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Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes…
Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes on the minds of people that have been awakened with them. : With some views of what is to be further and quickly looked for. : Addressed unto the whole people of New-England, who have been terrified with the late earthquakes; and more especially the towns that have had a more singular share in the terrors of them. : [Three lines from I Chronicles]Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes on the minds of people that have been awakened with them. : With some views of what is to be further and quickly look'd for. : Address'd unto the whole people of New-England, who have been terrified with the late earthquakes; and more especially the towns that have had a more singular share in the terrors of them. : [Three lines from I Chronicles]
Boston: printed for S. Kneeland, 1727
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
AND this was the Wretched Issue of all the GOOD IMPRESSIONS which the Terrors of GOD had made upon them. 'Tis the story of what has been done millions of times; of what is daily done by millions of Men! O! may we, on whom the End of the World is come, and who have had these things written for our Admonition, take warning from it!
The Psalm which relates the matter, contains a compendious Church-History, of Divine Favours conferred, and of Divine Judgments inflicted, on ⟨p. 4⟩the Nation of Israel, from their Bondage in Egypt even to the Reign of David. The Rebellions of that People, against the glorious JEHOVAH, who made them His People, and His wondrous Patience, and Mercy, and Justice, towards them, under these Rebellions, are the main subject of this History.
In the particular Article we have now before us;
Behold, first, a poor People under Good Impressions in a time of Danger; and from an Apprehension of the Glorious GOD coming to slay them. He slew some of them; Yea, an Horrendous EARTHQUAKE, was the way wherein He slew a Number of them. The Survivors were a while under Good Impressions from such occurrences. When they were afraid, that GOD was going to slay them, yea, to Damn them, for their Sins, Then they Bethought themselves; Then they thought they would become the Diligent Seekers of GOD; Then they thought they would no more Despise their SAVIOUR. But then,