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The sad effects of sin. A true relation of the murder committed by David…
The sad effects of sin. A true relation of the murder committed by David Wallis, on his companion Benjamin Stolwood: on Saturday night, the first of August, 1713. With his carriage oftener condemnation; his confession and dying speech at the place of execution, &c. : To which are added, the sermons preached at the lecture in Boston, in his hearing, after condemnation; and on the day of his execution, being Sept. 24. 1713.The sad effects of sin. A true relation of the murder committed by David Wallis, on his companion Benjamin Stolwood: on Saturday night, the first of August, 1713. With his carriage ofter condemnation; his confession and dying speech at the place of execution, &c. : To which are added, the sermons preached at the lecture in Boston, in his hearing, after condemnation; and on the day of his execution, being Sept. 24. 1713.
printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1713
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Other great Sins do expose and lead to this of Murder; by debauching, hardening and searing the Conscience; and by provoking God to give people up to their own […] and passions. But to return, It is a blessed deliverance from Sin to be kept from it; to have the guilt and the sorrows of Repentance prevented; and ⟨p. 19⟩the present Shames, Miseries and Ruin that do sometimes attend it.
Other great Sins do expose and lead to this of Murder; by debauching, hardening and searing the Conscience; and by provoking God to give people up to their own 〈…〉 and passions. But to return, It is a blessed deliverance from Sin to be kept from it; to have the guilt and the sorrows of Repentance prevented; and ⟨p. 19⟩the present Shames, Miseries and Ruin that do sometimes attend it.
2. There is Deliverance from Blood-guiltiness after it is Contracted, by the Commission of Murder: i. e. The Merciful God has admitted Sinners to Repentance, even in this Case: And there is forgiveness of it, and cleansing from it, through the Blood of Christ. It has been repented of we see in our Text, & it has been pardoned, 2 Sam. XII. 13. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, the Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. Manasseh was a great Sinner and Murderer; he filled Jerusalem with the Innocent Blood which he shed; yet was he afterward an Eminent Penitent, and obtained Mercy.
2. There is Deliverance from Blood-guiltinses after it is Contracted, by the Commission of Murder: i. e. The Merciful God has admitted Sinners to Repentance, even in this Case: And there is forgiveness of it, and cleansing from it, through the Blood of Christ. It has been repented of we see in our Text, & it has been pardoned,