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The last speech and dying advice of poor Julian, who was executed the 22d of March, 1733. for the murder of Mr. John Rogers of Pembroke. Written with his own hand, and delivered to the publisher the day before his execution.
Julian, -1733.Date: [1733]- Books
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Paradise promised, by a dying Saviour, to the penitent thief on the cross. A sermon delivered at Cambridge, on Thursday, the eighteenth of November, immediately preceding the execution of Alexander White, Richard Barrick, and John Sullivan: with an appendix, exhibiting som account of their conversation and behaviour in prison, &c. By Timothy Hilliard, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Cambridge.
Hilliard, Timothy, 1747-1790.Date: [1785]- Books
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Death the certain wages of sin to the impenitent: life the sure reward of grace to the penitent: together with the only way for youth to avoid the former, and attain the latter. Deliver'd in three lecture sermons; occasioned by the imprisonment, condemnation and execution, of a young woman, who was guilty of murdering her infant begotten in whoredom. To which is added, an account of her manner of life & death, in which the glory of free grace is displayed. By Mr. John Rogers, Pastor of the Church of Ipswich. [One line from Timothy]
Rogers, John, 1666-1745.Date: 1701- Books
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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]
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.Date: 1721- Books
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The divine compassions declar'd and magnified: to engage and encourage the greatest sinners unto a speedy and earnest repentance. A sermon, preach'd at the lecture in Boston, June 2. 1715. Upon the sorrowful occasion of a miserable woman present, under sentence of death for the murder of her spurious infant. By Benjamin Colman, A.M.
Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747.Date: 1715- Books
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The last speech and dying words of John Ormsby, who was appointed to be executed on Boston Neck, the 17th of October, 1734. Written with his own hand, the day before he was to suffer; and recommended to all people, for their serious perusal.
Ormsby, John, -1734.Date: 1734- Books
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The hainous nature of the sin of murder. And the great happiness of deliverance from it. As it was represented in a sermon at the lecture in Boston, Sept. 24. 1713. Before the execution of one David Wallis. By Benjamin Colman, Pastor of a church in Boston.
Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747.Date: 1713- Books
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Poor Julleyoun's warnings to children and servants to shun the ways of sin, and those particularly which hath brought him to his doleful end.
Julian, -1733.Date: [1733]- Books
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A sorrowful spectacle. In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on a miserable woman, for the murder of a spurious offspring. The one declaring, the evil of an heart hardened, under and against all means of good. The other describing, the fearful case of such as in a suffering time, and much more such as in a dying hour, are found without the fear of God. With some remarkable things, relating to the criminal; proper for all to be informed of. By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. [One line from Acts]
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.Date: 1715- Books
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Christ's promise to the penitent thief. A sermon preached the Lord's-Day before the execution of Levi Ames, who suffered death for burglary, Oct. 21, 1773. Aet. 22. By Andrew Eliot, D.D. Pastor of a church in Boston. [Two lines from Grotius] N.B. This discourse was preache at the desire of the prisoner, who was present when it was delivered.
Eliot, Andrew, 1718-1778.Date: 1773- Books
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The last words and dying speech of Levi Ames, who was executed at Boston, on Thursday the 21st day of October, 1773, for burglary. Taken from his own mouth, and published at his desire, as a solemn warning to all, more particularly young people. [One line from Proverbs]
Ames, Levi, 1752-1773.Date: [1773]- Books
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The prayer and plea of David, to be delivered from blood-guiltiness, improved in a sermon at the ancient Thursday-lecture in Boston, May 16th 1751. Before the execution of a young Negro servant, for poisoning an infant. By Mr. Byles. [Four lines from Psalms]
Byles, Mather, 1707-1788.Date: 1751- Books
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A Mournful poem on the death of John Ormsby and Matthew Cushing, who were appointed to be executed on Boston Neck, the 17th of October, 1734.
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Advice from the dead to the living: or, A solemn warning to the world. Occasioned by the untimely death of poor Julian, who was executed on Boston Neck, on Thursday the 22d. of March, 1733. for the murder of Mr. John Rogers of Pembroke, the 12th of September, 1732. Very proper to be read by all persons, but especially young people, and servants of all sorts.
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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]
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.Date: 1724- Books
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The horrid nature, and enormous guilt of murder. A sermon preached at the Thursday-lecture in Boston, November 19th. 1754. The day of the execution of William Wieer, for the murder of William Chism. By Charles Chauncy, D.D. one of the Pastors of the First Church in Boston. [Four lines of Scripture texts]
Chauncy, Charles, 1705-1787.Date: 1754