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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 might be so! Sir, I would hear more of these things: I think, I can't better fit my self for my Death than by hearkening to these things.
Mor. Oh that I might be so! Sir, I would hear more of these things: I think, I can't better fit my self for my Death than by hearkning to these things.
Min. Attend then: The never dying Spirit that lodges within you, must now within a few minutes appear before the Tribunal of the Great GOD; in what, […] in whose Righteousness will you then appear? will you have this to be your Plea, Lord, I experienced many good Motions & Desires in my Soul, and many sorrows for my sin before I died: or will you expect to have no other Plea but This, Lord, I am vile, but thy Son is a Surety for the worst of Sinners that believe on Him; for his sake alone, have MERCY on me.
Min. Attend then: The never dying Spirit that lodges within you, must now within a few minutes appear before the Tribunal of the Great GOD; in what, 〈…〉 in whose Righteousness will you then appear? will you have this to be your Plea, Lord, I experienced many good Motions & Desires in my Soul, and many sorrows for my sin before I dy'd: or will you expect to have no other Plea but This, Lord, I am vile, but thy Son is a Surety for the worst of Sinners that believe on Him; for his sake alone, have MERCY on me.
Mor. I thank God for what He ha's wrought in my Soul.—