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Shaking dispensations. An essay upon the mighty shakes, which the hand of heaven, hath…
Shaking dispensations. An essay upon the mighty shakes, which the hand of heaven, hath given, and is giving, to the world. : With some useful remarks on the death of the French king, who left off to make the world a wilderness, and to destroy the cities thereof; on the twenty-first of August. 1715. In a sermon on that great occasion, at Boston, New-England. 13 d. VIII m. 1715. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. & F.R.S.
Boston: printed by B. Green. Sold by S. Gerrish, 1715
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Thirdly. When all Things are Shaking, ⟨p. 33⟩Let it be our Consolation, that it is our Glorious LORD, who does all that is done, and has all at His Dispose.
Who was it that said, I will shake the Heavens & the Earth, & all Nations? Our Apostle has expressly told us, It was the Lord JESUS CHRIST; Heb. XII. 26. Whose Voice shook the Earth, at Mount Sinai; but now He hath promised,—as you have heard.
When 'tis a Time for Heaven and Earth, and all Nations, to be so shaken, that Heaven & Earth shall come together; Now, Let the Children of Zion be Joyful in their King! O Zion, Thy King, even the Glorious Head of the Church, and He that will not give Zion cause to say, My Lord has forgotten me: — 'Tis He that has the Ordering of all that comes to pass; And all shall be well-ordered. He will do all things well, — You may depend upon it! The Sentence which the Emperor Maximilian wrote upon his Table; You may take it, and make it your Comfort, and Feed and Live upon it; If God be for us, who can be against us?
When 'tis a Time for Heaven and Earth, and all Nations, to be so shaken, that Heaven & Earth shall come together; Now, Let the Children of Zion be Joyful in their King! O Zion, Thy King, even the Glorious Head of the Church, and He that will not give Zion cause to say, My Lord has forgotten me: — 'Tis He that has the Ordering of all that comes to pass; And all shall be well-ordered. He will do all things well, — You may depend upon it! The Sentence which the Emperour Maximilian wrote upon his Table; You may take it, and make it your Comfort, and Feed and Live upon it; If God be for us, who can be against us?