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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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Min In a very singular manner may I now tell you; not only, That your Days are determined, but also, That you now do your self Know, which is determined for the Last of your Days; yea, and how many Hours you have now to Live; and how few times the Clock is to Strike, before your Lamp is to be put out, and you must appear before GOD the Judge of all, ⟨p. 32⟩and [Except a Sincere and Serious Repentance prevent it!] you will fall into Hands which it is a fearful thing to fall into.
Jos I cast my self on the Mercies of GOD.
Min. My Endeavours must be, that you may do it Hopefully, and not Perish in the Errors and Follies of a Deceived Heart, but have an Hope which will not make ashamed. You have been many Months in the Prison; I pray, how have you spent your Time hitherto? I hope, they have not all been Months of Vanity.
Jos. In Reading and Praying, Sir.