N02463:75
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 then, the Righteous! Mark the perfect Man, and behold the Upright; See the Peace of GOD that fortifies him, even, when he has a prospect of his End just come upon him. There is indeed a Reverence and godly Fear with which he regards what the great GOD is doing in an Earthquake. Even a Moses himself is an Example of it. He is neither a Stoic, nor a Mocker. But yet — not Afraid with any Amazement! — you may see an Amiable Serenity in him, when all the World about him is in an uproar. How free from the Commotions, and Convulsions and Confusions, with which the reft of the World is agitated. Even an Heathen Poet, celebrates it among the privileges and prerogatives of a Virtuous Man, Let an Earthquake break and sink the World, [Impavidum serient Ruinae] ⟨p. 37⟩be is not frighted at the Ruins! But O the Triumphs of the Man that indeed Lives unto GOD, and feels a CHRIST, living in him! He is assured, If the Earthquake put a stop to my Breath, my Soul will be in the Paradise of GOD before the morning. Like Paul & Silas, he can Sing in the midst of an Earthquake; he can Sing for the Majesty of the Lord; he can say, O Death, where is thy sting! O Earthquake, where is thy Victory!
But then, the Righteous! Mark the perfect Man, and behold the Upright; See the Peace of GOD that fortifies him, even, when he has a prospect of his End just come upon him. There is indeed a Reverence and godly Fear with which he regards what the great GOD is doing in an Earthquake. Even a Moses himself is an Example of it. He is neither a Stoick, nor a Mocker. But yet — not Afraid with any Amazement! — you may see an Amiable Serenity in him, when all the World about him is in an uproar. How free from the Commotions, and Convulsions and Confusions, with which the reft of the World is agitated. Even an Heathen Poet, celebrates it among the priviledges and prerogatives of a Virtuous Man, Let an Earthquake break and sink the World, [Impavidum serient Ruinae] ⟨p. 37⟩be is not frighted at the Ruins! But O the Triumphs of the Man that indeed Lives unto GOD, and feels a CHRIST, living in him! He is assured, If the Earthquake put a stop to my Breath, my Soul will be in the Paradise of GOD before the morning. Like Paul & Silas, he can Sing in the midst of an Earthquake; he can Sing for the Majesty of the Lord; he can say, O Death, where is thy sting! O Earthquake, where is thy Victory!