Use. I. Earthquakes, when armed with the Wrath of God, and come with his Commission to destroy, are one of the sorest Judgments whereby he executeth his great Vengeance, and manifesteth his hot Indignation against sin and sinners upon Earth. Our Lord Jesus ranks these with the most dreadful and terrible Judgments and Punishments that befall the World. Luke 21. 10. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against Nation, and Kingdom against Kingdom. II. And great Earthquakes shall be in divers places, and Famines, and Pestilences, and fearful Sights, and great Signs shall there be from Heaven. Is War dreadful? Ask those People whose Country is made the Seat of War. Is Famine a sore and heavy Evil? What think you, ⟨p. 94⟩when at such times, Mothers have boiled their own Children, and eat them. 2 Kings 6. 26. As the King of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my Lord, O King▪ 28. And the King said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy Son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my Son to morrow. 29. So we boiled my Son, and did eat him. Is the Plague a wrathful Visitation of God? Those that are yet alive, that were in London in 1665. may remember the Terror of it. Is an Earthquake behind these for dread and horror? Or doth it not in some respects go beyond them? In War, strong Castles, Fortified places, and firm Walls may keep out a Besieging Enemy, which they cannot batter and overthrow in many Months, and these overturned by an Earthquake in a few Minutes. Doth the Sea rage, and is tempestuous? Mariners have their Ships, and Men on Land have their Banks and Ports to secure them: but an Earthquake tears up ⟨p. 95⟩their Ports, breaks down their Banks, and makes way for an overwhelming Inundation, and drowneth many. Doth a consuming Fire burn and turn many Houses into ashes, yet the Inhabitants by flight might save themselves. But in an Earthquake, whither will you run to escape the danger? the fire on your House will not follow you into the street or fields, but there the Earthquake might meet you. Doth the Plague go through a City? doth it go from House to House, doth it climb up in the Windows? yet you have your Antidotes against it, and some escape, being not infected, and some infected, do recover: when it is most severe upon the People, it leaveth their dwellings behind them:
Ʋse. I. Earthquakes, when armed with the Wrath of God, and come with his Commission to destroy, are one of the sorest Judgments whereby he executeth his great Vengeance, and manifesteth his hot Indignation against sin and sinners upon Earth. Our Lord Jesus ranks these with the most dreadful and terrible Judgments and Punishments that befall the World. Luke 21. 10. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against Nation, and Kingdom against Kingdom. II. And great Earthquakes shall be in divers places, and Famines, and Pestilences, and fearful Sights, and great Signs shall there be from Heaven. Is War dreadful? Ask those People whose Country is made the Seat of War. Is Famine a sore and heavy Evil? What think you, ⟨p. 94⟩when at such times, Mothers have boiled their own Children, and eat them. 2 Kings 6. 26. As the King of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my Lord, O King▪ 28. And the King said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy Son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my Son to morrow. 29. So we boiled my Son, and did eat him. Is the Plague a wrathful Visitation of God? Those that are yet alive, that were in London in 1665. may remember the Terror of it. Is an Earthquake behind these for dread and horror? Or doth it not in some respects go beyond them? In War, strong Castles, Fortified places, and firm Walls may keep out a Besieging Enemy, which they cannot batter and overthrow in many Months, and these overturned by an Earthquake in a few Minutes. Doth the Sea rage, and is tempestuous? Mariners have their Ships, and Men on Land have their Banks and Ports to secure them: but an Earthquake tears up ⟨p. 95⟩their Ports, breaks down their Banks, and makes way for an overwhelming Inundation, and drowneth many. Doth a consuming Fire burn and turn many Houses into ashes, yet the Inhabitants by flight might save themselves. But in an Earthquake, whither will you run to escape the danger? the fire on your House will not follow you into the street or fields, but there the Earthquake might meet you. Doth the Plague go through a City? doth it go from House to House, doth it climb up in the Windows? yet you have your Antidotes against it, and some escape, being not infected, and some infected, do recover: when it is most severe upon the People, it leaveth their dwellings behind them:
