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

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.

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 Litle Bank in the River. Take one Example more.

There was an Old Professor, in one of our Churches, who being under the Admonition of the Church for some Offences, was by his Friends called upon, to Repent, and Reform, and Humble himself. But he flew into this outrageous Answer, No, I will Burn, before I will Turn. And Behold the Issue! This man some time after, fell into the Fire, and was Burnt to Death. Take yet one more Example.

A man, in our Narragansett-Country having set his Dog to mischief his Neighbours Cattle, denied the Fact, with Imprecations, That he might ⟨p. 36⟩never stir from the place, if he had so done. The Neighbour, to whom he denied it, expressing himself troubled at his Impudent Lying, this Atheist hereupon used the Name of the Great God in his Imprecations, That God would never let him stir out of that place, if he did the Thing. The words were scarce out of his mouth, but he sunk down Dead in the place, and never stirred any more.