N01600:67
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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V. V. I am heartily sorry for my very bad Life. I die with hope that GOD Almighty will be Merciful to me. And I had rather Die this Afternoon, I would Choose Death, rather than return ⟨p. 20⟩to such a Life as I have Lived; rather than Repeat my Crimes.
V. V. I am heartily sorry for my very bad Life. I dy with hope that GOD Almighty will be Merciful to me. And I had rather Dy this Afternoon, I would Chuse Death, rather than return ⟨p. 20⟩to such a Life as I have Lived; rather than Repeat my Crimes.
Min. 'Tis a Good and a Great Speech; But such as I have heard uttered by some, who after a Reprieve, (which you cannot have) have returned unto their Crimes. I must, now Leave you, in the Hands of Him who Searches the Heart; and beg of Him, Oh! May there be such an Heart in you!
III. Min. Brown, In what State, in what Frame, does thy Death, now within a few Minutes of thee, find thee.