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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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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.
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. Syrs, 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 Phineas'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.