N01600:197
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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Thirdly. At the Death of men, and at the End of all, it will be found, That SIN is what nothing is to be gotten by! To Sin, 'Tis to do a Deceitful Work. O the Deceitfulness of Sin! Men dream of Getting, I know not what, by Sinning against the Blessed GOD. But, Be not Deceived: In the End it will be found, That nothing is to be Gotten, by the Unfruitful Works of Darkness. Men may for a while Hatter themselves, that Sin will bring […] small Gain unto the Crafts men; But Sirs, I will call upon you, as the Prophet of old upon a Deceived People; What will ye do in the end ⟨p. 62⟩thereof? We read; Prov. X•. 21. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning: But the End thereof shall not […] blessed. Be sure, it will be found so, […] a Dying Hour, and at that which will […] the End of all men At the End of Life, and when the Wickedness of the Wicked is brought unto an End; Then […] will be found, That nothing has been […] by Sinning, but only this, That […] Blessings of GOD have been all Sinned away. It is a Question […] may […] many an Unrighteous Dealer into […] Agony; What is the Hope of the […], tho' he hath Gained never so much, then GOD shall take away his Soul? Yea, All sorts of Impieties have this in them, to terrify you from committing of them. 'Tis a smart Interrogatory; & you will ill in the End have it put unto […]; What Fruit have you had of these things, whereof you are now ashamed! For the End of those things is Death. What fruit will the Unchrist have, of his Lewdness? The End […] Death. All that he Gets is, […] shalt […] the Last. What Fruit will the […] have of his Tippling? The […] is Death. all that he Gets is, […] the […], it bites ⟨p. 63⟩like a […], stings like an Adder. What […]? What Got?—Be thy Evil Ways what they will, O man, if thou Sin, and pervert that which it, Right, in the End thou shalt say, […] has not profited me! So in the End, the Sinner is a Fool!
Thirdly. At the Death of men, and at the End of all, it will be found, That SIN is what nothing is to be gotten by! To Sin, 'Tis to do a Deceitful Work. O the Deceitfulness of Sin! Men dream of Getting, I know not what, by Sinning against the Blessed GOD. But, Be not Deceived: In the End it will be found, That nothing is to be Gotten, by the Unfruitful Works of Darkness. Men may for a while Hatter themselves, that Sin will bring small Gain unto the Crafts men; But Syrs, I will call upon you, as the Prophet of old upon a Deceived People; What will ye do in the end