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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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First. There is oftentimes, an Early Death, in the Strange Punishment for these Workers of Iniquity. They that Get Riches, and not by Right, are oftentimes thus Punished; They must Leave them in the midst of their Days. Thus, we find a Rich Fool promising himself Goods Laid up for many years. But, in the midst of his Days he feels this Order from Heaven served upon him; Luke XII. 20. Thou Fool, This night thy Soul shall be required of thee; Then whose shall these things be, which thou hast provided: The man must not Live to Taste the Sweet of his Ill-gotten Goods. And perhaps the Wealth of the Sinner, is Left unto a man more Just than himself. GOD required His People to deal Righteously with one another, and Employed this motive; Deut. XXV. 15. That thy Days may be lengthened in the Land, which the Lord thy GOD giveth thee. But in Unrighteous Dealings, men take the most Ready Course, that their Days may be Shortened in the Land.
First. There is oftentimes, an Early Death, in the Strange Punishment for these Workers of Iniquity. They that Get Riches, and not by Right, are oftentimes thus Punished; They must Leave them in the midst of their Days. Thus, we find a Rich Fool promising himself Goods Laid up for many years. But, in the midst of his Days he feels this Order from Heaven served upon him; Luke XII. 20. Thou Fool, This night thy Soul shall be required of thee; Then whose shall these things be, which thou hast provided: The man must not Live to Taste the Sweet of his Ill-gotten Goods. And perhaps the Wealth of the Sinner, is Left unto a man more Just than himself. GOD required His People to deal Righteously with one another, and Employed this motive; Deut. XXV. 15. That thy Days may be lengthened in the Land, which the Lord thy GOD giveth thee. But in Unrighteous Dealings, men take the most Ready Course, that their Dayes may be Shortened in the Land.