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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.
Restraints Merciful & Wonderful. Boston-Lecture, 10. d. 7. m. 1713. › APPLICATION.
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.
Let us now Give to our Good God, the Glory of such Wonderful Dispensations.
II. A Lesson of Wondrous Thankfulness is to be now taught unto those, whom God has Withheld from Sinning against Him. Sirs, You are Thankful, no doubt, that you have been Withheld from Things that would have brought Sicknesses upon you, or Things that would have wounded you with incurable Reproaches; That you have been Withheld from Wants and Straits, by which your Lives would have been Embittered; That you have been Withheld from grievous Deaths, by frightful Accidents which have threatened them. You are very much to Blame, if you are not very Thankful for such Deliverances; Unholy, if Unthankful! But are you Thankful that you have been Withheld from Sinning against the Glorious GOD? This, O Redeemed Ones, This is a greater Cause for Thanksgiving, than any of the rest. It may be, some of you have been all your Days hitherto upheld, and withheld from doing any Thing, of a Scandalous Aspect; Like the Young man in the Gospel, You have been kept from your Youth up, from every Thing that may be called, Scandalous. Oh! Be very Thankful, for so rare a Mercy; so rich a Mercy! Or, if not so, ⟨p. 28⟩yet you have been withheld from such Scandals as you have seen Others fall into. God has not Left you to make your selves Prodigies of Sin; God has not hanged you up in Chains, among the Monuments of his Wrath; Others no worse by Nature than you, have been so. Even in This, you have Ground of Thankfulness. Tis a Mercy of God; And a mere Mercy it is! Yea, My Hearers, I believe there are very few of you, but what may call to mind, that you have been at some Time or other, just upon the point of doing some very horrible Thing! You have been very violently pushed on, to do some horrible Thing, which if it had been done, you had been the most Undone Things in the World; Undone for Both Worlds! You may make that Report; Psal. LXXIII. 2. As for me, my Feet were almost gone, my steps had will-nigh, slipped. But God stepped in, and saved you. O fall down before the Lord, and thankfully admire so obliging a Mercy; and say, Bless the Lord, O my Soul; I bless thee, O my God, for thou hast delivered my Soul, in delivering my Feet from the Falls I have been so near unto!