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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.
Moreover; Have none of you Fallen into Sins, that have proved unhappy, and scandalous Occasions, to the Falls of others? God was Giving over a People to Sin for Sin, when He Left them to that mischief, in Ezek. 36.20. They profaned my Holy Name, among the Heathen, whither they went, when they said, These are, the people of the Lord! Sometimes a man is Left unto Sins, that others make Occasions for them to profane the Holy Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Enemies of that Holy Lord, [Alas, Are there such among us!] have Occasions, by the Sins of some, given unto them, to say, These are your Christians, These are your Church Members, These are your Professors! No, Sirs, No; They are no• These. But you that have by your Sins, given Occasion for others to Sin, have more than a little Occasion to mourn before the […]. If God had not been very Angry with you, for some othe• Sins, He would never have Left you unto Thes. ⟨p. 40⟩It is the saddest Infelicity, that can befall any man, to be a Stumbling of Iniquity unto those that are about him, and an Instrument of causing others to Fall into Iniquity. Oh! how much better were it for a man to Die, than to have those things fall out in his Life, that shall really wound the precious Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and prejudice others against His Truths and Ways and Interests! Better Die immediately! Poor man. Have thy Sins put others upon Sinning? Art thou by thy Sins, an Example, and Incentive, of Sinning? Oh, Read the ho•. Indignation of God against thee, in such Exposing Sins: They are a severe punishment from the Hand of God upon thee, for some other Sins, not yet enough considered: Is it possible for a man to be more severely punished?
Moreover; Have none of you Fallen into Sins, that have proved unhappy, and scandalous Occasions, to the Falls of others? God was Giving over a People to Sin for Sin, when He Left them to that mischief, in Ezek. 36.20. They profaned my Holy Name, among the Heathen, whither they went, when they said, These are, the people of the Lord! Sometimes a man is Left unto Sins, that others make Occasions for them to profane the Holy Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Enemies of that Holy Lord, [Alas, Are there such among us!] have Occasions, by the Sins of some, given unto them, to say, These are your Christians, These are your Church Members, These are your Professors! No, Syrs, No; They are no These. But you that have by your Sins, given Occasion for others to Sin, have more than a little Occasion to mourn before the . If God had not been very Angy with you, for some othe Sins, He would never have Left you unto Thes.