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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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They that Get Riches and not by Right, must know, that this Trade won't Last always. Their Way, & their Life, must come to an End. It won't be Long before they have such Tidings brought unto them; Ezek VII. 6. An End is come, the End is come, it watcheth for thee, behold, it is come! No Riches will keep any man always alive. 'Tis no New Thing, to have it said, The Rich man died. It is an Occurrence of daily Experience, That they who boast themselves in the multitude of their Riches, cannot Redeem a Brother, no, nor themselves, to Live for ever, and not see Corruption. Verily, The Fat Ones of the Earth cannot keep alive their own Souls. Much less, will the Mammon of Unrighteousness, keep off the Arrest of Death. But now, at the Death of the man who gets Riches and not by Right, What will there be Observable? Something to be Observed, by which the Folly shall be manifest unto all men. Come, Let us Mark the Unjust man, ⟨p. 58⟩and behold the False Dealer, for the End of that man, will declare him to be a Fool.
They that Get Riches and not by Right, must know, that this Trade won't Last always. Their Way, & their Life, must come to an End. It won't be Long before they have such Tidings bro't unto them; Ezek VII. 6. An End is come, the End is come, it watcheth for thee, behold, it is come! No Riches will keep any man always alive. 'Tis no New Thing, to have it said, The Rich man died. It is an Occurrence of daily Experience, That they who boast themselves in the multitude of their Riches, cannot Redeem a Brother, no, nor themselves, to Live for ever, and not see Corruption. Verily, The Fat Ones of the Earth cannot keep alive their own Souls. Much less, will the Mammon of Unrighteousness, keep off the Arrest of Death. But now, at the Death of the man who gets Riches and not by Right, What will there be Observable? Something to be Observed, by which the Folly shall be manifest unto all men. Come, Let us Mark the Unjust man, ⟨p. 58⟩and behold the False Dealer, for the End of that man, will declare him to be a Fool.