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The valley of Hinnom. The terrors of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping…The valley of Hinnom. The terrours of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping…
The valley of Hinnom. The terrors of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping the terrible miseries of the punishments on the wicked there, declared. In a sermon preached in the hearing, and at the request, of a man under a sentence of death for a murder; just before the execution of the sentence; and upon a text by himself assigned for the sermon to insist upon. At Boston, 13.d. IV.m. 1717, : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]The valley of Hinnom. The terrours of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping the terrible miseries of the punishments on the wicked there, declared. In a sermon preached in the hearing, and at the request, of a man under a sentence of death for a murder; just before the execution of the sentence; and upon a text by himself assigned for the sermon to insist upon. At Boston, 13.d. IV.m. 1717, : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by J. Allen for Robert Starke, 1717
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The Name which our SAVIOUR uses for the HELL wherein GOD will destroy both Soul and Body of the Wicked, even, GEHENNA; This carries in it, what is very Formidable. 'Tis as much as to say, The Valley of Hinnom. Tragical Things were done in the Valley of Hinnom, when the Diabolical Idolaters offered up their Children to Moloch there; and employed the Noise of Drums to drown the doleful Cry of the Infants while they were Burning Alive unto the Devil. It seems, the Ejulations of wretches Burning Alive, [But, O Lord, How Long! How Long!] These, it seems, will give some Idea of the Punishment inflicted on the multitudes, alas, the multitudes!—in the Dismal Valley of Destruction.
The Name which our SAVIOUR uses for the HELL wherein GOD will destroy both Soul and Body of the Wicked, even, GEHENNA; This carries in it, what is very Formidable. 'Tis as much as to say, The Valley of Hinnom. Tragical Things were done in the Valley of Hinnom, when the Diabolical Idolaters offered up their Children to Molock there; and employed the Noise of Drums to drown the doleful Cry of the Infants while they were Burning Alive unto the Devil. It seems, the Ejulations of wretches Burning Alive, [But, O Lord, How Long! How Long!] These, it seems, will give some Idea of the Punishment inflicted on the multitudes, alas, the multitudes!—in the Dismal Valley of Destruction.
But, you look for Demonstrations. I affirm to you, No Death so Formidable, as the Destructive Miseries of that HELL, wherein the wicked ⟨p. 26⟩shall be punished. Now, Listen to the Demonstrations; yea, Tremble at them.
First. Let Righteousness, Cry, and Equity put forth her Voice. 'Tis thus that she cries at the Gates of Death. Such Things as Wicked Men have most Unrighteously done unto Godly Men, have they not been very Formidable? Those Abominable Men, who have been, The Haters of GOD; What have they done to the People of GOD? The Best People in the World, falling into the Hands of the Worst, how barbarously have they been Tortured and Butchered? They have with Boots had the very marrow forced out of their Bones. They have been stretched upon Racks till they have been left in a swoon with their Bones all out of Joint. They have been broken on Wheels, and many Hours have passed, before the Coup de Grace has been given them. Slow Fires have roasted them to Death. Authors who have written, De Crucia