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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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Sirs, Let every one of us, [For I call upon you in the Style of the two Micahs; Hear this, O all ye People, every one of you!] — I say, Let every one of us, be awakened, — Won't a Rugient Earthquake awaken us? — To search and try our ways, and turn unto the Lord. Find out, what Errors in our Lives, our Conscience may Condemn us for. When an Earthquake is at work, it will be strange indeed if our Conscience be not also at work. The Work of the Law written in our Hearts will be now exerted. And, O Man, What thy Conscience may now convict thee of, as a Thing to be Reformed in thy life; Bewail it, Abhor it, Repair to thy SAVIOUR, that it may be pardoned, and that He may grant thee, the Aids of His Grace for the avoiding of it. Oh! That we may now all speak aright, in the Ear of the glorious GOD, who hearkens to hear, how His Earthquake operates upon us; and that these Two Words may from every Quarter, be our Echo to the Earthquake! The one, What have I done? The other, I will not offend any more!
Syrs, Let every one of us, [For I call upon you in the Style of the two Micahs; Hear this, O all ye People, every one of you!] — I say, Let every one of us, be awakened, — Won't a Rugient Earthquake awaken us? — To search and try our ways, and turn unto the Lord. Find out, what Errors in our Lives, our Conscience may Condemn us for. When an Earthquake is at work, it will be strange indeed if our Conscience be not also at work. The Work of the Law written in our Hearts will be now exerted. And, O Man, What thy Conscience may now convict thee of, as a Thing to be Reformed in thy life; Bewail it, Abhor it, Repair to thy SAVIOUR, that it may be pardoned, and that He may grant thee, the Aids of His Grace for the avoiding of it. Oh! That we may now all speak aright, in the Ear of the glorious GOD, who hearkens to hear, how His Earthquake operates upon us; and that these Two Words may from every Quarter, be our Echo to the Earthquake! The one, What have I done? The other, I will not offend any more!
But more especially, Hear the Word of the Lord, Ye Rulers of BOSTON. — Has there not been ⟨p. 25⟩of late, a blameable Intermission of the Laudable and Excellent Zeal, with which the Sword in your Hands, is to be and sometimes has been, a Terror to Evil-doers? The great GOD by His Earthquake to Night has been shaking and jogging and pulling of you, to make you shake off the slumber, that may be upon you. Sirs, will you be prevailed withal, to meet and consult and contrive, what you may do, for the Suppression of Disorders; for the Correction of all Punishable Wickedness; and particularly, for the stopping of that Language of Fiends, heard so often in our Streets, from the Tongues that are set on Fire of Hell; and for the discountenancing of Idleness; and for the breaking up of the Execrable Seminaries for Wickedness, which there are in some Wicked Houses! — You may be the Phinehas's, that shall turn away the wrath of GOD from the Congregation, and save it from a desolating Earthquake, by the Zeal of GOD boiling in you, which is now more loudly than ever called for.