N01484:69
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The worst of Plagues; What it is, and How to shun it. BOSTON: 29 d.… › APPLICATION.
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.
Secondly. There are Heart-breaking Meditations, which you are to be advised unto; There are Specifics against an hard Heart in the Meditations. Of the Things which are hardened by the Cold and Frost of our Winter, we read; Psal. CXLVII. 18. ⟨p. 35⟩He sendeth out his […] them. It might indeed be […] breaking Subject for your Meditations; How Foolishly and Fearfully have I ruined myself by my Sins against the Glorious God! It might be a yet more Heart-breaking Subject for your Meditations; What a shameful Disingenuity has there been, and how Ungratefully have I done, in my Sins against the Glorious GOD? But then proceed, and Meditate on what the Word of God has declared unto you, concerning His Infinite Mercy, ready to Receive and Pardon you after all your Sins. Methinks, the sending forth of this Word, should Melt your Hearts within you. Behold the Heart of your Saviour yearning over you; Behold Him shedding His Heart-Blood for your Sins; Hear Him calling to you, O poor Sinner, yet come unto me, and I will not cast thee out. Certainly, to Meditate on such a Word, will Melt your Hearts within you. My Friend, What an Heart hast thou, if steeping it in the Blood of thy Saviour dissolve it not!
Secondly. There are Heart-breaking Meditations, which you are to be advised unto; There are Specificks against an hard Heart in the Meditations. Of the Things which are harddened by the Cold and Frost of our Winter, we read; Psal. CXLVII. 18. ⟨p. 35⟩He sendeth out his 〈…〉 them. It might indeed be 〈…〉 breaking Subject for your Meditations; How Foolishly and Fearfully have I ruined myself by my Sins against the Glorious God! It might be a yet more Heart-breaking Subject for your Meditations; What a shameful Disingenuity has there been, and how Ungratefully have I done, in my Sins against the Glorious GOD? But then proceed, and Meditate on what the Word of God has declared unto you, concerning His Infinite Mercy, ready to Receive and Pardon you after all your Sins. Methinks, the sending forth of this Word, should Melt your Hearts within you. Behold the Heart of your Saviour yearning over you; Behold Him shedding His Heart-Blood for your Sins; Hear Him calling to you, O poor Sinner, yet come unto me, and I will not cast thee out. Certainly, to Meditate on such a Word, will Melt your Hearts within you. My Friend, What an Heart hast thou, if steeping it in the Blood of thy Saviour dissolve it not!