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Pillars of salt. An history of some criminals executed in this land, for capital…
Pillars of salt. An history of some criminals executed in this land, for capital crimes. : With some of their dying speeches; collected and published, for the warning of such as live in destructive courses of ungodliness. : Whereto is added, for the better improvement of this history, a brief discourse about the dreadful justice of God, in punishing of sin, with sin. : [Two lines from Deuteronomy]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
After this, he Lived very Dissolutely, in the Town of Dorchester; where, in a Fit of Sickness, he Vowed, That if God would Spare his Life, he would Live as a New Man: but he horribly forgot his Vows. The Instances of his Impiety, grew so Numerous and Prodigious, that the wrath of God could bear no longer with him: he was Ripened for the Gallows.
After this, he Lived very Dissolutely, in the Town of Dorchester; where, in a Fit of Sickness, he Vow'd, That if God would Spare his Life, he would Live as a New Man: but he horribly forgot his Vows. The Instances of his Impiety, grew so Numerous and Prodigious, that the wrath of God could bear no longer with him: he was Ripened for the Gallows.
After his Condemnation, he Vehemently Protested his Innocency, of the Fact, for which he was Condemned; but he Confessed, That God was Righteous, thus to bring Destruction upon him, for Secret Adulteries.
A Reprieve would have been obtained for him, if his foolish and froward Refusing to hear a Sermon on the Day appointed for his Execution, had not hardened the Hearts of the Judges against him. He, who had been a great Scoffer at the Ordinances of God, now Exposed himself, by being Left unto such a Sottish Action!
A Reprieve would have been obtained for him, if his foolish and froward Refusing to hear a Sermon on the Day appointed for his Execution, had not hardened the Hearts of the Judges against him. He, who had been a great Scoffer at the Ordinances of God, now Expos'd himself, by being Left unto such a Sottish Action!