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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. But the first thing you have now to look after is, That your Sin may be all pardoned; and that GOD may be Reconciled unto you. Look you; Sin must be punished. You have Sinned, and the Punishment of your Sin is unavoidable. The Law of GOD has assigned a Punishment for it, which there is no avoiding of. The Punishment has those Miseries in it, which cannot without Horror be thought upon. You must either undergo this Punishment your self, and the Smoke of your Torment under it ascending for ever and ever: Or else you must find One to undergo the Punishment for you; One to be such a Sacrifice for you, as GOD shall be well-pleased withal; the Infinite Justice of GOD Satisfied withal. Can you tell where to find such an One?
Min. But the first thing you have now to look after is, That your Sin may be all pardoned; and that GOD may be Reconciled unto you. Look you; Sin must be punished. You have Sinn'd, and the Punishment of your Sin is unavoidable. The Law of GOD has assigned a Punishment for it, which there is no avoiding of. The Punishment has those Miseries in it, which cannot without Horror be thought upon. You must either undergo this Punishment your self, and the Smoke of your Torment under it ascending for ever and ever: Or else you must find One to undergo the Punishment for you; One to be such a Sacrifice for you, as GOD shall be well-pleased withal; the Infinite Justice of GOD Satisfied withal. Can you tell where to find such an One?
Jos. I fly to the Mercy of GOD.
Min. But I tell you, the Infinite Justice of GOD must be Satisfied; or else, He that made you will not have Mercy on you. Are you willing Your self to suffer the Punishment of your Sin?