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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Another time, the Minister asking him, Is not the Terror of the Death just now before you, too hard for you? He answered, No, not at all; my Hope in the Mercy of God has overcome it.
He also declared, That his Hope was founded in the Blood of his Great Saviour shed for him, & in the Wonderful Mercy of God which allowed and invited the chief of Sinners, to plead this Blood, & the Wonderful Mercy of the Saviour, who will cast out none of those that come to him: And that the Effect of this Hope in him was, Hatred of all Sin more than ever, & a Desire to do all the good that was possible.
He likewise declared, That the nearer he drew to his End, the more he grew in his Hope.
Arriving at the Fatal Place, when the Noises produced on such occasions in the vast confluence of People, were a little over, the Minister said unto him, The desire of a Dying Man has brought me, what perhaps nothing else would have done, to be present at this uneasy Spectacle, And now, David, you are come to those last Minutes, which must be employed unto the best Advantage. You have had set before you, the Nature and Desert of your Sins, and particularly of that Crime for which you are now to suffer: And the contrition of Soul, with which you are to acknowledge them. You have had the Tidings & the Tenders […] an Admirable Saviour, who is Able and […] to relieve you. You have been advised […] to Place your Faith in that […], & then how to prove it in an