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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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Here is Comfort for thee, O miserable Malefactor, and Prisoner of Hope! and how should it revive and cheer thy sad and wounded Soul, and cause thee to admire and adore the Riches of the Mercy of God through' Christ, his Grace abounding to the chief of Sinners▪ There is Deliverance from Blood-guiltiness. There is pardon and forgiveness with God, even for thee, if thou dost believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and with a repenting, bleeding Soul for this and all thy other Sins, dost find Grace to fly unto His ⟨p. 21⟩Blood: I may then, and now do promise you in the Presence, and in the Name of Christ, My Great Lord and Master, our Common Saviour and Judge, the free and full Remission of all your Sins, how many or great soever they have been.
Here is Comfort for thee, O miserable Malefactor, and Prisoner of Hope! and how should it revive and chear thy sad and wounded Soul, and cause thee to admire and adore the Riches of the Mercy of God thro' Christ, his Grace abounding to the chief of Sinners▪ There is Deliverance from Blood-guiltiness. There is pardon and forgiveness with God, even for thee, if thou dost believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and with a repenting, bleeding Soul for this and all thy other Sins, dost find Grace to fly unto His ⟨p. 21⟩Blood: I may then, and now do promise you in the Presence, and in the Name of Christ, My Great Lord and Master, our Common Saviour and Judge, the free and full Remission of all your Sins, how many or great soever they have been.
O that it might please God to give thee, together with the most affecting sense of the Heinous Nature of thy bloody Crime; to apprehend the freeness & fullness of his Mercies by Christ Jesus; and thy Saviours All-sufficiency and readiness to bestow both Repentance and Pardon on thee.
O that it might please God to give thee, together with the most affecting sense of the Hainous Nature of thy bloody Crime; to apprehend the freeness & fulness of his Mercies by Christ Jesus; and thy Saviours Alsufficiency and readiness to bestow both Repentance and Pardon on thee.