N02463:94
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 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:
The Lord seldom Visits any Town or Country with desolating Judgments, but He first gives them Warning of it, by one means or another; and many times by Earthquakes. ⟨p. 5⟩A Roman Historian observes, that the City of Rome never felt any Earthquake, but some terrible Judgment soon followed. In the Scripture, it is said, There shall be Earthquakes in diverse Places; The Next Words are; And FAMINES & PESTILENCES. Earthquakes are sometimes prodromous of those other Judgments. — But, —We have at this Day Reason to expect that a Notable COMING of the LORD is near at hand. Yea, we may say, The Great-DAY of THE LORD, is Near, it is Near, and it Hasteth greatly.
There have been more than One or Two lesser Earthquakes, besides these, at several Times in the Country. But never any that on all Accounts has equalled THAT which is now Alarming of us.