and that is the most terrible thing that was ever seen. I then found no stay for my distressed soul, but Free-mercy! Free-mercy! The Lord now put under me His everlasting Arms, and gave me an heart still to pray & say, Lord Jesus, Mercy for Thy own sake, Mercy for thy Name's sake! My Redeemer would say, Thou art a great sinner and an old sinner! The Answer of my soul was, Truth, Lord, but even such sinners have already found mercy at thy hands, I come to thee, for with thee the fatherless find mercy.
To his Father once he said, I have felt a great work on my distressed soul; This your son was lost and is found, was dead and is alive. Doleful nights have I seen; the Thoughts of my sins did sorely oppress me, when I would be crying to my 〈…〉 Saviour for His mercy, He would seem not to pitty me, but to say, Thou hast been ⟨p. 13⟩a servant of the Devil and of thy Lust, and dost thon now come to me? I have been calling to thee, and thou hast been hardening thy heart at my Calls, and dost thou expect mercy after all? And then the Devil would put in, saying, Thou hast been my Vassal so long, thy Cries for Mercy are now all too late. I have also seen the face of an Angry God, and that is the most terrible thing that was ever seen. I then found no stay for my distressed soul, but Free-mercy! Free-mercy! The Lord now put under me His everlasting Arms, and gave me an heart still to pray & say, Lord Jesus, Mercy for Thy own sake, Mercy for thy Name's sake! My Redeemer would say, Thou art a great sinner and an old sinner! The Answer of my soul was, Truth, Lord, but even such sinners have already found mercy at thy hands, I come to thee, for with thee the fatherless find mercy.