N02463:90
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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O! most Obdurate WE! O Hearts of Steel, That Sigh not, when the Earth's loud Sighs we feel! ⟨p. 4⟩My GOD, who will not Fear a GOD whom All, All Creatures fear, and shocked before Him fall! Lord, Put an End unto the Shocks betimes: But, Oh! First put an End unto our Crimes.
O! most Obdurate WE! O Hearts of Steel, That Sigh not, when the Earth's loud Sighs we feel! ⟨p. 4⟩My GOD, who will not Fear a GOD whom All, All Creatures fear, and shock'd before Him fall! Lord, Put an End unto the Shocks betimes: But, Oh! First put an End unto our Crimes.
In the Year, 1658. New-England felt another considerable Earthquake. Nothing memorable is left upon Record concerning it. It had Concomitants that were too Memorable.
In the Month of January, between 1662 and 1663, there was an Earthquake, whereof we find this Account given by that worthy Man, Mr. Samuel Danforth of Roxbury;