A sorrowful spectacle. In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on…

Name: A sorrowful spectacle. In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on…
Author: Cotton Mather

A sorrowful spectacle. In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on a miserable woman, for the murder of a spurious offspring. : The one declaring, the evil of an heart hardened, under and against all means of good. : The other describing, the fearful case of such as in a suffering time, and much more such as in a dying hour, are found without the fear of God. : With some remarkable things, relating to the criminal; proper for all to be informed of. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [One line from Acts]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by T. Fleet & T. Crump for Samuel Gerrish, 1715

[2], vii, [1], 3-92, [2], 47, [1] p. ; 14 cm. (12mo) · 24k words · Evans 1764

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The Grand Concern, of Suffering and of Dying People. BOSTON, 9 d. I…: The Grand Concern, of Suffering and of Dying People. BOSTON, 9 d. IV m. 1715.

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Thirdly. True Religion, which Fears God, will Religiously and Conscientiously endeavour to Serve God. The Worshippers of GOD, are called, ⟨p. 55⟩Those that fear Him. The Worship and Service of GOD, is called, His Fear. We read of one, Act. X. 2. He was a Devout Man, and one that feared God, and prayed unto God always. The Fear of God will put a Man upon all the Devotions of a Godly Life. The Fear of God will bring forth Prayer to God: Secret Prayer, Private Prayer, Public Prayer; All Prayer with Perseverance in it. When Men cast off this Fear, then they restrain Prayer. The Fear of God, will fill the Life of a Man with Work for God. It will make a Man Abound in the Work of the Lord. It will make a Man Diligent in the Work of both His Callings, the Spiritual and the Temporal. Continual Acknowledgements of God, are in the Endeavour of the Man that Fears Him. We are so called upon▪ Prov. XXIII. 17. Be thou in the fear of the Lord all the Day long. 'Tis done in our conformity to that Rule of Piety, Acknowledge the Lord in all the Ways. This Fear of God will bring a Man to that Persuasion, I have to do ⟨p. 56⟩with God in every Thing. And from so sweet a Root, as the Fear of God, there will issue and flourish a Love to Man. The Fear of God will make a Man afraid of doing or wishing any Hurt unto his Neighbour; It will make him contrive to be a Blessing in his Neighbourhood; It will make him a Good Man, and a Doer of Good. This, this is to Fear God.

Thirdly. True Religion, which Fears God, will Religiously and Conscienciously endeavour to Serve God. The Worshippers of GOD, are called, ⟨p. 55⟩Those theat fear Him. The Worship and Service of GOD, is called, His Fear. We read of one, Act. X. 2. He was a Devout Man, and one that feared God, and prayed unto God always. The Fear of God will put a Man upon all the Devotions of a Godly Life. The Fear of God will bring forth Prayer to God: Secret Prayer, Private Prayer, Public Prayer; All Prayer with Perseverance in it. When Men cast off this Fear, then they restrain Prayer. The Fear of God, will fill the Life of a Man with Work for God. It will make a Man Abound in the Work of the Lord. It will make a Man Diligent in the Work of both His Callings, the Spiritual and the Temporal. Continual Acknowledgments of God, are in the Endeavour of the Man that Fears Him. We are so called upon

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