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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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Behold, a Sermon preached unto a Malefactor, a Poor, Blind, Hardened Malefactor under Sentence of Death •ea, now arrived unto the last Moments ⟨p. 47⟩of his Life under the Execution of the Sentence. 'Tis preached by one, who had been Guilty of the same Crimes; but was come unto the Repentance, which would assure the pardoning Mercy of God unto him. They that begin to Fear God themselves, are solicitous to bring others unto the Fear of God; but none more, than such as have been Wicked with or like themselves; none so much as their Companion• ▪ in Wickedness. Our Penitent here, commends unto his Dying Brother, the only. Thing that can secure the Welfare of a Soul after Death; procure a Safety to a Never-dying Soul; and Reproves his want of that Thing, 'Tis, The Fear of God.
Behold, a Sermon preached unto a Malefactor, a Poor, Blind, Hardened Malefactor under Sentence of Death •ea, now arriv'd unto the last Moments ⟨p. 47⟩of his Life under the Execution of the Sentence. 'Tis preached by one, who had been Guilty of the same Crimes; but was come unto the Repentance, which would assure the pardoning Mercy of God unto him. They that begin to Fear God themselves, are sollicitous to bring others unto the Fear of God; but none more, than such as have been Wicked with or like themselves; none so much as their Companion• ▪ in Wickedness. Our Penitent here, commends unto his Dying Brother, the only. Thing that can secure the Welfare of a Soul after Death; procure a Safety to a Never-dying Soul; and Reproves his want of that Thing, 'Tis, The Fear of God.
The DOCTRINE which I am now to give you, is;