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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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3. The Truth before us is Evident, In that the God of Heaven is the Lord of Hosts. All the Creatures in the world are his Hosts. He is often set forth by that style in the Scripture. He is called, The Lord of Hosts, no less than an hundred and thirty times by two Prophets, Isaiah and Jeremiah. For that all the Creatures in the world are at His beck, and disposal. Dan. 4.35. He rules in the Armies of Heaven, and does according to His Will among the Inhabitants of the Earth: None can stay His hand; or, say to Him, what dost thou? There is a Glorious world, which is to us Invisible, and in that world there is a mighty Host: There are Ten Thousand times Ten Thousand holy Angels; many Millions of them that are at Gods Command, whom they all acknowledge as their only Lord and Sovereign. Neh. 9.6. The Host of Heaven do•s worship Him. And all Creatures in the Starry Heavens, are also part of his Host, and ⟨p. 23⟩at the Disposal of the most high God. If He says to the Sun in the Firmament, Stand st•ll thou Sun! It shall not stir one Inch. As in the days of Joshua, he being inspired by the Spirit of God, Josh. 10.13. spake to the Sun, and said, Thou Sun stand still over Gibeon, and thou Moon over Aj•lon: and the Sun stood still, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day together. Or, if He says to the Sun that it shall go backward, it will do so the Sun will fufil His Word. As in the days of Hezekiah, Isa. 38.8. the Sun went back Ten Degrees. And as to all the Stars of God that are in the Firmament, they are all at His beck. He tells the Number of them: which is more than any mortal man can do. Late Astronomers have by the help of the Telescope, discovered great Numbers of Stars which in former Ages men had no sight or knowledge of. In the Asterism of the Pleiades wh••• the naked Eye Now can see but six Stars, there are above forty. A famous Astronomer affirms that in the Constellation of Orion, he observed above two thousand Stars. The Kings Astronomer affirmed to me, thirteen Years since, being then in London, that he had