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

Again, The Dying Malefactors among us, have much Lamented, the Sin, of, Notorious Unprofitableness under the Means of Grace. Their Out-cries have been, That upon very Trivial Pretences, they have commonly Absented themselves from the Public Ordinances of God; and that when they have heard the Sermons in the Public, and heard the Offers of a Lord Redeemer, they have Slighted all that they have heard. ⟨p. 54⟩This, This hath been like a Dagger at their Hearts, when they have seen themselves going out of the World; and they have Cried out, Oh! how many Worlds would I give now, for that Christ, and Pardon, and Glory, which once I trod under foot! It is because I Refused a Blessed Saviour, that God hath justly let the Destroyer now take possession of me! And hence also, there are no Out-cries more usually groaned and Shrieked, by these Miserables, than those about, Their Profanation of the Lords Day! They usually tell us, That their neglecting to Sanctify the Lords Day, and Misspending the Holy Time of that Day, gave the Devil his First Advantage over them. Then, and Thence, it was, (they tell us) that the Devil filled their Souls, with all manner of Wickedness. Will you Remember these Things, My Neighbours; and Remembering them, Avoid these Paths of the Destroyer?

Again, The Dying Malefactors among us, have much Lamented, the Sin, of, Notorious Unprofitableness under the Means of Grace. Their Out-cryes have been, That upon very Trivial Pretences, they have commonly Absented themselves from the Publick Ordinances of God; and that when they have heard the Sermons in the Publick, and heard the Offers of a Lord Redeemer, they have Sleighted all that they have heard. ⟨p. 54⟩This, This hath been like a Dagger at their Hearts, when they have seen themselves going out of the World; and they have Cryed out, Oh! how many Worlds would I give now, for that Christ, and Pardon, and Glory, which once I trod under foot! It is because I Refused a Blessed Saviour, that God hath justly let the Destroyer now take possession of me! And hence also, there are no Out-cryes more usually groan'd and Shriek'd, by these Miserables, than those about, Their Profanation of the Lords Day! They usually tell us, That their neglecting to Sanctify the Lords Day, and Mispending the Holy Time of that Day, gave the Devil his First Advantage over them. Then, and Thence, it was, (they tell us) that the Devil fill'd their Souls, with all manner of Wickedness. Will you Remember these Things, My Neighbours; and Remembring them, Avoid these Paths of the Destroyer?