N01064:11
A discourse concerning earthquakes. Occasioned by the earthquakes which were in New-England, in the…
A discourse concerning earthquakes. Occasioned by the earthquakes which were in New-England, in the province of Massachusetts-Bay, June 16. and in Connecticut-Colony [sic], June 22. 1705. : Also, two sermons, showing, that sin is the greatest evil; and, that to redeem time is the greatest wisdom. / By Increase Mather.A discourse concerning earthquakes. Occasioned by the earthquakes which were in New-England, in the province of Massachusetts-Bay, June 16. and in Conecticot-Colony [sic], June 22. 1705. : Also, two sermons, shewing, that sin is the greatest evil; and, that to redeem time is the greatest wisdom. / By Increase Mather.
Boston: printed by Timothy Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1706
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1. One is the rising of False Christs, in the Eighth Verse of this Chapter. The Jews rejected the true Messiah, for which cause they were punished and plagued with False Christs, which proved a sore Judgment to that sinful People.
1. One is the rising of False Chri•ts, in the Eighth Verse of this Chapter. The Jews rejected the true Messiah, for which cause they were punished and plagued with False Christs, which proved a sore Judgment to that sinful People.
2. Another Sign mentioned is that of Commotions, in the Ninth Verse; by which intestine Seditions may be meant. The Histories of those Times, inform us that the Galileans took up Arms against the Samaritans, in which Mutiny no less than Twenty Thousand men were Slain. This Commotion caused a great Consternation throughout the Land.
3. The Lord tells them, that Nations and Kingdoms should rise up one against another, Verse the Tenth. The Jewish Nation rose up against the Roman Nation. Distinct Provinces are called Kingdoms. Those in Syria and in Judea rose up one against another. These were Signs of fatal Calamities hastening, on the Jews, and did indeed make way for it.