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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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First. A Process of Repentance, I say, A PROCESS OF REPENTANCE: You must go through' That IMMEDIATELY. You can have no safety in an Earthquake, till That be done. For a Man to have This to Do, when the sudden Convulsions of an Earthquake are upon him, — I say unto you, I would not be in the Circumstances of that Man, for ten thousand Worlds!
First. A Process of Repentance, I say, A PROCESS OF REPENTANCE: You must go thro' That IMMEDIATELY. You can have no safety in an Earthquake, till That be done. For a Man to have This to Do, when the sudden Convulsions of an Earthquake are upon him, — I say unto you, I would not be in the Circumstances of that Man, for ten thousand Worlds!
The perils of an Earthquake bring us all into that woeful plight; Thy Life shall hang in doubt before thee, and thou shalt fear Day and Night, and thou shalt have no Assurance of thy Life. Yea, there is not one Unregenerate among us, but what may say, I have no Assurance, that I shall not be in Hell before to Morrow Morning. How can any Man dare to live so? Now, an Immediate Process of Repentance is the only security.
The perils of an Earthquake bring us all into that woful plight; Thy Life shall hang in doubt before thee, and thou shalt fear Day and Night, and thou shalt have no Assurance of thy Life. Yea, there is not one Unregenerate among us, but what may say, I have no Assurance, that I shall not be in Hell before to Morrow Morning. How can any Man dare to live so? Now, an Immediate Process of Repentance is the only security.
There was an Earthquake at the giving of the Law. An Earthquake should bring us to a Reflection on our breaking of the Law. Retire, O sinful Man, Retire; and first Confessing the Sovereign Grace which must shine forth in enabling ⟨p. 31⟩