A sorrowful spectacle. In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on…

Name: A sorrowful spectacle. In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on…
Author: Cotton Mather

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]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by T. Fleet & T. Crump for Samuel Gerrish, 1715

[2], vii, [1], 3-92, [2], 47, [1] p. ; 14 cm. (12mo) · 24k words · Evans 1764

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The Grand Concern, of Suffering and of Dying People. BOSTON, 9 d. I…: The Grand Concern, of Suffering and of Dying People. BOSTON, 9 d. IV m. 1715.

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But, the Fear of God, is one of those notable Terms. And now, Come ye Children who would Profess Religion, and be found the truly Religious Children of God; I will […] you what is that Fear of God, which is demanded of you.

But, the Fear of God, is one of those notable Terms. And now, Come ye Children who would Profess Religion, and be found the truly Religious Children of God; I will 〈…〉 you what is that Fear of God, which is demanded of you.

:93p. 49–50

First. In true Religion, the Fear of the Divine Displeasure, whereto all Sinners are obnoxious, drives a […] unto the JESUS, who saves His People from their Sins. The Fear of God contains in it, a Fear of His Displeasure, to which we are by Sin become obnoxious. One that has the Fear of God, can say, Lord, My Flesh trembles for fear of thy Displeasure, and I am afraid of the Judgments to which my Sin exposes me. But so far the Devils themselves may go; They tremble; worse than Devils they who do not so! But […] Fear wherewith we are ⟨p. 50⟩to be moved, must put us upon doing what we are to do, that we may be Saved. It must cause our Flight unto the only SAVIOUR. This is the Fear of God in the right Notion of it. Thus you have been taught it in Psal. CXLVII. 11. The Lord taketh Pleasure in them that fear Him, that hope in His Mercy. It is the MESSIAH of God, in and by whom His Mercy reaches us. A Fear without Hope of that Mercy, is the Despair of them that are cast into outer Darkness. The Fear which Awakens and Animates our Flight unto that Mercy, […] the Fear of God in the True, Clear, […] Operation of it.

First. In true Religion, the Fear of the Divine Displeasure, whereto all Sinners are obnoxious, drives a 〈…〉 unto the JESUS, who saves His People from their Sins. The Fear of God contains in it, a Fear of His Displeasure, to which we are by Sin become obnoxious. One that has the Fear of God, can say, Lord, My Flesh trembles for fear of thy Displeasure, and I am afraid of the Judgments to which my Sin exposes me. But so far the Divels themselves may go; They tremble; worse than Divels they who do not so! But Fear wherewith we are

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