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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50164	Speedy repentance urged a sermon preached at Boston, December 29, 1689 : in the hearing and at the request of one Hugh Stone, [a mis]erable man [under a just sen]tence of [death] for a [tragical and] hor[rible murder : together with some account concerning the character, carriage, and execution of that unhappy malefactor : to which are added certain memorable providences relating to some other murders, & some great instances of repentance which have been seen amonst us / by Cotton Mather.]	Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.	1690 (1690)	Wing M1156; ESTC W19439	36,769	111

the Aggravations of it hardly an Age will show the like You have professed your sel● Sorry for it H. S. I am heartily so Min. But your Sorrows must be after a godly Sort. Not meerly because of the miseries which it has brought on your outward Man but chiefly for the Wrongs and Wounds therein given to your own Soul and not only for the Miseries you have brought on your self but chiefly for the Injuries which you have done to the Blessed God H. S. I hope my Sorrow lies there Min. But do you Mourn without Hope H. S. I thank God I do not Min. Where do you see a Door of Hope H. S. In the Lord Iesus Christ who has died to save Sinners Min. Truly There is no other Name by which we may be saved The Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ is that alone in which you may safely anon appear before the Judgment Seat of God And that Righteousness is by the marvellous and infinite Grace of God offered unto you But do you find that as you have no Rightetousness so you have no Strength that you cannot of your self move or stir towards the Lord Jesus Christ though you justly perish if you do not Run unto Him that it is the Grace of God alone which must enable you to accept of Salvation from the Great Saviour H. S. Sir my Case in short is This I have laid my self at the Feet of the Lord Iesus Christ for my Salvation and had it not been for His meer Grace and Help I had never been able to do That But there I have laid and left my self I have nothing to plead why he should accept of me If He will do it I am happy but if He will not I am undone for ever it had been good for me that I never had been Born Min. And you must justifie Him if He should Reject you You surprize me with at once giving me so much of the Discourse which all this while I have been labouring for I can add but this The good Lord make you sincere in what you say Your Crime lay in Blood your Help also That lies in Blood I am to offer you the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ as that in which you may now have the Pardon of all your sins Now you may try the sincerity of your Faith in the Blood of the Lord Jesus for a Pardon by This. Have you an Hope in that Blood for all the other saving effects of it shall I expl●in what I mean H. S. Do Sir Min. The Blood of the Lord Jesu● 〈◊〉 not only Sin Pardoning Blood but 〈◊〉 Soul-Purifying and Heart-softening ●●ood It embitters all Sin unto the 〈◊〉 that it is applied unto and 〈◊〉 every lust in such a Soul Are are you desirous of this H. S. With all my Heart Min. The Lord make you so The Lord Seal your Pardon in that Blood which is worth ten thousand Worlds But what will you do for that God who has given you these hopes of a Pardon you must with a Holy ingenuity now do something for the Honour of that God whom you have sinned so much against H. S. What ' shall I do Min. Why Confess and Bewail the Sins that have undone you and publickly Advise and Exhort and Charge all that you can to take heed of such evi● wages H. S. I will endeavour to do it ●s God shall help me Min. I pray tell me plainly what special Sin do you think it was t●a● laid the first Foundation of your D●struction where did you begin to lea●● God and Ruine your self H. S. It was Contention in my F●mily I had been used unto something of Religion and I was once careful about the Worship of God not only with my Family but in secret also But upon Contention between me and my wife I left off the wayes of God and you see what I am come to Min. I would pray you to Vomit up all Sin with a very hearty detestation You are going if I may so speak to disgorge your Soul if you do not first cast up your Sin if your Soul and your Sin come away together you cannot but know something of the dismal condition which it must pass into O what cause have you to fa●● out with Sin forever it has been your only Enemy Here is the only Revenge which you may allow in your self You must now bear any Mu●●ce against any one man in the World 〈◊〉 forgive even those that have done 〈◊〉 the greatest Injuries Only upon 〈◊〉 be as revengeful as you can 〈◊〉 ●ould have you like Samps●n so to 〈◊〉 taking of a just Revenge H S. I hope I shall Min. Well we are now but a very few paces from the place where you must breath your last You are just going to take a most awful Step which has this most Remarkable in it That it cannot be twice taken If you go wrong now it cannot be Recalled throughout the Dayes of a long Eternity I can but commit you into the Arms of a Merciful Redeemer that he may keep you from a Miscarriage which cannot be recal'd redress'd throughout eternal Ages The Lord show unto you the Path of Life Attend unto these as the last words that I may speak before the Prayer with which I am immediately to take a long Farewel of you You are now just going to be Confirmed for ever If the Great God presently find you under the power of Prejudice against any of His Truths and Wayes or of Enmity against what has His blessed Name upon it you shall be fixed and settled and confirmed in it until the very Heavens be no more But they are very Terrible Plagues and Pains which you may be sure will accompany this everlasting Disposition of your Soul On the other side If God now find your Soul under the power of Inclinations to Love Him Fear Him Serve Him and to esteem the Lord Jesus above a thousand Worlds you shall then be Confirmed in the perfection of such a Temper and of all the Ioy that must Accompany it Which of these is the Condition that I now leave you in H. S. Sir I hope the latter of them Min. The Good God make it so and grant that I may find you at the Right hand of the Lord Jesus in the Day of his Appearing May this Ladder prove as a Iacobs Ladder for you and may you find the Angels of the Lord Jesus ready here to convey your departing Soul into the Presence of the Lord. After this Discourse ascending the Ladder he made the following Speech The Last Speech of Hugh Stone YOung Men and Maids observe the Rule of Obedience to your Parents and Servants to your Masters according to the Will of God do the Will of your Masters If you take up wicked ways you set open a Gate to your Sins to lead in bigger afterwards thou can'st not do any thing but God will see thee altho● thou thinkest thou shalt