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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.
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About the Year, 1646. here was one Mary Martin, whose Father going from hence to England, Left her in the House of a Married Man, who yet became so Enamoured on her, that he attempted her Chastity.
ABout the Year, 1646. here was one Mary Martin, whose Father going from hence to England, Left her in the House of a Married Man, who yet became so Enamoured on her, that he attempted her Chastity.
Such was her Weakness and Folly, that she yielded unto the Temptations of that miserable man; but yet with such horrible Regret of Mind, that begging of God, for Deliverance from her Temptations, her plea was, That if ever she were Overtaken again, she would Leave her self unto His Justice, to be made a public Example.
Such was her Weakness and Folly, that she yielded unto the Temptations of that miserable man; but yet with such horrible Regret of Mind, that begging of God, for Deliverance from her Temptations, her plea was, That if ever she were Overtaken again, she would Leave her self unto His Justice, to be made a publick Example.