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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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And shall I now Cry aloud, and spare not, but lift up my Voice like a Trumpet, and show unto you, O our People, that you have sinned grievously? 'Tis true, Our People are not for the most part so Abandoned unto Immoralities, as they are in many Ungospellized, or Apostatized and Antichristian Regions. But our Faults are aggravated into Crimes, because we sin under, and against the glorious Gospel of the Blessed GOD. We Rebel against the light in what we do amiss; and a light ⟨p. 19⟩which teaches us, & quickens us, & gives us many Advantages, to be the best People in the World. If we are not the Best People on the Face of the Earth, it must not be wondered at, if the Earth do Groan, in the Murmurs of Earthquakes under us. It has been thought by some, that Earthquakes are not mentioned among the Plagues in the Twenty Eighth Chapter of Deuteronomy, because of a Transcendency in this beyond all other Plagues, [It is impossible to contrive any Defence against it; but it says, Tho' they hide in the top of Carmel, I will find them there!] which renders it a more proper Vengeance for Sins under the Evangelical Dispensation. Our Sins are such. But Oh! What a Black List is there to be formed of them!
[I see none Asleep at this Time. 'Tis a Congregation of Hearers, that I am this Time speaking to. This very circumstance awakens a Thought in me; That sleeping in the Assemblies of Zion, when it is Indulged, and not a mere Involuntary surprisal upon Infirmity, 'tis utterly a Fault, & offers an Affront unto Heaven: But it is a very Epidemical Miscarriage in the Country. Now, Sirs, You have an Earthquake to give you a push like that of the Goads given of old, by the Masters of the Assemblies, for the Awaking of the Drowsy Sleepers there. An Earthquake is crying in your Ears, What meanest thou, O Sleeper in the House of GOD? Oh! No more sleeping in this dreadful place! It may soon be made so.] I can go on, and be heard.
[I see none Asleep at this Time. 'Tis a Congregation of Hearers, that I am this Time speaking to. This very circumstance awakens a Thought in me; That sleeping in the Assemblies of Zion, when it is Indulged, and not a meer Involuntary surprisal upon Insirmity, 'tis utterly a Fault, & offfers an Affront unto Heaven: But it is a very Epidemical Miscorriage in the Countrey. Now, Syrs, You have an Earthquake to give you a push like that of the Goads given of old, by the Masters of the Assemblies, for the Awaking of the Drowsy Sleepers there. An Earthquake is crying in your Ears, What meanest thou, O Sleeper in the House of GOD? Oh! No more sleeping in this dreadful place! It may soon be made so.] I can go on, and be heard.