Practical reflections on the earthquakes that have happened in Europe and America but chiefly in the islands of Jamaica, England, Sicily, Malta, &c. With a particular and historical account of them, and divers other earthquakes / by John Shower.

  • Shower, John, 1657-1715.
Date:
1750
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    covenant of grace, and God’s unchangeable fidelity to it. This is the ground ot fupport in the word times, Ifai. xli. i. Fear not, for I am with thee ; he not dif- maycd, for I am thy God. He hath made with me an everlafting covenantordered in all things and Jure. This is all my defire, and all my falvdtion, 2 Sam. xxiii. 5. 4 I now need nothing more, I fear nothing, I am fo- 4 licitous for nothing. Let God build up or pull 4 down, fave or del troy ; prolong, or fhorten my 4 life ; do what] he will with me and mine, he is 4 my God; and covenant5. This made the Pfalmift triumph in faith, Plal. cxviii. 6. The Lord is on my fide, I will noi[ fear: God is our refuge and ftrength, we will not he afraid, though the earth he moved, and the pillars thereof he Jhaken, Pfal. xlvi. beginning; Ha- bak. iii. 17. 41 am not afraid of what man can do, I 4 am not afraid of what God will do, or what I fhall 4 do, or the nation do. By this confideration. That 4 He is my God, I can anfwer all my fears : by this I 4 know my great intereft is fecure, my treafure is fafe, 4 my principal concern is out of danger. He is my 4 God in an everlafting covenant; he will not leave 4 till he bring me to glory : if my body perifh by an 4 Earthquake, my foul fhall afcend to heaven. The 4 noife of wars, and rumours of wars, fhall not break 4 my reft, for I have peace with God through Chrift.5 Study therefore the covenant of grace,'and the pro- mifes of it; and believe the unchangeablenels of God, and his power, truth and goodnefs, to make them good. And, in order to your advantage, by the confider¬ ation of God as in covenant, labour to ftrengthen and increafe your faith, that you may be able to apply all the promiles of the covenant for your comfort. If we did heartily .affent to the truth of the promiles, and had a realizing view of what God is, and can be, and do, for all that fear and truft him ; and did more intirely yield, and devote ourfelves to him, as our Lord and Sovereign, our God and portion, to be governed and