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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

not be catched thou thinkest to hide thy self in Secret when as God in Heaven can see see th●e though thou hast hid it from Man And when thou goest to Thievery thy wickedness is discovered and thou ar● found Guilty O Young Woman that is Married and Young Man look on 〈◊〉 here be sure in that Solemn Engagement you are obliged one to another Ma●●iage ●s an Ordinance of God have a care of ●reaking that Bond of Marriage-Vnion if the Husband provoke his Wife and cause a Difference he sins against God and so does she in such Carriage for sh● is bound to be an Obedient Wife O you Parents that give your Children in Marriage remember what I have to say you must take notice when you give them in Marriage you give them freely to the Lord and free them from that Service Command you ought to have yet you ought to have a tender regard to them O thou that takest no care to lead thy life civilly and honestly and then Committest that Abominable Sin of Murder here is this Murderer look upon him and see how many are come with their eyes to behold this man that abhors himself before God that is the Sin that I abhor my self for and defire you take Example by me there are here a great many young people and O Lord that they may be thy Servants Have a care do not sin I will tell you that I wish I never had had the opportunity to do such a Murder if you say when a person has provoked you I will kill him 'T is a thous●nd to one but the next time you will do it Now I Commit my self into the Hands of Almighty God His Prayer O Lord our Good God thou art a Merciful God and a Gracious and Loving Father Alas that thou shouldest Nourish up Children that have 〈◊〉 against Thee O Lord I must confess thou gavest me opportunity to read thy Written Word Thou art also my Crea●or and Preserver but Lord I have not done according to the Offers of thy Grace thou hast not hid from me the opportunities of the Good Things and Liberties of thy House and Ordinances but I have waxed wanton under the Enjoyment of them I have given thee just cause to provoke thee to Anger and thou hast left me to Shame not only on my self but on my Relations O Lord God I do confess that I have sinned against thee and done all these Iniquities against thee and before thine eyes Lord I have sinned especially against thee pardon my Sins of Youth Lord pardon this bloody Sin I stand here Guilty of O Lord hide not thy face from me I humbly beg it of thee for there is no man 〈◊〉 Redeem his Brothers Soul but only the Blood of Jesus Christ must do it Let it be sufficient to satisfie for my poor Soul I h●●e not done any thing that thou shouldest be pleased to shew me thy Love or that I should have any thing from thee but only Everlasting Misery I am unworthy to come to thee yet Lord for thy Mercies S●●e have pity on me Now I am coming 〈◊〉 Iudgment Lord let the Arms of thy Mercy Receive my Soul and let my sin● be Remitted Good Lord let not my sin● which Condemn me here in this world rise up to Condemn me in the World to come though they have Condemned me in this world shew mercy Lord when I come be fore thy Iudgment-Seat If my Soul be not humbled Lord humble it let my Petition be acceptable in Heaven thy Holy Mountain I am unworthy to come into thy Presence yet O let me come into thy Kingdom and deliver my Soul from Blood Guil●iness in the Blood of Jesus Christ O let my wounded Soul mourn for my sin that hath brought me here Sin brings Ruine to the poor Soul wo is unto me for mine Iniquity If I had gone to Prayer in the morning when I committed this sin Lord God thou wouldest have kept back my hands from shed●ing innocent Blood O Gracious God Remember thou me in Mercy let me be an Object of thy pity and not of thy wrath the Lord hear me and pardon my Sins Take care of my poor Children I have scattered them like stragling sheep flying before the Wolf pity the poor Children that go like so many Lambs that have l●st their Keeter that they may not come to such a Death as I do 〈◊〉 Lord for the sak● of Jesus Christ and the Righteousness o● thy Son accept my Soul and receive me into the Arms of thy mercy that I may enjoy Everlasting Rest. Pardon all my sins and let the Prayers of all those that have put up their Petitions for me be accepted for the sake of Jesus Christ. Now I am coming now I am coming thou mayst say I called to thee and thou wouldst not come I must say my sin brought me here O the World and the corrupt nature of man that has proved my ruine O Lord Good Lord let me enjoy Rest for my Soul The desire of my Soul is to be with thee in thy Kingdom let me have a share in that Kingdom Now is the time Lord Jesus the Grave is opening its mouth I am now living though dead in Stn let my prayers be heard in heaven thy holy place thy hands hath made me I know thou can'st Save me hide not thy face from me and affect the hearts of thy people with this sad Ob●●ct that they may labour to serve thee betimes and may not give themselves up to profaneness and Wickedness especially that Sin of Drunkenness which is an in let of all Ab●minations When thou hast thy head full of Drink the Remembrance of God is out of thy heart and thou art unprepared to commit thy self and Family unto God thou art unfit to come into Gods Presence I have cause to 〈◊〉 out an● be ashamed of it that I am guilty of it because I gave may to that Sin m●re than any other and then God did leave me to practise wickedness and to Murder that dear Woman whom I should have taken a great deal of Contentment in which if I had done I had not been here to suffer this Death Thou art Holy Just and Good and therefore O Lord have mercy on me for the sake of thy Son pity me now Lord I am coming O that I could do thee better Service Many of you that behold me I know wish you never had seen me here Lord Receive my Soul into a better place if it be thy blessed will 't is a day of great Trouble with me my Soul is greatly Troubled give me one Glimpse of Com●ort in thy Kingdom by by let me have one dram of thy Grace Accept of me now at this time 't is the last time Good Lord d●ny me not give me as the W●man of Sam●ri● a Taste of that Living Wa●er that my Soul may Thirst no more I beg it for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen After this

bespeak no less than eternal Blessedness for you if by impenitence you put it not away Our Lord said once to one that was Hanging on a Tree Thou shalt be with me in Paradise You may go from the Gallows to a Kingdom if after your abominable doings you yet will but consent unto the Terms of the New Covenant But I must acq●aint you that the only Remedy for you is to carry a distressed Soul unto the Lord Redeemer who is Exalted to be a Prince Saviour O look unto him whose call unto us is Look unto me Look unto Him and Sigh and say Lord grant unto me both Repentance and Remission of sins And while you are thus looking to Him study to do some Remarkable Thing for the Honour and Glory of God and for the warning of such as are walking in those wayes which have brought you to this That Men clap their Hands at you and hiss 〈…〉 of your place This is the least you 〈◊〉 do by way of Gratitude unto Him 〈◊〉 has made you so capable of a Pardon 〈◊〉 you are I have done But O that you ma● not be Hard-hearted any more 〈◊〉 have the Name of STONE God forbid that you should have the qualilities and properties of a Stone in your obduration May these Words 〈…〉 as deep into your●heart as your 〈◊〉 did into the Throat of your 〈◊〉 Wife may the God of 〈◊〉 therefore take away from you the 〈◊〉 of stone and at the same time give you the white Stone of Absolution from 〈◊〉 many thousands of Sins with which you stand charged in the Books of hi● Remembrance And may the good God sanctifie the condition of this Man unto us all that all of us may learn to Abhor and Avoid Sin and be thankful for the Grace without which Lord what should th● very best of us all Degenerate unto FINIS THE Character and Carriage and Execution of Hugh Stone THe foregoing Sermon having been Preached unto the Guilty Murderer I thought it my Duty to observe what operation the Truth and Word of God might have upon him and to answer his own desires that I would assist him in the last minutes of his life nor was I altogether ignorant that the Labours that the Famous Perkins used with Prisoners were so successful as to encourage those that should make an Example of them I have hardly met with so unintelligible a man as this Hugh Stone He could and would frequently speak very well but with many very Reasonabl● things which he uttered he mingle as great Impertinencies I know no whether the use of his Reaso● were not sometimes disturbe● by the Horrour of his mind fo● he thought himself sometimes haunte● with the Ghost of his Murdered Wife But his Conversation in the Prison before his Condemnation was in diverse things very Scandalous and I could wish there had been more exactness in his Repentance afterwards His Passions upon any Provocation were so inordinate as that we did not wonder to see what he was come unto And as on the one side I never saw a Man express less fear of Dying so on the other I never heard a Man express more care about every Trifle which he counted himself concerned in There was a Minister that walk'd with him to his Execution and I shall insert the principal Passages of the Discourse between them in which the Reader may find or make something useful to himself what ever it were to the Poor Man who was more immediately concerned in it Minister I am come to give you what Assistance I can in your taking of the Steps which your eternal Wea● or Wo now depends upon the well or ill taking of Hugh Stone Sir I Thank you and I beg you to do what you can for me Min. Within a very few Minutes your immortal Soul must appear before God the Iudge of all I am heartily sorry you have lost so much time since your first Imprisonment you 〈◊〉 need use a wonderful Husbandry of the little piece of an Inch 〈…〉 remains Are you now prepared to stand before the Tribunal of 〈◊〉 H. S. I hope I am Min. And what Reaso●● 〈◊〉 that Hope H. S. I find all my Sins made so ●i●ter to me that if I were to have 〈◊〉 given me this Afternoon to Live such a Life as I have Lived heretofore I would not accept of it I had rather Dy. Min. That is well if it be True But suffer me a little to search into the Condition of your Soul Are you sensible That you were Born a Sinner That the Guilt of the First Sin committed by Adam is justly charged upon you And that you have hereupon a Wicked Nature in you full of Enmity against all that is Holy and Iust and Good For which you deserved to be destroyed as soon as you first came into this World H. S. I am sensible of this Min. Are you further sensible 〈◊〉 you have Lived a very ungodly Life That you are guilty of thousands of Actual Sins every one of which deserves the Wrath and Curse of God both in this Life and that which is to come H. S. I am sensible of this also Min. But are you sensible That ●ou have broken all the Laws of God You know the Commandments Are you sensible That you have broken every one of Them H. S. I cannot well answer to that My Answer may be liable to some Ex●eptions This I own I have broken every Commandment on the Account mentioned by the Apostle James That he who breaks one is Guilty of all But not otherwise Min. Alas That you know your self no better than so I do affirm to you that you have particularly broken every one of the Commandments and you must be sensible of it H. S. I cann't see it Min. But you must Remember That the Commandment is Exceeding Broad it reaches to the Heart as well as the Life it includes Omissions as well as Commissions and it at once both Requires and Forbids But I pray make an experiment upon any one Commandment in which you count your self most Innocent and 〈◊〉 whether you do not presently conf●s your self Guilty thereabout I may not leave this point slightly passed ever with you H. S. That Commandment Thou shalt not make to thy self any Graven Image How have I broken it Min. Thus You have had undue I●ages of God in your Mind a thousand times But more than so that Commandment not only forbids our using the Inventions of Men in the Worship of God but it also requires our ●sing all the Institutions of God Now have not you many and many a time turned your back upon some of those glorious Institutions H. S. Indeed Sir I confess it I see my sinfulness greater than I thought it was Min. You ought to see it God help you to see it There is a boundless Ocean of it And then for that SIN which has now brought a shameful Death upon you 't is impossible to Declare