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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Shuan. Je ne scay pas ce que le diray. […] le remets votre Esprit en la […] votre Redempteur JESUS CHRIST.
Shuan. Ie ne scay pas ce que le diray. 〈…〉 le remets votre Esprit en la 〈…〉 votre Redempteur JESUS CHRIST.
Translated into English, at the Desire of the Bookseller.
'Min. Most Miserable Sinner; You are a Prisoner of Justice, but, you are yet a Prisoner of Hope. ⟨p. 33⟩One Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST is the Hope of Sinners; and indeed there is not Salvation in any other. This is a Saving most certain, and worthy to be of all Entirely received; That JESUS CHRIST is Come into the World, for to save Sinners. But it is most Necessary, that you call upon your Saviour. You make this Lamentable Outcry, O wretched man that I am; who shall deliver me! JESUS CHRIST, the Great SAVIOUR of the World, gives this Answer, Look unto me, and be Saved. Understand you what I say? Shuan. Yes, Sir; I understand you very well. Min. Ah, My Brother; The Cords of Death compass you, the An guishes of Hell come upon you. But now, Call on the Name of the LORD, and say, O Lord, I beseech thee, Deliver my Soul. Sinful Man, Return to the Lord, and He will have pity on you; and He will abundantly pardon you. Do you understand me? ⟨p. 34⟩Shuan. Yes Sir; and I thank you. Min. But you must then take up with the Only Sacrifice and Intercession of JESUS CHRIST. No one comes at the Pardon of his Sins, on the account of his own Deserts, or through' the Mediation of any Creature. Your Prayer must be this, O my GOD, The Obedience of JESUS CHRIST unto thy Law is my only Righteousness For the sake of that Righteousness only grant that I may find pardon and mercy with thee! I Renounce, I Renounce all other Mediators. What do you say to This? Do you Renounce all other Mediators? Shuan. I can't well tell, what to say to it? Min. I commit your Spirit into the Hand of JESUS CHRIST, your Redeemer.