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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 that he might come to the Cross in some degree, furnished with that Principle of Grace, which now broke forth, in its most lively and wondrous Operations. Be it how it will; Here is a Specimen of what Sovereign Grace may do, for a Sinner in the last Moments of his Life; yea, of what Sovereign Grace may do for a Malefactor who dies […] the Gallows!
and that he might come to the Cross in some degree, furnished with that Principle of Grace, which now broke forth, in its most lively and wondrous Operations. Be it how it will; Here is a Specimen of what Sovereign Grace may do, for a Sinner in the last Moments of his Life; yea, of what Sovereign Grace may do for a Malefactor who dies 〈…〉 the Gallows!
The first Effort, which we see of the Divine Principle, in the Soul of this Penitent, is, His Rebuke upon his Fellow-sufferer. He saw and heard the Outrages of the Monster; he […] his Outrageous Affronts unto the Glorious Redeemer, whom his own Soul now Glorified as the Son of God, and the […] of the Dead; […] he Faithfully and Zealously […] him for his Behaviour▪ where […] he proclaimed that the […] of God […] horribly wanting in him▪
The first Effort, which we see of the Divine Principle, in the Soul of this Penitent, is, His Rebuke upon his Fellow-sufferer. He saw and heard the Outrages of the Monster; he 〈…〉 his Outrageous Affronts unto the Glorious Redeemer, whom his own Soul now Glorified as the Son of God, and the 〈…〉 of the Dead; 〈…〉 he Faithfully and Zealously 〈…〉 him for his Behaviour▪ where 〈…〉 he proclaimed that the 〈…〉 of God 〈…〉 horribly wanting in him