Crime & punishment > Life and farewell address of Peter Aug. Heaman, who was executed at Leith, on the 9th of January last, for the crimes of piracy and murder

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science, I am the person he is talking to; Lord
God what shall I do to be saved ? Stop, friend,
do not heave away the book from you, read
on. Acts xvi. 31, “ Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved.” You may
perhaps say, how can I believe? or perhaps you
may say, I do believe. But your conscience
and your actions tell you the contrary. If you
read the book through, and pay attention to
what you read, you will see what you must do
to be saved, and what it is to be a believer;
and then when you see these answers to your
questions, I suppose that will be what your
heart desires.
Perhaps you will say, how can I believe, or
how can my sins be forgiven me ? then observe
what Christ says, Matth. xii. 31, fcAll manner
of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto
men, but the blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men,-—nei¬
ther in this world, neither in the world to come.’
Now there is an encouragement to you. You
may say, can I be sure of this ? I tell you, yes.
Christ says, Luke xxi. 33, " Heaven and earth
shall pass away, but my words shall not pass
away." These are sure promises,—what need
we of stronger proof ? Permit me to tell you,
that, when a person is come up to age and un-