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The voice of God, in stormy winds. Considered, in two sermons, occasioned by the…
The voice of God, in stormy winds. Considered, in two sermons, occasioned by the dreadful and unparalleled storm, in the European nations. Novemb. 27th. 1703. / By Increase Mather. ; [Five lines of quotations]The voice of God, in stormy winds. Considered, in two sermons, occasioned by the dreadful and unparallel'd storm, in the European nations. Novemb. 27th. 1703. / By Increase Mather. ; [Five lines of quotations]
printed by T. Green for Nicholas Buttolph, 1704
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Doubtless, the world wa• then exceeding Populous, considering; the longevity of man before the Flood. Many living Eight Hundred, yea Nine Hundred Years and mere. But a prodigious Storm of Rain, caused such an Inundation of Waters as overwhelmed all ⟨p. 14⟩the Earth; and every living Creature, excepting what was in the Ark Perished.
PROP. II. That Storms and Tempestuous Seasons do not happen in the World, without the Providence of God. The Stormy Winds do not come of themselves, but it is the Word of the Lord that does raise them. Psal. 107.25. He commandeth and raiseth the Stormy Wind: and He lays the Stormy Wind again; ver. 29. He maketh the Storm a Calm. When Jonah, and the Mariners with him were in great Danger by a Storm, it is said, The Lord sent a great Wind, and there was a mighty Tempest in the Sea. Whether we speak of Storms in a Literal, or a Metaphorical sense, there is the Hand of Heaven in them. Nahum 1.3. The Lord has His way in the Storm, and in the Whirlwind. Men can't cause Storms & •ay them again at their pleasure: But the Great GOD of Heaven can do it, and does do it. Psal. 135.6. Whatever the Lord pleased, that did He in Heaven and in Earth, and in the Sea, and in all deep places. This will appear from several Things.
PROP. II. That Storms and Tempestuous Seasons do not hap•en in the World, without the Providence of God. The Stormy Winds do not come of themselves, but it is the Word of the Lord that does raise them. Psal. 107.25. He commandeth and raiseth the Stormy Wind: and He layes the Stormy Wind again; ver. 29. He maketh the Storm a Calm. When Jonah, and the Marriners with him were in great Danger by a Storm, it is said, The Lord sent a great Wind, and there was a mighty Tempest in the Sea. Whether we speak of Storms in a Literal, or a Metaphorical sense, there is the Hand of Heaven in them.