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The terror of the Lord. Some account of the earthquake that shook New-England, in…
The terror of the Lord. Some account of the earthquake that shook New-England, in the night, between the 29 and the 30 of October. 1727. : With a speech, made unto the inhabitants of Boston, who assembled the next morning, for the proper exercises of religion, on so uncommon, and so tremendous an occasion. : [One line from Corinthians]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet for S. Kneeland, 1727
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We have had the repeated, more than three times repeated Shocks, of a Formidable EARTHQUAKE. And GOD knows, whether there are any more to come, or what Execution they may do, when they come.
We have had the repeted, more than three times repeted Shocks, of a Formidable EARTHQUAKE. And GOD knows, whether there are any more to come, or what Execution they may do, when they come.
When the never-to-be-forgotten Sicilian EARTHQUAKE in our Days, had given some Shocks which only terrified the People, after an Intermission of Two Days, there came on those, which horribly destroyed them; A Bosom of Destruction that swept away near one hundred and fifty Thousand of them.
When the never-to-be-forgotten Sicilian EARTHQUAKE in our Days, had given some Shocks which only terrified the People, after an Intermission of Two Days, there came on those, which horribly destroy'd them; A Bosom of Destruction that swept away near one hundred and fifty Thousand of them.
The Ancient Cry of the Prophets, is now most certainly the Cry of our Earthquakes; Hos. X. 12. It is Time to seek the Lord. The poor Popish Idolaters, in their Earthquakes, make their Processions & their Addresses to, Lying Vanities, & silly gods that cannot save them; They cry, but there is none to save them! We will walk in the Name of JEHOVAH-JESUS, who is our only GOD, as those unhappy Creatures walk in the Name of Theirs. Their Rock is not as our Rock; We have a SAVIOUR, in whom we find a sufficient Refuge, for us, and a very present Help in Trouble, ⟨p. 8⟩when the Earth is moved under us, and the Mountains are shaking about us. We will invert the Order of the Eighteenth Psalm; The Psalmist said, In my Distress I called on the Lord, and cried unto my GOD, Then the Earth shook and trembled. We will say, Since the Earth shakes and trembles; Now in our Distress we will call on the Lord, and cry unto our GOD. It is with pleasure that I read in Eusebius, a Letter of Antoninus, who was a stranger to the True GOD, but yet complains, That the Pagan urged him to persecute the Christians; Whereas (he says) I understand, that they are a good People, and whenever there happens an Earthquake, their Course is to go and pray unto their GOD, that His Wrath may be turned away from us; And in this they show more of Religion than the People that urge me to destroy them! We are this Day doing what the Primitive Christians did, and what all Genuine Christians will.