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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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III. The VOICE of the glorious GOD, crying to the City in His Earthquake, is This; IMMEDIATELY get into such a STATE of SAFETY, that no Earthquake may cause an Heartquake in you; but that you may be Ready for all the Events and Changes, which may be intended for you, and impending over you. IMMEDIATELY, I say. Stay not for Another shock. — The Rumbles of the Earthquake, — Oh! How do ⟨p. 26⟩they ring that peal in our Ears; Match. XXIV. 44. Be ye Ready! Can any of you tell, when there may be Another shock. And, what horrendous Effects it may have? — I say again, What you do, must be done IMMEDIATELY. You must not put off a Moment, what you have to do, that you may be brought into, A state of Safety for Eternity.
Our LORD mentioning the Signs of His coming to Burn THIS World, and Create New Heavens and a New Earth wherein shall dwell Righteousness, He says, Luk. XXI. 11. There shall be great Earthquakes in diverse places.
Our SAVIOUR having foretold, That His Coming will be with all possible Surprise upon the World; like that of a Thief in the Night, wholly unlooked for; no more looked for than the Fate of the old World, and of Sodom, in the Day that it overtook them; and, The Day shall come as a Snare, on all them who dwell on the Face of the Earth: How is this consistent, with such Signal, such Observable, such Astonishing, Forerunners of His Coming? — It seems to me, the Signs which He foretells, were to be Things which were not so much Immediately to precede His Coming, and Rouse a sleeping World, as to Prefigure, and therewith to Demonstrate unto Mankind, How Things will be at His coming. And it is intimated, as if they would be given Immediately after the Tribulation of those Days, which dispersed the Jewish Nation. I suppose, the Stupendous Earthquakes,