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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I heartily mourn for all the Sins of my Life; and above all for the Fountain of all Sins, which I have in an Heart that is desperately wicked. I most particularly confess and bewail my Blood-Guiltiness. I owe my Life to Justice, for having wrongfully taken away the Life of my Brother, whom I ought to have loved as my self. I own the Justice of the Government in their Proceeding against me. But, Lord, there is Forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
I behold the Infinite Mercy of a God ready to Pardon; and my Soul is amazed at it: I behold a great Saviour, shedding his Blood, which cleanses from all Sin. And I hear him saying to the chief of Sinners, Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out. With a distressed Soul I fly to him, to be reconciled unto God, and to be led into Paths of Righteousness. I am not without Hope. And one fruit of my Hope, is, that it causes me to look on my Sins with more Sorrow for them, and Hatred of them; which till I had this Hope, I did not care or dare to think upon. Another fruit of it, is, that my Heart is melted, and filled with Desires to Glorify God:
And I know not how to glorify God more, than by solemn warnings unto all People to take heed of such Sins, as have brought me to such a Ruin as is now come upon me.