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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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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;
Jan. 26. & 28. The Foundations of the Earth trembled, and some our Houses rocked like a Cradle. Six or seven times did the Earth shake under us, in the space of Two or Three Days. It was then thought & said, That these Earthquakes might portend the shaking the Foundations of our Churches, and of our Civil State.
Jan. 26. & 28. The Foundations of the Earth trembled, and some our Houses rocqu'd like a Cradle. Six or seven times did the Earth shake under us, in the space of Two or Three Days. It was then tho't & said, That these Earthquakes might portend the shaking the Foundations of our Churches, and of our Civil State.
In the Year 1705. there was a small Earthquake felt by the Massachuset-Province on Jun. 16. And in Connecticut-Colony, Jun. 22. On which occasion Dr. Increase Mather, preached and printed, A Discourse concerning Earthquakes. In that Sermon, there are these among other Passages: