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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 the Cry of Defrauded Labourers, be stifled? I am sure, the Pulpit may speak of them; the Earthquake does it.
How are we in regard of Sabbatizing? The Right and High Strain of it, how is it sadly decayed with us? An Offended GOD by an Earthquake has not suffered us to take the Rest, into which we were composing our selves; has fetched us out of our Beds, and made us uncapable of enjoying our usual Rest. Most Equally punished! We have wretchedly Violated the Rest of GOD, by our Profanations of the Holy Sabbath, with which He has favoured us.
How are we in regard of Sabbatizing? The Right and High Strain of it, how is it sadly decay'd with us? An Offended GOD by an Earthquake has not suffered us to take the Rest, into which we were composing our selves; has fetch'd us out of our Beds, and made us uncapable of enjoying our usual Rest. Most Equally punished! We have wretchedly Violated the Rest of GOD, by our Profanantions of the Holy Sabbath, with which He has favoured us.
The Evening that follows the Lord's Day!— I do not plead for holding it properly a part of the Holy Time that belongs to the Christian Sabbath. Not only the Scripture, but also the Practice of the whole Church in all Ages and in all Places, have ever made the Evening that precedes the Lord's-Day, to be a part of it; until a certain Writer in Switzerland a little while ago, started that Opinion for another Beginning of the Sabbath, which now so many run into. But yet, I hope, I may plead, That this Evening may not be prostituted unto such Vile Purposes, as to spoil and lose all the Good of the Day; And that there may no more be such a Quick Transition as there often is, from the Exercises of Godliness, to all Ungodly Vanities and Lewdnesses. It is complained, That there is more Sin committed on that Evening among us, than in any ⟨p. 22⟩