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Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of…
Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of remarkables in the shipwreck of above one hundred pirates, who were cast away in the ship Whido, on the coast of New-England, April 26. 1717. And in the death of six, who after a fair trial at Boston, were convicted & condemned, Octob. 22. And executed, Novemb. 15. 1717. : With some account of the discourse had with them on the way to their execution. And a sermon preached on their occasion.
Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1717
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Min. But, we are taught, He that confess•t• and forsaketh shall find mercy. You will have no Opportunity now, for the Experiment of a Reformed Life; You cannot now Live to see, whether you don't Return unto Folly. But however, your Heart must be so set against all Sin, that your Choice must be, Rather to Die than to Sin. Tho' […] cannot show you Mercy; your […] is forfeited, beyond the Reach of Mercy from the Government; yet upon a True Repentance, you will find Mercy with GOD. […] Repentance is also […] Gift. Oh! Keep Looking up ⟨p. 30⟩unto Him; Lord, Give me a Repenting Heart! O my SAVIOUR, Thou givest Repentance and Remission of Sins! Man, Thy Immortal SOUL is presently to Return unto GOD. A SOUL doing so, can look for nothing but His Fiery Indignation, and a dreadful Banishment from Him; Except it be a SOUL with another Bias upon it, than what men have in their Depraved Nature. It must be, A SOUL to which a CHRIST is Precious; to which a CHRIST is the Prince of Life, the Living Spring of all that is Good: A SOUL to which all Sin is odious, and more Bitter than Death: A SOUL groaning under all its Evil Inclinations, as the most heavy Burdens; A SOUL sick of attempts to find Satisfaction in Creatures: A SOUL desirous above all things to Serve and please the Glorious GOD. My Friend, May thy SOUL now be found so disposed! VI. The Last among the Sons of Death, was a poor Frenchman, (called John Shuan,) to whom, inasmuch as he understood not English, and had ⟨p. 31⟩been a Roman Catholic, the Minister thus applied himself.
Min. But, we are taught, He that confess•t• and forsaketh shall find mercy. You will have no Opportunity now, for the Experiment of a Reformed Life; You cannot now Live to see, whether you don't Return unto Folly. But however, your Heart must be so set against all Sin, that your Choice must be, Rather to Dy than to Sin. Tho' cannot show you Mercy; your is forfeited, beyond the Reach of Mercy from the Government; yet upon a True Repentance, you will find Mercy with GOD. Repentance is also Gift. Oh! Keep Looking up