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[Terribilia Dei. Remarkable judgements of God, on several sorts of offenders, in several scores…
[Terribilia Dei. Remarkable judgements of God, on several sorts of offenders, in several scores of instances; among the people of New-England. Observed, collected, related, and improved; in two sermons, at Boston-lecture in the month of July 1697]
Boston: printed by B. Green and J. Allen, 1697
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Very Few have Died on the Gallows, in this place, but what have Wrung their Hands upon the Ladder, with this out cry, This is a Judgment of God upon me, for my Undutifulness unto my Parents; My Disobedience to my Parents ha's brought me hither!
Very Few have Dy'd on the Gallowes, in this place, but what have Wrung their Hands upon the Ladder, with this out cry, This is a Judgment of God upon me, for my Undutifulness unto my Parents; My Dis•bedience to my Parents ha's brought me hither!
But this Article of Discourse may not be dismissed, until we have Singled out One particular Example, of the Strange Punishments, which Undutiful Children bring upon themselves, from the Judgments of God.
But this Article of Discourse may not be dismissed, until we have Singled out One particular Exemple, of the Strange Punishments, which Undutiful Children bring upon themselves, from the Judgments of God.
A Reverend Minister of Christ, that often Served Him, in that very Pulpit, where these words are uttered, once observed a Son, to behave himself undutifully towards his Father, in the Ferry boat, which was carrying them over the River. Whereupon that Man of God said unto the Young man, Young man, I am sorry to see you so little Regard your Father; I would seriously persuade you to Rep••• of your Undutifulness, or, I will solemnly Assure […], that I Expect, the Killing Judgments ⟨p. 41⟩of God will overtake you, before a year come to an end. And, behold, before that year was out, this Young man was miserably Murdered.