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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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Min. Nothing in your own Strength. But having begged of GOD, that He would Strengthen you. You must first ⟨p. 15⟩Bewail it Bitterly, that you have Served Other Gods. You have set up your Self in the Throne of GOD. You have placed on the Riches of this World, the Dependence you should have, had only on GOD. You have hearkened unto Satan more than unto GOD. Are you Sorry for this?
Min. Nothing in your own Strength. But having begg'd of GOD, that He would Strengthen you. You must first ⟨p. 15⟩Bewail it Bitterly, that you have Served Other Gods. You have set up your Self in the Throne of GOD. You have placed on the Riches of this World, the Dependence you should have, had only on GOD. You have hearkened unto Satan more than unto GOD. Are you Sorry for this?
V. V. I hope, I am.
Min. Well; What remains is this. Our Great SAVIOUR is the Head of His People in the Covenant of GOD. You come into the Covenant of GOD, and He becomes Your GOD, when you heartily Consent, that your SAVIOUR do for you those two Grand Things▪ which in His Covenant with GOD for His People, He Engaged the doing of. GOD help you to understand this important Matter. Attend unto the Two Proposals. In the first place, Do you Consent unto this; That the Sacrifice of your Great SAVIOUR, should be your Atonement; and that GOD should be favourable to you for the sake of that alone?