N01600:90
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. To pursue this Good Intention, I will now give a Blow with an Hammer, that breaks the Rocks to pieces. I will bring you the most Heart-melting Word, as ever was heard in the World. We find in the Sacred Scripture such a word as this; CHRIST, who is GOD, does beseech you, Be ye Reconciled unto GOD. That ever the Son of GOD, should come to us, with such a Message from His Eternal Father! What? After we have so Offended His Infinite Majesty! After we have been so Vile, so Vile!—and He stands in so little Need of us!—To beseech ⟨p. 25⟩such Criminals, to be Reconciled unto the Holy GOD, and be willing to be Happy in His Favour. O Wonderful! Wonderful! Methinks, it cannot be heard without flowing Tears of Joy!
Ho. Ah! But what shall I do to be Reconciled unto GOD!
Ho. Ah! But what shall I'do to be Reconciled unto GOD!
Min. Make an Answer, make an Echo, unto this Wonderful Word of your SAVIOUR. And, what can you make but this?—And for this also, you must have the Help of His Grace to make it; O my dear SAVIOUR, I beseech thee to Reconcile me unto GOD.