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Tremenda. The dreadful sound with which the wicked are to be thunderstruck
Tremenda. The dreadful sound with which the wicked are to be thunderstruck. : In a sermon delivered unto a great assembly, in which was present, a miserable African, just going to be executed for a most inhumane and uncommon murder. At Boston, May 25th. 1721. : To which is added, a conference between a minister and the prisoner, on the day before his execution. : [One line from Deuteronomy]
Boston: printed by B. Green for B. Gray & J. Edwards, 1721
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Miserable Man; I hope, you take Notice of what I speak to the People of GOD concerning you. But, Oh! Be astonished at what I must after all speak unto You upon it. In the midst of all this Dreadful Sound, there is a Joyful Sound, which you are to be advised and apprised of: That Joyful Sound; There is a SAVIOUR, ⟨p. 24⟩in whose Blood there is, A Fountain set open for Sin and for Uncleanness. You may come to that Open Fountain; and Plead the Blood of your SAVIOUR for your Pardon. The most Bloody Sinners may do so; They that have a Blood-Guiltiness upon them, are Allowed, yea, Commanded, so to do. Even His own Murderers did it, and found Mercy with Him! Do it; and Beg at the same time, O my SAVIOUR, Change my Heart; Bestow a New Heart, a Soft Heart, a Clean heart, a Good and Honest Heart upon me! Thy Soul shall become as White as the Snow and the Wool, upon thy doing of it. We read of, Ethiopia stretching out the Hand unto GOD our SAVIOUR. O Forlorn Ethiopian, yet Stretch out those Bloody Hands of thine unto thy SAVIOUR; Do it, Surprised, and Conquered by that Grace of His, which now sends this call unto thee; Lay hold on me, Perishing Sinner, Lay Hold on me, and thou shalt yet come into the Peace of GOD. In so saying, I speak the Last Words, that I shall ever speak unto you.
Miserable Man; I hope, you take Notice of what I speak to the People of GOD concerning you. But, Oh! Be astonished at what I must after all speak unto You upon it. In the midst of all this Dreadful Sound, there is a Joyful Sound, which you are to be advised and apprised of: That Joyful Sound; There is a SAVIOUR, ⟨p. 24⟩in whose Blood there is, A Fountain set open for Sin and for Uncleanness. You may come to that Open Fountain; and Plead the Blood of your SAVIOUR for your Pardon. The most Bloody Sinners may do so; They that have a Blood-Guiltiness upon them, are Allowed, yea, Commanded, so to do. Even His own Murderers did it, and found Mercy with Him! Do it; and Beg at the same time, O my SAVIOUR, Change my Heart; Bestow a New Heart, a Soft Heart, a Clean heart, a Good and Honest Heart upon me! Thy Soul shall become as White as the Snow and the Wooll, upon thy doing of it. We read of, Ethiopia stretching out the Hand unto GOD our SAVIOUR. O Forlorn Ethiopian, yet Stretch out those Bloody Hands of thine unto thy SAVIOUR; Do it, Surprized, and Conquered by that Grace of His, which now sends this call unto thee; Lay hold on me, Perishing Sinner, Lay Hold on me, and thou shalt yet come into the Peace of GOD. In so saying, I speak the Last Words, that I shall ever speak unto you.