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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. /

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Main Author:	Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 1764.
Subjects:	Gaulacher, Margaret, > -1715. Infanticide > Massachusetts > Boston. Murder > Massachusetts > Boston. Women murderers > Massachusetts > Boston. Executions and executioners > Massachusetts > Boston. Crime > Massachusetts > Boston. Execution sermons > 1715.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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