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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
There shall be Great Earthquakes before the Lords Coming. › Proposition 2: PROPOSITION II.
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.
[…]. They are not always a Sign of the same thing. Nor does God always send them on the same design. Only there is one thing which they are always a Sign of; They are always•• a Sign o• the Power of the Great GOD. As the Earths abiding in its place is from the Power of God. For what is there besides. His Hand to uphold it? Job 26. 7. He stretches out the North over the empty place and hangeth the Earth upon nothing. The Arm of Divine Omnipotence is the Pillar which keeps the Earth from falling; Psa• 65. 6. By His Strength He sets fast the Mountains. Whereby it appears that He is Girded with Power. So His making the Earth to shake is an Effect of His Great Power. He is Mighty in Strength; and it is manifest in that He Removeth the Mountains, and Shakes the Earth, making the Pillars thereof Tremble. Job 9. 4, 5, 6.
〈…〉. They are not alwayes a Sign of the same thing. Nor does God alwayes send them on the same design. Only there is one thing which they are always a Sign of; They are always•• a Sign o• the Power of the Great GOD. As the Earths abiding in its place is from the Power of God. For what is there besides. His Hand to uphold it? Job 26. 7. He stretches out the North over the empty place and hangeth the Earth upon nothing. The Arm of Divine Omnipotence is the Pillar which keeps the Earth from falling; Psa• 65. 6. By His Strength He sets fast the Mountains. Whereby it appears that He is Girded with Power. So His making the Earth to shake is an Effect of His Great Power. He is Mighty in Strength; and it is manifest in that He Removeth the Mountains, and Shakes the Earth, making the Pillars thereof Tremble. Job 9. 4, 5, 6.