Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.

Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after T. Viti.

Two faces expressing dejection. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Antiochus IV of Syria, sick and injured by a fall from his chariot, dictates his will as surgeons bandage his leg. Etching by N. Hallé, 1738.

Head of the penitent Magdalene. Drawing, c. 1794.

Enoch in the clouds above a group of people at a festival. Etching.

A preacher standing inside a barrel and preaching repentance arouses guilt, alarm and confusion in the minds of his audience. Engraving by T. Sanders after Tim Bobbin (John Collier).

The greatest concern in the world . A short and plain essay to answer that most concerning and all concerning inquiry, What must I do to be saved? Now published with a design to assist the addresses of good men unto their neighbours, whom they press to mind the one thing needful.

The body of death anatomized . A brief essay concerning the sorrows and the desires of the regenerate, upon their sense of indwelling sin; delivered at the lecture in Boston. 12 d. 7 m. 1706. By Nehemiah Walter, Pastor of the church in Roxbury.

Eight sermons on the necessity of repentance , By the Rev. James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh, preached in Oxford, in the year 1640. And now revised with a preface By the Rev. P. Oliver, A. M.

God deals with us as rational creatures: and if sinners would but hearken to reason they would repent  A sermon preached at the lecture in Boston, February, 7. 1722, 3. And now publish'd at the desire and request of one that heard it. By Benjamin Colman. [Four lines of Scripture texts].

An earnest exhortation to the children of New-England, to exalt the God of their fathers  Delivered in a sermon, by I. Mather, D.D. [Seven lines of Scripture texts].

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The greatest concern in the world . A short and plain essay to answer that most concerning and all concerning inquiry, What must I do to be saved? Now published with a design to assist the addresses of good men unto their neighbours, whom they press to mind the one thing needful.

The body of death anatomized . A brief essay concerning the sorrows and the desires of the regenerate, upon their sense of indwelling sin; delivered at the lecture in Boston. 12 d. 7 m. 1706. By Nehemiah Walter, Pastor of the church in Roxbury.

Eight sermons on the necessity of repentance , By the Rev. James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh, preached in Oxford, in the year 1640. And now revised with a preface By the Rev. P. Oliver, A. M.

God deals with us as rational creatures: and if sinners would but hearken to reason they would repent A sermon preached at the lecture in Boston, February, 7. 1722, 3. And now publish'd at the desire and request of one that heard it. By Benjamin Colman. [Four lines of Scripture texts].

An earnest exhortation to the children of New-England, to exalt the God of their fathers Delivered in a sermon, by I. Mather, D.D. [Seven lines of Scripture texts].

Repentance

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The greatest concern in the world . A short and plain essay to answer that most concerning and all concerning inquiry, What must I do to be saved? Now published with a design to assist the addresses of good men unto their neighbours, whom they press to mind the one thing needful.

The body of death anatomized . A brief essay concerning the sorrows and the desires of the regenerate, upon their sense of indwelling sin; delivered at the lecture in Boston. 12 d. 7 m. 1706. By Nehemiah Walter, Pastor of the church in Roxbury.

Eight sermons on the necessity of repentance , By the Rev. James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh, preached in Oxford, in the year 1640. And now revised with a preface By the Rev. P. Oliver, A. M.

God deals with us as rational creatures: and if sinners would but hearken to reason they would repent A sermon preached at the lecture in Boston, February, 7. 1722, 3. And now publish'd at the desire and request of one that heard it. By Benjamin Colman. [Four lines of Scripture texts].

An earnest exhortation to the children of New-England, to exalt the God of their fathers Delivered in a sermon, by I. Mather, D.D. [Seven lines of Scripture texts].

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