God's terrible voice in the city

At other times God spake with a more still and gentle voice, and in a more mild way, as when he spake to Samuel in the night, he thought at first that it had been the voice of Eli, 1 Sam. 3. 4, 5. Thus God spake unto Abraham, unto Jacob, unto Moses, to whom it is said, he spake face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend, Exod. 33. 11.

At other times God spake with a more still and gentle voice, and in a more milde way, as when he spake to Samuel in the night, he thought at first that it had been the voice of Eli, 1 Sam. 3. 4, 5. Thus God spake unto Abraham, unto Iacob, unto Moses, to whom it is said, he spake face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend, Exod. 33. 11.

God spake also in an extraordinary way to his Prophets of old, when he made known unto them his counsel, that they might declare it unto the people: Sometimes he spake unto them with an audible voice, which he created when no Shape was seen; sometimes by Angels, who appeared in bodies, which they laid down again when they had delivered their message; sometimes by Dreams and Visions in the night; sometimes by Urim and Thummim; sometimes by more secret Inspirations of the Spirit.

In the last days of Gods extraordinary speaking, he spake by the most extraordinary person, namely, by his own most dearly beloved and only begotten Son, Heb. 1. 1, 2. whom he sent out of his bosom to declare himself,