N01484:97
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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Ah, Soul fallen from God! Thou must see thyself by thy Sin lying […] to the Anger of God! A strange •••ishment waiting for thee, O worker of Iniquity. Hearken to this. Destruction from God must be a Terror to thee; Thou hast cause to be terribly Distressed in the Apprehensions […] it. In this Distress, a Glorious CHRIST is to be set before thee, […] ⟨p. 51⟩thy only Saviour! A JESUS, who Delivers from the Wrath to come. 'Tis requisite, that thou fly unto thy JESUS as thy only Refuge. Look unto the Sacrifice of thy JESUS for thy Propitiation. Look unto the Righteousness of thy JESUS, for thy Justification. Put thyself under the Conduct of thy JESUS, that thou mayst be brought unto Life Eternal. This […] the Fear of God. Here, here is true Religion. Unto one who does this; there shall be fulfilled that Word▪ Mal. IV. 2. Unto you that fear […] Name, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise, with Healing in his Wings. Truly, They that Fear the Name of […] are they that have their Eye to […] Sun of Righteousness, and g•t […] the shadow of His Wings, for […] Healing of all that is amiss in […] Condition. Gloriously this […] God, shining in our Convert […] Cross. ••st thou fear God; O […] rate Soul? Yes, Thy Look […] His JESUS to be thy Saviour; […] declare thy Fear of God.
Ah, Soul fallen from God! Thou must see thyself by thy Sin lying 〈…〉 to the Anger of God! A strange •••ishment waiting for thee, O worker of Iniquity. Hearken to this. Destruction from God must be a Terror to thee; Thou hast cause to be terribly Distressed in the Apprehensions 〈…〉 it. In this Distress, a Glorious CHRIST is to be set before thee, 〈…〉 ⟨p. 51⟩thy only Saviour! A JESUS, who Delivers from the Wrath to come. 'Tis requisite, that thou fly unto thy JESUS as thy only Refuge. Look unto the Sacrifice of thy JESUS for thy Propitiation. Look unto the Righteousness of thy JESUS, for thy Justification. Put thyself under the Conduct of thy JESUS, that thou mayst be brought unto Life Eternal. This the Fear of God. Here, here is true Religion. Unto one who does this; there shall be fulfilled that Word