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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 after GOD has shown thee the Cursed Nature and Demerit of Sin, and thy own great Sinfulness, and wrought thee into the bitterest Mourning and deepest Humiliation ⟨p. 44⟩•n that account; so that thou shalt ••eely confess, that if He damn thee •or ever He is most holy and just in doing so; then He will also discover •o thee the Glory of His own Grace and Mercy in saving such a wretch as thou •rt; in pardoning such Guilts as thine are. He will bring thee to admire and adore His Love in Christ Jesus to poor miserable Souls! He will make Christ Glorious in thy Eyes, and Precious to thy Soul. You will be Amazed at it, and Confounded within your self, to think—did the •on of GOD come and die for me? did Christ come and shed His blood for me? will GOD look upon such a one as I am? •ay I find Mercy before a Holy GOD ••ter all my Pollutions and with these ••ains of Blood upon my Soul? O the Admirable Goodness of a Holy GOD! O the Excellency and Loveliness of my Saviour! O the transporting Hope of finding Mercy yet at last! so the poor dying Thief on the Cross turned himself to Christ and said, Lord, remember me! and so he •eard Christ say in answer to his ⟨p. 45⟩Prayer, To day thou shalt be with me! Ah poor Margaret, why should not you lift up your Soul unto your Saviour in His Kingdom, and make that Prayer? and why may not you hear that Answer from His glorious Lips?
AND after GOD has shown thee the Cursed Nature and Demerit of Sin, and thy own great Sinfulness, and wro't thee into the bitterest Mourning and deepest Humiliation ⟨p. 44⟩•n that account; so that thou shalt eely confess, that if He damn thee or ever He is most holy and just in doing so; then He will also discover o thee the Glory of His own Grace and Mercy in saving such a wretch as thou rt; in pardoning such Guilts as thine are. He will bring thee to admire and adore His Love in Christ Jesus to poor miserable Souls! He will make Christ Glorious in thy Eyes, and Precious to thy Soul. You will be Amazed at it, and Confounded within your self, to think—did the on of GOD come and die for me? did Christ come and shed His blood for me? will GOD look upon such a one as I am? ay I find Mercy before a Holy GOD ter all my Pollutions and with these ains of Blood upon my Soul? O the Admirable Goodness of a Holy GOD! O the Excellency and Loveliness of my Saviour! O the transporting Hope of finding Mercy yet at last! so the poor dying Thief on the Cross turn'd himself to Christ and said, Lord, remember me! and so he eard Christ say in answer to his