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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
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There shall be Great Earthquakes before the Lords Coming. › Application 3: USE III.
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.
Let us make a due Improvement of the Earthquakes, which the Lord has […] Vi•••ed us with. It would be great Atheism and Impiety to slight such awful Works of God. What does the Psalmist say of such Persons? P•al. 28. 5. Because they regard not the Works of the Lord, […] the ⟨p. 30⟩Operation of His Hands, He shall Destroy them, and not Build them up.
Let us make a due Improvement of the Earthquakes, which the Lord has 〈…〉 Vi•••ed us with. It would be great Atheism and Impiety to slight such awful Works of God. What does the Psalmist say of such Persons? P•al. 28. 5. Because they regard not the Works of the Lord, 〈…〉 the ⟨p. 30⟩Operation of His Hands, He shall Destroy them, and not Build them up.
QUESTION.
But what is the Improvement which we ought to make of this Providence?