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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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—Whereof here was now a dismal Spectacle;—
—And of the Divine Mercy in the Forgiveness offered unto Chief of Sinners.
A Confession of what we have Committed, when we have Sinned;
—And of what we have Deserved;
—And of the Wicked Heart, which does Expose to all.
An Admiration of the Grace, which is Ready to Pardon;