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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.
Mor. Oh that I could now look unto Him as I ought to do! Lord help me.
Min. Well, you are now a dying man, the last hour or two of your life is now running. You know your self now to stand just on the brink of Eternity; y•u sh••l •••sently be in a state of wonderful happiness of horrible misery which must endure forever: which of those estates do you now count your self stepping into?
Mor. Oh Sir, I am afraid, but I am not without hope that God may have mercy on me.
Min. What's your ground for that hope? O see that your confidences be not such as God will by and by reject.
Min. What's your ground for that hope? O see that your confidences been't such as God will by and by reject.