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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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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!
Tho' I have now no more to say unto this poor Creature; yet I have something to say unto all this Congregation of God; and her Circumstances •urnish me with an Awful Occasion for it.
I wish, Oh! I wish, the Testimonies of a thorough Repentance in her, were more Conspicuous. But I would make the best Use I can, of what Little has been obtained.
This Woman in her better Frames, has very Voluntarily over and over again, testified her Desire, to do what Good may be done, by an Instrument, that she has put into my Hands; Signed with her own, before several Witnesses, after every Clause thereof had been distinctly Considered with her. An Instrument which▪ I shall now Read unto you.—