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A sorrowful spectacle. In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on…
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]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet & T. Crump for Samuel Gerrish, 1715
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And, Oh! What wilt thou now •o under these Astonishing […]? Wilt thou not improv•• these few Minutes with a most […] industry and Agony? Do […] •e no longer such an Hard-hearted ⟨p. 82⟩Prodigy! Fall down before thy SAVIOUR, and cry out; O my Saviour; Take pity on my Soul, and now at the Last, let Sovereign Grace break forth, with a good Work of thy fear in my Soul! Cry out, O my Saviour, Let my Sin be all pardoned, and let all Sin be as Abominable unto me, as it is unto all that fear thy Name! Let thy Outcries pierce the very Heavens.
And, Oh! What wilt thou now •o under these Astonishing 〈…〉? Wilt thou not improv•• these few Minutes with a most 〈…〉 industry and Agony? Do 〈…〉 •e no longer such an Hard-hearted ⟨p. 82⟩Prodigy! Fall down before thy SAVIOUR, and cry out; O my Saviour; Take pitty on my Soul, and now at the Last, let Sovereign Grace break forth, with a good Work of thy fear in my Soul! Cry out, O my Saviour, Let my Sin be all pardoned, and let all Sin be as Abominable unto me, as it is unto all that fear thy Name! Let thy Outcries pierce the very Heavens.
But, be it known unto thee, If the fear of God be in thee, it will be a thing more Bitter than Death unto thee, that thou hast Sinned against His Glorious Majesty; Thy Malice against every Neighbour will be extinguished; Thou wilt submit with Patience, to the Punishment of thy Iniquity; And thou wilt be an Holy, Humble, Thankful Soul, and quite another Creature!—God of His Infinite Mercy make thee so!