N01600:84
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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Br. Oh! God be merciful to me […] Sinner!
Br. Oh! God be merciful to me 〈…〉 Sinner!
Min. A Sinner. Alas, What cause to say so! But, I pray• What more Special Sins, Lie now as a more heavy Burden on you?
Min. A Sinner. Alas, What cause to say so! But, I pray• What more Special Sins, Ly now as a more heavy Burden on you?
Br. Special Sins! Why, I have been guilty of all the Sins in the World! I know not where to begin. I may begin with Gaming! No, Whoring, That Led on to Gaming; and Gaming Led on to Drinking; and Drinking to Lying, and Swearing, and Cursing, & all that is bad; and so to Thieving; And so to This!
Min. You ought now to Die Warning of all People, against these Paths of the Destroyer. I will say to you, but this one thing more. GOD has distinguished you from your Drowned Brethren, by giving you a Space to Repent, which was denied unto them. I am Sorry you have made no Better use of it. It may be, the