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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.
(VII.)
ON March 11. 1686. was Executed at Boston, one James Morgan, for an horrible Murder. A man, finding it necessary to come into his House, he Swore he would Run a Spit into his Bowels; and he was as bad as his word.
He was a passionate Fellow; and now, after his Condemnation, he much bewailed, his having been given to Cursing, in his passions.
He was a passionate Fellow; and now, after his Condemnation, he much bewayl'd, his having been given to Cursing, in his passions.
The Reverend Person who Preached, unto a great Assembly, on the Day of this poor man• Execution, did in the midst of his Sermon ⟨p. 72⟩take occasion, to Read a Paper, which he had Received from the Malefactory then present in the Assembly. It was as followeth.