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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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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?
What shall we say? O Lord, we know, that thou canst do every thing. The People of God, may need some Shakes to be given unto the World, for their Advantage; And such as can be given by none but an Arm that can do every thing. But such a Mighty Arm has our Saviour. You read, His Voice shook the Earth. It is the Voice of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, whom we are to see this Day upon a Throne High & Lifted up,— His Voice that Shakes the World. If He do but Utter His Voice, or if He do but Speak the Word, there shall every thing be done, that His People can wish for. We read, The Kingdoms are moved, when He Utters His Voice, and the Earth Melts before it.