[Terribilia Dei. Remarkable judgements of God, on several sorts of offenders, in several scores…

I have known a Weary Mother say, She hopes this is the Last Child she shall ever have; and multiplied, and unhappy Miscarriages, ever after, have given 'em cause to remind what they said, with bitterness of Soul.

I have known a Weary Mother say, She hopes this is the Last Child she shall ever have; and mul•iplied, and unhappy Miscarriages, ever after, have given 'em cause to remind what they said, with bitterness of Soul.

Again, There was a Sailor in a Boat bound hither from the Northward, who being dissuaded ⟨p. 35⟩from taking a Pipe of Tobacco, because they had a Barrel of Powder aboard, replied, I will take it, though the Devil carry me away alive! The Fire some how came at the Powder, which tore the Boat in pieces, and Lost all the Goods that were in it. All the men, were to admiration preserved; except that one Sailor, whom they long after found in the Woods, with his Body torn to pieces.

Again, There was a Sailor in a Boat bound hither from the Northward, who being disswaded ⟨p. 35⟩from taking a Pipe of Tobacco, because they had a Barrel of Powder aboard, reply'd, I will take it, though the Devil carry me away alive! The Fire some how came at the Powder, which tore the Boat in pieces, and Lost all the Goods that were in it. All the men, were to admiration preserved; except that one Sailor, whom they long after found in the Woods, with his Body torn to pieces.

Once more; A Lewd Young man, being dissatisfied, with the Service wherein he Lived, at the House of an Honest man, in a Neighbouring Town, when they told him, That his bad courses would bring him to Hell at the Last, he wickedly said, He had rather be in Hell than in his Masters House. Immediately after this, he was in a very strange manner Drowned off a Little Bank in the River. Take one Example more.