Mr. Checkley's sermons to a condemned prisoner
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 3641; Early American imprints -- no. 3642; Early American imprints -- no. 3643
Publisher: Printed by T. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill.
Published: 1733
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Crime; Murder; Indians of North America; Social conditions
Notes: Three sermons, each with separate title page. The condemned was Julian, an Indian convicted of the murder of John Rogers of Pembroke.

Title from half-title. Imprint from title page to the first sermon. The imprint on the title pages to the second and third sermons reads: Boston: Printed in the year 1733.

"Murder a great and crying sin. A sermon preach'd on the Lord's-Day March 4th. 1732-3. To a poor prisoner under sentence of death for that crime. By Samuel Checkley, A.M. Pastor of a church of Christ in Boston."--26 p., 1st count (Evans 3642).

"Mercy with God for the chief of sinners. A sermon preach'd on the Lord's Day March 4th to a prisoner under sentence of death for murder. By Samuel Checkley ..."--32 p., 2nd count (Evans 3641).

"Sinners minded of a future judgment. A sermon preached to, and at the desire of, a condemned prisoner, March 18th. 1732--3. Being the Lord's Day before his execution. By Samuel Checkley ..."--32 p., 3rd count (Evans 3643).

Evans 3641

Evans 3642

Evans 3643

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