The paradise of God opened to a penitent thief, in answer to his dying prayer to a dying Saviour, considered and improved in a sermon; the substance of which was delivered at Taunton, November 11, 1784. Upon the day of the execution of John Dixson, for burglary, aetat 24. : With an appendix, on the nature and enormity of burglary. : And a sketch of Dixson's life. / By Peres Fobes, A.M. A.A.S. Pastor of the church in Raynham. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts]

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The paradise of God opened to a penitent thief, in answer to his dying prayer to a dying Saviour, considered and improved in a sermon; the substance of which was delivered at Taunton, November 11, 1784. Upon the day of the execution of John Dixson, for burglary, aetat 24. : With an appendix, on the nature and enormity of burglary. : And a sketch of Dixson's life. / By Peres Fobes, A.M. A.A.S. Pastor of the church in Raynham. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts]
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Fobes, Peres, 1742-1812.
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Providence: :: Printed by Bennett Wheeler.,
[1785]
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Dixson, John, 1760-1784.
Burglary -- Massachusetts.
Criminals -- Massachusetts.
Executions and executioners -- Massachusetts -- Taunton.
Crime -- Massachusetts.
Execution sermons -- 1784.
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"The paradise of God opened to a penitent thief, in answer to his dying prayer to a dying Saviour, considered and improved in a sermon; the substance of which was delivered at Taunton, November 11, 1784. Upon the day of the execution of John Dixson, for burglary, aetat 24. : With an appendix, on the nature and enormity of burglary. : And a sketch of Dixson's life. / By Peres Fobes, A.M. A.A.S. Pastor of the church in Raynham. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N15293.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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