Pillars of salt. An history of some criminals executed in this land, for capital…

God ha's given men over to such a Strong Delusion, to punish them, for their not Loving the Truth of the Lord Jesus Christ. What a Reprobate Mind, is there in those men, who look upon the poor feeble ruined Conscience, the Remainder of an Excusing and a Condemning Principle in Fallen man, to be, The Christ of God; and who make the whole Gospel of Christ, nothing but an Allegory of this poor Conscience; and who dream, that when this Proud Wicked Conscience is become so unfaithful as to Cease Accusing of them for Sin, they are then Free from Sin? More than an Hundred Thousand in the English Nation, since our Time have done so! 'Tis because a Jealous God, will Punish men, for their Slighting of His Precious Christ, and not living in the Love of the Truth. But, Ah, Lord, What wilt thou do to Nations, wherein there is to be found after all, ⟨p. 27⟩a more Horrible Thing! The Revelation of the Christian Religion, is the most Glorious Favour, that ever the God of Heaven Enriched the World withal: And there is as full Demonstration given, to the Christian Religion, as there is for the Being of a God: It is impossible for any thing to be more fully Demonstrated than This, That our Blessed Jesus is the Redeemer of the World, and that He is Risen from the Dead. And yet there is a Generation of Sinful men, of late horribly multiplied in the English Nation, who Deride all this Revealed Religion, and Blaspheme the Glorious Lord of it. Whence is this? Truly, 'Tis from the Dreadful Vengeance of God, upon this Generation, for their Disobedience unto His Holy Religion. By the late Reigns, that made more than Three Kingdoms to Sin, 'tis Incredible how much Vice got head in the Kingdoms: Vice, which is ever contrary to, and Condemned by, the Holy Religion of our Lord. Men that were called, Christians, would give themselves over, to that Vice, which was not allowed among the Sober Pagans themselves: and now God ha's given them over, to shake off the very Name of Christians. Men have Rebelled against the Oracles of our Lord Jesus Christ; and now they abandon those Heavenly Oracles, to set up wretched Stuff, which they call, The Oracles of Reason. There is the Vengeance of God in this Thing, to Ripen the Nation for an Amazing Storm, ⟨p. 28⟩that will doubtless break upon it, ere this Generation pass away.

God ha's given men over to such a Strong Delusion, to punish them, for their not Loving the Truth of the Lord Jesus Christ. What a Reprobate Mind, is there in those men, who look upon the poor feeble ruin'd Conscienc, the Remainder of an Excusing and a Condemning Principle in Fallen man, to be, The Christ of God; and who make the whole Gospel of Christ, nothing but an Allegory of this poor Conscience; and who dream, that when this Proud Wicked Conscience is become so unfaithful as to Cease Accusing of them for Sin, they are then Free from Sin? More than an Hundred Thousand in the English Nation, since our Time have done so! 'Tis because a Jealous God, will Punish men, for their Slighting of His Precious Christ, and not living in the Love of the Truth. But, Ah, Lord, What wilt thou do to Nations, wherein there is to be found after all,