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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
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Secondly; Men use quickly to Forget how Devout they were, when their Dangers were upon them. 'Twas all but a Religious Pang. Ah, Deceitful Pang! like the Morning Cloud, and the Early Dew; It passes away. We read of some, Psal. CVI. 13. They soon forgot His Works. Even so, Men soon Forget what workings they had in their own Hearts, when they saw the Hand of GOD lifted up to smite them.
Secondly; Men use quickly to Forget how Devout they were, when their Dangers were upon them. T'was all but a Religious Pang. Ah, Deceitful Pang! like the Morning Cloud, and the Early Dew; It passes away. We read of some, Psal. CVI. 13. They soon forgot His Works. Even so, Men soon Forget what workings they had in their own Hearts, when they saw the Hand of GOD lifted up to smite them.
Of this thing, we are every where entertained with a mournful Evidence. The Bad lives of Men, make it most notoriously Evident. The most of Men lead Bad lives: They do not Live unto GOD. With what pungency may they feel it said unto them; Can you say, That you lead such a Life as you said, you should and would, when Destruction from GOD was a Terror to you? When our SAVIOUR was in the Temple, the Hearers that were Convicted in their own Conscience by what He said, Went out, and, Lo, He was left alone. Oh, How far, how far! — would it go towards breaking up the Congregation, if all should go out, who may be convicted in their own Conscience, that they do not live, as under the Terrors of GOD, they said, They would. A great Man once putting that Case to a good Man, How shall I order my life, that I may glorify GOD? He only gave him this Answer; Live as when you lately apprehended your self a dying, you thought you would live, if GOD would let you live. There are many who do not glorify GOD. And we may conclude, They don't live, as in their Dangers, they said, They would. Where one is Reformed, a Thousand are as they were!