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A dissertation, wherein the strange doctrine lately published in a sermon, the tendency of…
A dissertation, wherein the strange doctrine lately published in a sermon, the tendency of which, is, to encourage unsanctified persons (while such) to approach the holy table of the Lord, is examined and confuted. With an appendix, showing what Scripture ground there is to hope, that within a very few years there will be a glorious reformation of the church throughout the world. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]A dissertation, wherein the strange doctrine lately published in a sermon, the tendency of which, is, to encourage unsanctified persons (while such) to approach the holy table of the Lord, is examined and confuted. With an appendix, shewing what Scripture ground there is to hope, that within a very few years there will be a glorious reformation of the church throughout the world. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benj. Eliot, 1708
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Other Historians mention twelve Cities, which at one time, & thirteen Cities which at another time, were swallowed up by fearful Earth-quakes, all in the Reign of Tiberius Nero. But the like signs will appear again, when the Name of the Lord is near as warnings to the world, that the Great & Notable day of the Lord is near, it is near. And have not such awful Signs as these been multiplied in our days? Have there not been Earth-quakes, & that in diverse places? Has America been free from them? Has not the Island of Jamaica been trembling? Are not many hundreds there, gone down into the grave, in a moment? Was not Lima in Peru ruined by an Earth-quake? And have there not been Earthquakes in Asia, not long since? Did not 5000. Souls in Smyrna, lately perish by an Earth-quake? But most of all in Europe. Did not the Lord shake Naples a few years ago? But what has been done in the garden of Europe? What has been in Sicily! How many Cities and thousands of Souls, (an hundred and forty ⟨p. 130⟩thousand, as some have computed) have the Earthquakes swallowed up within these few years? The Lords wondrous works show that his Name is come near to Babylon. He has shaken terribly the Earth, in one of the Territories thereof. And I am persuaded, it is portentous that ere long the Voice of the Angel will be heard, saying, Babylon is fallen! is fallen! And what shall I say more? Are there any other wondrous Works of the Lord, for me to Commemorate this Day? Has not God been doing wonders in England, in some late Years? I have received it from very good hands, That Miraculous Cures have been there, wrought by the Finger of God! And what does the Lord say to us, and to the whole World, that shall hear of his marvellous Doings? Does he not say, that there is some Extraordinary work of God as the very Door? Does He not say, That rather than his Enemies shall not be Destroyed, or the Promises made to his People not Performed. He will bring them to pass in a Miraculous way. When one was restored to Life, by touching the Dead Boxes of Elisha, 2 King. 13. 21. that Miracle was a Sign that the Children of Israel, who were in a Dead Estate, should be Revived. The Church of God has been in a Sick Estate a long time. May the late Miraculous Cures be a sign of its speedy Recovery!
Other Historians mention twelve Cities, which at one time, & thirteen Cities which at another time, were swallowed up by fearful Earth-quakes, all in the Reign of Tiberus Nero. But the like signs will appear again, when the Name of the Lord is near as warnings to the world, that the Great & Notable day of the Lord is near, it is near. And have not such awful Signs as these been multiplied in our days? Have there not been Earth-quakes, & that in diverse places? Has America been free from them? Has not the Island of Jamaica been trembling? Are not many hundreds there, gone down into the grave, in a moment? Was not Lima in Peru ruin'd by an Earth-quake? And have there not been Earthquakes in Asia, not long since? Did not 5000. Souls in Smyrna, lately perish by an Earth-quake? But most of all in Europe. Did not the Lord shake Naples a few years ago? But what has been done in the garden of Europe? What has been in Sicily! How many Cities and thousands of Souls, (an hundred and forty