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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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What may be the VOICE of the glorious GOD unto us, in the EARTHQUAKE, wherein we have bad the Earth just now trembling under us?
O People Trembling before the Lord; Hear now my SPEECH, and hearken to all my Words. For indeed, I may declare unto you, The opening of my Lips will be of Right Things; and you will not understand Wisdom, nor be of an understanding Heart, if you do not hearken to them.
I. The VOICE of the glorious GOD crying to the City in His Earthquake is This; O Glorify the Perfections of the glorious GOD, which are displayed in the Earthquake; And very particularly, the Power and Mercy which He displays when He causes the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof, to tremble before Him.
I. The VOICE of the glorious GOD crying to the City in His Earthquake is This; O Glorify the Perfections of the glorious GOD, which are display'd in the Earthquake; And very particulary, the Power and Mercy which He displays when He causes the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof, to tremble before Him.
Sirs, Don't you clearly see the Eternal Power and Godhead of Him, who can shake the Earth, yea, shake it all to pieces at His Pleasure? Oh! see it, and shake before it! As when He sets fast the Mountains, He shows that He is Girded with Power; So, when He shakes the Mountains He shows that He has a Girdle of matchless Power. This whole Globe, tho' the Ambit of it be more than Twenty four Thousand and Nine Hundred Miles, and in the solid Content must be more than Two Hundred and Sixty one Thousands of Millions, yet it is no more than the light Dust of