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The converted sinner. The nature of a conversion to real and vital piety: and…
The converted sinner. The nature of a conversion to real and vital piety: and the manner in which it is to be prayed & striven for. : A sermon preached in Boston, May 31, 1724. In the hearing and at the desire of certain pirates, a little before their execution. : To which there is added, a more private conference of a minister with them. ; [Two lines of quotation]The converted sinner. The nature of a conversion to real and vital piety: and the manner in which it is to be pray'd & striv'n for. : A sermon preached in Boston, May 31, 1724. In the hearing and at the desire of certain pirates, a little before their execution. : To which there is added, a more private conference of a minister with them. ; [Two lines of quotation]
Boston: printed for Nathaniel Belknap, 1724
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.
M. The Best, and indeed the Whole of what I can do for you, — I suppose, you want for no Temporal Reliefs or Supplies, —
P. P. We are well provided for, as to That.
M. — It is to assist your Preparation for the Death, — Ah! Poor Young Men, (one of you no more than Twenty Seven, t'other no more than Twenty two Years old!) The Untimely Death! which is the next Week Unavoidably to Overtake you. — We read in the Gospel, concerning a Penitent Thief, to whom our most Merciful REDEEMER assigned a Portion in His Paradise. I do not Apprehend, that the First Bestowal and Beginning of his Repentance, was when he came to the Place of Execution. My Apprehension is, That he was a Penitent before he came thither; and came thither Prepared for the De•th which was then Inflicted on him. You have had some Weeks of Time, since you were in Chains, to Think upon your Ways, (and to do as another Great Sinner, whom you have heard of, did, — M•nassch in his Chains!) And now you have one Week more to which you know, Your Days are determined. With what Solicitude ought you to Redeem this Time! Every Minute of this Time […] certainly to be ⟨p. 33⟩Precious with you. You must not throw away a Minute of this Time, in any thing that shall divert you, from the Main Work, which cannot b• done in the Gr•ve, whither you are hastening! Children, An Eternity, an awful Eternity depends upon it!— But, I pray, How do you Spend your Time?
M. — It is to assist your Preparation for the Death, — Ah! Poor Young Men, (one of you no more than Twenty Seven, t'other no more than Twenty two Years old!) The Untimey Death! which is the next Week Unavoidably to Overtake you. — We read in the Gospel, concerning a Paeitent Thief, to whom our most Merciful REDEEMER assigned a Portion in His Paradise. I do not Apprehend, that the First Bestowal and Beginning of his Repentance, was when he came to the Place of Execution. My Apprehension is, That he was a Paenitent before he came thither; and came thither Praepared for the Deth which was then Inflicted on him. You have had some Weeks of Time, since you were in Chains, to Think upon your Ways, (and to do as another Great Sinner, whom you have heard of, did, — Mnassch in his Chains!) And now you have one Week more to which you know, Your Days are determined. With what Sollicitude ought you to Redeem this Time! Every Minute of this Time certainly to be