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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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2. GOD has given assurance to Sinners that He hath no pleasure in their Death, in the Revelation which ⟨p. 18⟩He has given us of His own merciful Nature. When He descended to Proclaim His Name to Moses, in how many Attributes of Grace was it, as the Saviour of Sinners and ready and abundant to Pardon? The Lord Gracious and Merciful, Long-suffering and abundant in Goodness; keeping Mercy for thousands &c. How many Words are here heaped up to show how much the glory, nature and will of GOD is in the Salvation of Sinners, their Repentance and Pardon? Mercy, Grace, Patience, Goodness, Faithfulness all glorified in forgiving Iniquity, Transgression and Sin. And to Magnify this the more to Sinners for their Comfort and to draw forth their confidence therein, and adorations thereof, we read that He is […] in Mercy, and plenteous in Mercy; of the greatness of His Mercies, and the multitude of His Mercies; His manifold Mercies and His tender Mercy; and all employed for the help and relief of perishing Sinners. P•al. 51. 1. According to the multitude of thy tender Mercies, blot out my Transgressions.
2. GOD has given assurance to Sinners that He hath no pleasure in their Death, in the Revelation which ⟨p. 18⟩He has given us of His own merciful Nature. When He descended to Proclaim His Name to Moses, in how many Attributes of Grace was it, as the Saviour of Sinners and ready and abundant to Pardon? The Lord Gracious and Merciful, Long-suffering and abundant in Goodness; keeping Mercy for thousands &c. How many Words are here heap'd up to show how much the glory, nature and will of GOD is in the Salvation of Sinners, their Repentance and Pardon? Mercy, Grace, Patience, Goodness, Faithfulness all glorified in forgiving Iniquity, Transgression and Sin. And to Magnify this the more to Sinners for their Comfort and to draw forth their confidence therein, and adorations thereof, we read that He is 〈…〉 in Mercy, and plenteous in Mercy; of the greatness of His Mercies, and the multitude of His Mercies; His manifold Mercies and His tender Mercy; and all imploy'd for the help and relief of perishing Sinners. P•al. 51. 1. According to the multitude of thy tender Mercies, blot out my Transgressions.