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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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The Cry is, REFORMATION, O Degenerating Plants, REFORMATION; or more Evil to come upon you!
'Tis no fond Superstition to think, An Earthquake usually carries in it, some Intimation of the Divine Displeasure; 'Tis a Token which we who dwell in the Wilderness may be afraid of. If God ⟨p. 18⟩overturn the Mountains as He does in Earthquakes, 'tis in His Anger that He does it. If the Earth Tremble, as it does in Earthquakes, 'tis at His Wrath, that it does so. When the Mountains quake, as they do in Earthquakes, 'tis from His Indignation. It was declared concerning some Tents of Wicked Men; Num. XV. 30. If the Earth open its Mouth, and swallow them up, and they go down alive into the Pit, you shall understand that these Men have provoked the Lord. Yea, If no Body be killed in the Earthquake, yet the Divine Displeasure against Sin, is to be apprehended in it. By such an Earthquake did the Father of our Blessed Jesus testify something of His Resentment, upon the Wickedness of the Jews, when, All their Wickedness was in Golgotha: The most nefandous Wickedness that was ever perpetrated! Rarely an Earthquake sent any where, till a People have sinned grievously. If we search for the Moral Causes of an Earthquake, a Prophet of GOD has declared them; Isa. XXIV. 5. The Earth is defiled under the Inhabitants thereof.
'Tis no fond Superstition to think, An Earthquake usually carries in it, some Intimation of the Divine Displeasure; 'Tis a Token which we who dwell in the Wilderness may be afraid of. If God ⟨p. 18⟩overturn the Mountains as He does in Earthquakes, 'tis in His Anger that He does it. If the Earth Tremble, as it does in Earthquakes, 'tis at His Wrath, that it does so. When the Mountains quake, as they do in Earthquakes, 'tis from His Indignation. It was declared concerning some Tents of Wicked Men;