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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The worst of Plagues; What it is, and How to shun it. BOSTON: 29 d. III m. 1715.
Prov. XXVIII. 14. He that hardeneth his Heart shall fall into Mischief.
WHO can hear these […], without […] Heart aching at the Hearing of […] Who can without a Trembling Soul, have the Thunder of these Words in his Ears, and not earnestly […] the Stroke of such a […] Who among us will upon […] forbear the just Exclaim […] my Flesh Trembles for […] afraid of thy Judge […].
WHO can hear these 〈…〉, without 〈…〉 Heart aking at the Hearing of 〈…〉 Who can without a Trembling Soul, have the Thunder of these Words in his Ears, and not earnestly 〈…〉 the Stroke of such a 〈…〉 Who among us will upon 〈…〉 forbear the just Exclaim 〈…〉 my Flesh Trembles for 〈…〉 afraid of thy Judge 〈…〉.