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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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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••••• ⟨p. 27⟩Martyrum, have not a Page, but what is Formidable. What Formidable Things have been done upon the Best of Men, by that First-born of Tyrants, the Vile Person lately at Versailles, and the rest of his Brethren? What Formidable Things, in the Popish Inquisition? But now, We are taught of GOD; Cor. III. 25. He who doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done. The Question is, Whether there be a Righteous GOD? But GOD forbid, That ever this should be a Question! There were an Infandous Blaspheming in the Question. Well; since there is a Righteous GOD, and, Verily, There is a GOD who Judges in the Earth, it necessarily follows, There must be an HELL in which there must be a Punishment for the Wicked, at least as Formidable as the worst Things which the Godly have suffered from them; at least Proportioned unto the Wrongs which the Wicked have done unto the Godly. But this will soon infer something ⟨p. 28⟩that shall be vet more Formidable!
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 stretch'd 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