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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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O that thy Soul were prepared for the Consolations in Christ! that God might pour the soft healing Oil into thy wounded Soul! that there were a contrite Heart to seek receive and feel it! How wretched and miserable are you if you must die next week without a Sign or any Sense of GODs having savingly touched thy Heart! How can you think of dying without Repentance and without the hopes of a better Life? without a suitable sense of thy Sin, or hope of an Interest in Christ, and the Mercy of GOD through' Him!
O that thy Soul were prepared for the Consolations in Christ! that God might pour the soft healing Oyl into thy wounded Soul! that there were a contrite Heart to seek receive and feel it! How wretched and miserable are you if you must die next week without a Sign or any Sense of GODs having savingly touched thy Heart! How can you think of dying without Repentance and without the hopes of a better Life? without a sutable sense of thy Sin, or hope of an Interest in Christ, and the Mercy of GOD thro' Him!
THE greatest Compassion and Tenderness to thee at present is, to awaken in thee, if it might be possible, a sense of the Terrors of GOD, and of His Wrath impending over thee, unless you find Grace from Him to make ⟨p. 46⟩your Escape therefrom by true Repentance and Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. If your Wounds be not Opened they will never be Cleansed, and if they be not cleansed they can never heal, but will Gangrene and Rot.
THE greatest Compassion and Tenderness to thee at present is, to awaken in thee, if it might be possible, a sense of the Terrors of GOD, and of His Wrath impending over thee, unless you find Grace from Him to make ⟨p. 46⟩your Escape therefrom by true Repentance and Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. If your Wounds be not Open'd they will never be Cleans'd, and if they be not cleans'd they can never heal, but will Gangreen and Rot.