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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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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.
The first thing that lies heavy on my Heart is, My Profanation of the Lords Day, and my frequently & needlessly neglecting the Public Worship of God. A Sin, which let all that love their Souls be afraid of▪ ⟨p. 4⟩I have wounded my Soul sometimes by excessive Drinking. A Sin that leads to many others. I have been very vile in Swearing and Cursing. Lord, send me not among those whose Language I have been used unto! Ungoverned Anger has brought my Death. Beware, my Friends, of this deadly Evil. But I would especially bewail my Prayerless Life. I had no Prayers with my Family, nor in my Retirement, in the Morning of the Day, when I was left unto the Murder of my Neighbour. O my Friends, In the Day, which you don't begin with Prayers unto God, little do you know what God may leave you to.
The first thing that lies heavy on my Heart is, My Prophanation of the Lords Day, and my frequently & needlesly neglecting the Publick Worship of God. A Sin, which let all that love their Souls be afraid of