Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of…

Name: Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of…
Author: Cotton Mather

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.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1717

64 p. ; 13 cm. (8vo) · 10k words · Evans 1901

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The End of Piracy.

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Min. In thus Returning to GOD, it is most necessary, that you should have in Heart full of Contrition, from the Sense of your horrid Sins against Him.

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V. V. I have been […] very Great Sinner.

V. V. I have been 〈…〉 very Great Sinner.

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Min. Of all your past Sins, which are they, that now by most heavy upon you?

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V. V. My Undutifulness unto my Parents; And my Profanation of the Sabbath.

V. V. My Undutifulness unto my Parents; And my Profanation of the Sabb•th.

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