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Earthquakes explained and practically improved
Earthquakes explained and practically improved: occasioned by the late earthquake on Sept. 8. 1692. in London, many other parts in England, and beyond sea. / By Thomas Doolittle, M.A. The author also of the treatise on the Lords-Supper. ; Jamaica's miseries show London's mercies. Both compared.Earthquakes explained and practically improved: occasioned by the late earthquake on Sept. 8. 1692. in London, many other parts in England, and beyond sea. / By Thomas Doolittle, M.A. The author also of the treatise on the Lords-Supper. ; Jamaica's miseries shew London's mercies. Both compared.
printed by Benjamin Harris & are to be sold, 1693
Introduction: An Humble WARNING From the Presaging EARTHQUAKE Sept. 8. 1692.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I call Earthquakes presaging for these Reasons; what weight […] •s in them I leave to others to judge.
I call Earthquakes presaging for these Reasons; what weight 〈…〉 •s in them I leave to others to judge.
1. Because Christ did assert them to be such: Luk. •• 5. to 12. as some spake of the Temple, how it […] adorned with goodly stones, and gifts he said, As […] things, which ye behold, the days will come in, which there shall not he left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down; they asked, Master, When shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass. Then Christ gave (amongst others) Earthquakes as foregoing Signs of such future Ruins.
1. Because Christ did assert them to be such: Luk. •• 5. to 12. as some spake of the Temple, how it 〈…〉 •dorned with goodly stones, and gifts he said, As 〈…〉 things, which ye behold, the days will come in, which there shall not he left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down; they asked, Master, When shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass. Then Christ gave (amongst others) Earthquakes as foregoing Signs of such future Ruins.
2. Because God hath made use of Earthquakes (in former times) as forerunners of great Calamities to come. So according to Christ's prediction, this Sign went before the destruction of the Temple. Josephus de bel Jud. Lib. 7. c. 12. Amongst the foregoing Signs of the destruction of Jerusalem, mentioneth an Earthquake: Upon the Feast-day of Pentecost, at night the Priests going into the inner Temple to offer their wonted Sacrifice, at first they flt the place to move and tremble, and afterward they heard a voice, which said, Let us depart hence.