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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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For the clearing of this Truth, we have now Two Enquiries that lie before us.
For the clearing of this Truth, we have now Two Enquiries that ly before us.
Our first Enquiry is to be,
What is implied in the Pardoning of Transgression and the Taking away of Iniquity?
For answer to this; in general, The Glorious Benefit of JUSTIFICATION is herein implied. If you ask for a Description of Justification, then know, That it is an Act of Gods, Free Grace, Releasing a Believer from the Guilt of Sin and Accepting him as Righteous, through' the Obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are two things which a Religion still pretends to make provision for; to remove the greatest of our •roubles, & to obtain the greatest of our Desires. The Christian Religion does both of these in a very admirable manner. The First […] ⟨p. 8⟩done in […]. The Distress of Guilty Sinner lies in this point, What shall I give for the sin of my Soul? Be hold, that matter in Justification very wonderfully provided for. The Psalmist of did, called this a Parable, and A Dark Saying; […], The preci cus Redemption of a Soul, by the Mess as alone Blessed be God, that we can with satisfaction penetrate a little way into the Mystery But I may not give you a full Discourse upon this illustrious Head of Divinity, which indeed the Standing or the Falling of the whole Church is concerned in the right stating of; and as I may not so I need not insist upon it, because; you have the published Writings of many Learned Men, on this very point; which I most heartily Recommend unto your Perusals […] suppose you are all of the Disposition, which our famous Wilson would often express, by saying, I Love no thing so much as to see a Preacher keep