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with
the breath
of
his
mouth the Lord can raise an
earth_:
quake that
shall sink
Great
Britain into 'the
sea, and
it
shall be found
no
more.
Perhaps God
may he now,
as'
it
were,
arguing
the case
'as
with Ephraim and
with
Israel
of
old
;
lb
s.
i.
8.
"
How
shall
give
thee
up,
Lon-
don
?
How shall
I
deliver
thee,
Westminster
?'
How
shall
I
make thee
as
Admah, How shall
I
set thee
as
Zeboim
?
Which were
twin sisters
of
Sodom
and Gomorrah,
and
involved
in the same
vengeance
;
Gen.
xiv.
and
xix.
24, 25:
0
that
the
"
heart of
the
Lord
may be
turned
within
him,
and his
repentings kindled'
together,
that
he
may not
execute
the fierceness
of
his
anger."
Yet let
us
not
say peace to ourselves,
if
unrestrained
villanies
abound
amongst
us
:
Why
should
England
be
sò
fond
and partial
to
itself,
as
to
believe
that
it
shall
be
privi-
leged
by
heaven
above
all kingdoms
in'
all ages
1'
Why
should
we
flatter
ourselves
that
we
only shall
be indulged
to
sin with a high
hand,
and without punishment
?
We
bate
the
doctrine of
indulgences, and yet
we
act
as
under'
the
influence
of
such
a
persuasion.
Shall the' countries
around
us
drink
of
the
cup of
his
indignation
with
vari-
ous mixture,
and
we
still be
excused
from tasting
?
The'
Lord of
hosts
has
many armies
of judgment
and
desola-
tión
at
his
command
;
the variety
of
plagues'
on
Egypt
is
not
a
thousandth part of
his
artillery,'nor
of
the kinds
of
terrors
that are
treasured
in his magazine's
;
he
can
drain
his sword
of
pestilence, and
give
it this
commission;
" Gó
and
slay
a third
part
of' men
;"
he'
can
send
the
sword
of
our
enemies amongst
us,
who will
neither spare nor
pity
:
he can let
France
in
upon
us
like
a
'flood,
and
Lewis the
XIV.
will
be
as
zealous
a
servant of
the
Lord
in
such
work, as
Nebuchadnezzar
was
when
God
sent
him'
"
to
punish
Jerusalem
and
the
nations
Jer.
xxv. 9.
When
the French
dragoons insult us,
and
our necks
'are
put
under
the feet
of
our
enemies,
we
may then,
perhaps,`
remember and repent;
that
we
did
not
arise for the
Lord
against
evil-
doers,-and
'tread down-the
enemies
of
`his
holiness.
Or,
if
the
thunders
of
God
lie still
for
a season, and
his
lightenings
be
not
kindled
;'
if
plagues and
famines, and
foreign armies be
restrained
from
our
coasts, and
peace
and plenty
dwell
in
our
borders
;
God
has judgments
of
a
severer
kind'
to' inflict
upon
-ùs,
though
they
are
niore
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