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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.
Sirs, The Lord JESUS CHRIST, who Saves His People from their Sins, do's in His Gospel, [The Gospel of your Salvation!] make you an Offer of His Great Salvation. One Thing in the Salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ, is, The Pardon ⟨p. 32⟩of all your Former Sins, th•ough the Blood of that Son of God, which, (because is the Blood of the Son of God!) Cleanses from all Sin. And when He gives the Pardon of Sin, He also therewith gives a Power against it, and that Blessing of the New Covenant, Sin shall not have Dominion over you. The only way to be Delivered from Falling into Sin, is, To get into that New Covenant, by a Real, and Cordial, and Thankful Acceptance of the Salvation, which is offered unto us, on the Terms thereof.
Syrs, The Lord JESUS CHRIST, who Saves His People from their Sins, do's in His Gospel, [The Gospel of your Salvation!] make you an Offer of His Great Salvation. One Thing in the Salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ, is, The Pardon ⟨p. 32⟩of all your Former Sins, th•ough the Blood of that Son of God, which, (because is the Blood of the Son of God!) Cleanses from all Sin. And when He gives the Pardon of Sin, He also therewith gives a Power against it, and that Blessing of the New Covenant, Sin shall not have Dominion over you. The only way to be Delivered from Falling into Sin, is, To get into that New Covenant, by a Real, and Cordial, and Thankful Acceptance of the Salvation, which is offered unto us, on the Terms thereof.
We read it Three Times noted concerning Pharaoh, That he Hardened his own Heart: But then it follows no less than Seven Times upon it, That the Lord Hardened the Heart of Pharaoh. Ah, miserable Unregenerates; The Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, with His Righteousness, is Tendered unto your Acceptance, even that Spirit whose office 'tis, to Preserve your whole Spirit, and Soul, and Body, Blameless unto His Coming. If you Harden your own Hearts, against the calls of the Gospel, to Accept of this Grace, 'twill come to This, that the Lord will Harden your Hearts. And, when the Lord shall Harden your Hearts, alas, you'll be giv over to Sin, and Wrath unto the uttermost. We read of Some in