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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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The Last was Cleared; But the other Six, after a very fair Trial, were ⟨p. 9⟩found Guilty, and received Sentence of Death.
§ 6. The Ministers of Boston, improved the Time, which the Clemency of the GOVERNOR allowed for that purpose, to bestow all possible Instructions upon the Condemned Criminals; Often Prayed with them; Often Preached to them. Often Examined them, and Exhorted them; and presented them with Books of Piety, suitable to their Condition. And perhaps, there is not that Place upon the face of the Earth, where more pains are taken for the Spiritual the Eternal Good of Condemned […].
§ 6. The Ministers of Boston, improved the Time, which the Clemency of the GOVERNOUR allowed for that purpose, to bestow all possible Instructions upon the Condemned Criminals; Often Pray'd with them; Often Preached to them. Often Examined them, and Exhorted them; and presented them with Books of Piety, suitable to their Condition. And perhaps, there is not that Place upon the face of the Earth, where more pains are taken for the Spiritual the Eternal Good of Condemned 〈…〉.
§ 7. On Friday, […]. Novemb. 15. Came o• the Execution of these Miserables.
§ 7. On Friday, 〈…〉. Novemb. 15. Came o• the Execution of these Miserables.