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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.
ON June 8. 1693 Two Young Women, (the one English, the other Negro) were Executed at Boston, for murdering their Bastard Children.
ON June 8. 1693 Two Young Women, (the one English, t'other Negro) were Executed at Boston, for murdering their Bastard Children.
The English Young Woman, gave to the Minister, who Preached that Afternoon, the following Paper of Confessions; which he took occasion, in the Sermon, to publish unto the Congregation, where she also was then present before the Lord.
The English Young Woman, gave to the Minister, who Preach'd that Afternoon, the following Paper of Confessions; which he took occasion, in the Sermon, to publish unto the Congregation, where she also was then present before the Lord.
I Am a miserable Sinner; and I have justly provoked the Holy God to leave me unto that Folly of my own Heart, for which I am now Condemned to Dy. I cannot but see much of the Anger of God against me, in the ⟨p. 100⟩Circumstances of my woeful Death; He hath Fulfilled upon me, that Word of His. Evil pursueth Sinners. I therefore desire, Humbly to Confess my many Sins before God, and the World: but most particularly my Blood Cuiltiness Before the Birth of my Twin-Infants, I too much parleyed with the Temptations of the Devil, to smother my Wickedness by Murdering of them: At length, when they were Born I was not unsensible, that at least, One of them was alive; but such a Wretch was I, as to use a Murderous Carriage towards them, in the place where I lay, on purpose to dispatch them out of the World. I acknowledge that I have been more Hard hearted than the Sea Monsters; and yet for the Pardon of these my Sins, I would Fly to the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is the only Fountain set open for Sin and Uncleanness. I know not how better to Glorify God, for giving me such an Opportunity as I have had to make sure of His Mercy, than by advising and entreating the Rising Generation here, to take Warning by my Example; and I will therefore tell the Sins, that have brought me to my shameful End. I do Warn all People, and especially, Young People, against the Sin of Uncleanness in particular; 'tis that Sin that hath been my Ruin; well had it been for me, if I had answered all Temptations to that Sin, as Joseph did, How shall I do this