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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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The Voice of GOD IN Stormy Winds. › SERMON II. › Application 1: USE I.
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3. We see that the Lord is a Great GOD, and Greatly to be Feared. The Power of His Word declares it unto all the world, in that his Word can do such mighty things, and shall be fulfilled. God says, Isa. 46.10. My Counsel shall stand, and I will do all my Pleasure. There is no Resisting the Word and Will of God All the Creatures in the world can't prevent. His Word from being fulfilled. Rom. 9.19. Who hath Resisted His Will? God by His Word made the world, and therefore all the men in the world ought to fear Him, and to stand in awe of Him. As the Psalmist says, By the Word of the Lord were the Heavens made, and all the Host of them; Let the Earth Fear the Lord, let all the Inhabitants of •he world stand in A•e of Him: He commanded and it was done. Psal. 33.6, 8, 9. And it is the powerful Word of God […], does preserve all the Creatures in the ⟨p. 45⟩world. Heb. 1.3. He upholds all things by the Word of His Power. All the Creatures in the world would be Annihilated in one moment, if God should speak the Word, and say it shall be so. His Power on the account whereof He ought to be feared, appears in the Ordinary works of His Providence. It does so in His bringing Rain, especially great Storms of Rain. Job 37.7. The great Rain of His Strength. God shows his Strength, His Power in great Rains sometimes. So in His overruling the Wind, Isa. 27.8. He stays the East-wind, in the day of His Rough-wind. God has done marvellous things sometimes by Stormy-winds. He has rent Mountains thereby. As when the Prophet Elijah was in Horeb, 1 King. 19.11. There was a great wind that rent the Mountains, and broke the Rocks to pieces, before the Lord. God by a mighty Wind caused the Red Sea to be divided when the waves thereof did Roar, and made it to be a dry Land, for His People to pass over,