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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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Secondly, But let the Death of the Wicked come when it will, be sure it Scribes them of all the Riches they were Possessed of. The Riches which have been gotten, and not by Right, many times Leave men before they Dy. There is a secret Blast from GOD, upon the Estates that have not been Honestly come at. GOD has many Ways to blast Ill gotten Estates, and make such Treasures of […] to melt away to […]. Yea, Sometimes, if a man do ⟨p. 61⟩but get a Little unrighteously, it proves a Moth to all the rest that he has gotten, and brings a strange Consumption upon it. But whether this fall out or no; This you may be certain of: When men Die, then they must Leave all that they have got. So we are told, 1 Tim. VI 7. We brought nothing into the World, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. Ah, Dying Man, Thou art going, thou art going from all thy Possessions: When thou Dyest, thou shalt carry nothing away, neither shall thy Glory descend after thee!
Secondly, But let the Death of the Wicked come when it will, be sure it Scribs them of all the Riches they were Possessed of. The Riches which have been gotten, and not by Right, many times Leave men before they Dy. There is a secret Blast from GOD, upon the Estates that have not been Honestly come at. GOD has many Ways to blist Ill gotten Estates, and make such Treasures of 〈…〉 to melt away to 〈…〉. Yea, Sometimes, if a man do ⟨p. 61⟩but get a Little unrighteously, it proves a Moth to all the rest that he has gotten, and brings a strange Consumption upon it. But whether this fall out or no; This you may be certain of: When men Dy, then they must Leave all that they have got. So we are told, 1 Tim. VI 7. We brought nothing into the World, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. Ah, Dying Man, Thou art going, thou art going from all thy Possessions: When thou Dyest, thou shalt carry nothing away, neither shall thy Glory descend after thee!