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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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You know, in general; There is a Metaphor in the Phrase. An Hard Heart is a Soul, that has Dispositions, wherein the Properties of a Stone are answered. The Heart means […] which like the Bowel that we call. The Heart, is within us. 'Tis our Inner Man. The Hardness of the Heart, is allusive to the Hardness of a Stone. As hard as a Stone, is a Proverbial Speech. An hard Heart has in the Sacred Scripture this Denomination▪ Ezek. XI. 19. A Stony Heart Yet, 'Tis an Heart compared […] Stone, which is the most […] in all •he Fossil Tribe; even […] ⟨p. 8⟩We read, Zech. VII. 12. They have made their Hearts as an Adamant Stone. The Qualities of a Stone are then to be enquired after. O look Inward; Enquire within; and, Commune with thine own Heart. My, Friend, If thy Heart have these Qualities, it is an hard Heart; and it is time for thee to cry out, God be Merciful to me, an Hard-hearted Sinner!
You know, in general; There is a Metaphor in the Phrase. An Hard Heart is a Soul, that has Dispositions, wherein the Properties of a Stone are answered. The Heart means 〈…〉 which like the Bowel that we call. The Heart, is within us. 'Tis our Inner Man. The Hardness of the Heart, is allusive to the Hardness of a Stone. As hard as a Stone, is a Proverbial Speech. An hard Heart has in the Sacred Scripture this Denomination▪ Ezek. XI. 19. A Stony Heart Yet, 'Tis an Heart compared 〈…〉 Stone, which is the most 〈…〉 in all •he Fossil Tribe; even 〈…〉 ⟨p. 8⟩We read, Zech. VII. 12. They have made their Hearts as an Adamant Stone. The Qualities of a Stone are then to be enquired after. O look Inward; Enquire within; and, Commune with thine own Heart. My, Friend, If thy Heart have these Qualities, it is an hard Heart; and it is time for thee to cry out, God be Merciful to me, an Hard-hearted Sinner!