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• Thunder and earthquake, a loud and awful call to reformation. Consider'd in a sermon preached at Brooklyn [i.e., Brookline, Mass.], November the first; upon a special fast, occasion'd by the earthquake, which happen'd in the evening after the 29th day of October 1727. : Now published with enlargements. / By James Allin, Minister of the Gospel there. (Boston, N.E. : Printed by Gamaliel Rogers, for Joseph Edwards at the corner shop on the north side of the town-house., [1727]), by James Allin (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Two discourses addressed to young persons; to which is added, a sermon occasioned by the earthquake, which was October 29. 1727. / By John Barnard, A.M. Pastor of a church in Marblehead. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts] (Boston in N.E. : Printed for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill., MDCCXXVII. [1727]), by John Barnard (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Earthquakes, the effects of God's wrath. A sermon preached at Bristol, the Lord's Day after a very terrible earthquake, which was on Tuesday, November 18, 1755. a few minutes after four o'clock in the morning. / By John Burt, A.M. Pastor of a church in Bristol. (Newport [R.I.]: : Printed by J. Franklin, at the printing-office under the town-school-house., [1755]), by John Burt (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Earthquakes a token of the righteous anger of God. A sermon preached at the Old-Brick-Meeting-House in Boston, the Lord's-Day after the terrible earthquake, which suddenly awoke us out of our sleep in the morning of the 18th of November, 1755. / By Charles Chauncy, D.D. one of the Pastors of the First Church in said town. ; [Two lines of Scripture texts] (Boston: N.E. : Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, at their printing office, next to the prison in Queen-Street., M.DCC.LV. [1755]), by Charles Chauncy (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The judgments of Providence in the hand of Christ: his voice to us in the terrible earthquake. And the earth devoured by the curse. : In four sermons. / By Benjamin Colman. ; [Four lines from Isaiah] (Boston: : Printed for J. Phillips at the Stationers-Arms on the south side of the town-house, and T. Hancock at the Bible and Three Crowns near the town dock,, 1727), by Benjamin Colman (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A holy fear of God, and his judgments, exhorted to: in a sermon preach'd at Newton, November 3. 1727. On a day of fasting and prayer, occasion'd by the terrible earthquake that shook New-England, on the Lords-Day night before. / By John Cotton, Pastor of the Church of Christ there. ; With an appendix containing a remarkable account of the extraordinary impressions made on the inhabitants of Haverhill, &c. ; [Five lines of Scripture quotations] (Boston: : Printed by B. Green, Jun. for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill., M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]), by John Cotton and John Brown (HTML at Evans TCP)
• God's awful determination against a people, that will not obey his voice, by his word, and judgments. A sermon preach'd at the publick lecture in Boston, Feb. 8. 1728. After repeated shocks of the earthquake. / By John Cotton, V.D.M. ; Published at the desire of many of the hearers. ; [Three lines from Amos] (Boston, : Printed by Gamaliel Rogers, for Samuel Gerrish at the lower end of Cornhil, and Thomas Hancock at the Bible and Three Crowns near the town-dock., 1728), by John Cotton and Benjamin Colman (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The voice of the Lord, from the deep places of the earth. A sermon preach'd on the Thursday-lecture in Boston, in the audience of the General Court, at the opening of the sessions, Nov. 23. 1727. Three weeks after the earthquake. / By Thomas Foxcroft. ; [Three lines from Amos] (Boston in New-England: : Printed for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill., MDCCXXVII. [1727]), by Thomas Foxcroft and Massachusetts General Court (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The earthquake, a divine visitation. A sermon preached to the Old Church in Boston, January 8. 1756. Being a day of publick humiliation and prayer, throughout the province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: upon occasion of the repeated shock of an earthquake on this continent, and the very destructive earthquakes and inundations in divers parts of Europe, all in the month of November last. / By Thomas Foxcroft, A.M. One of the Pastors of the said Church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts] (Boston: : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland in Queen-Street, and T. Rand in Cornhill., MDCCLVI. [1756]), by Thomas Foxcroft (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes on the minds of people that have been awakened with them. : With some views of what is to be further and quickly look'd for. : Address'd unto the whole people of New-England, who have been terrified with the late earthquakes; and more especially the towns that have had a more singular share in the terrors of them. : [Three lines from I Chronicles] (Boston: : Printed for S. Kneeland, and sold at his shop in King-Street., 1727), by Cotton Mather (HTML at Evans TCP)
• 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, and sold at his shop in King-Street., 1727), by Cotton Mather, Peter Bulkeley, and Samuel Danforth (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A discourse concerning earthquakes. Occasioned by the earthquakes which were in New-England, in the province of Massachusetts-Bay, June 16. and in Conecticot-Colony [sic], June 22. 1705. : Also, two sermons, shewing, that sin is the greatest evil; and, that to redeem time is the greatest wisdom. / By Increase Mather. (Boston : Printed by Timothy Green, for Benjamin Eliot, at his shop under the west end of the Exchange,, 1706), by Increase Mather (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A discourse on Rev. XV. 3d, 4th. Occasioned by the earthquakes in November 1755. Delivered in the West-Meeting-House, Boston, Thursday December 18, following. In five parts, with an introduction. Part I. Of the greatness of God's works. Part II. Of their marvellous and unsearchable nature. Part III. Of the moral perfections and government of God. Part IV. Of our obligation to fear, glorify and worship him. Part V. Practical reflections upon the subject, relative to the occasion. / By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston. ; [Three lines from Psalms] (Boston: N.E. : Printed by Edes & Gill, and sold at their office, next to the prison in Queen-Street; and by R. Draper, in Newbury-Street,, M,DCC,LV. [1755]), by Jonathan Mayhew (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The expected dissolution of all things, a motive to universal holiness. Two sermons preached in Boston, N.E. on the Lord's-Day, Nov. 23, 1755; occasioned by the earthquakes which happened on the Tuesday morning, and Saturday evening preceeding. / By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston. ; [Two lines from Psalms] (Boston: N.E. : Printed by Edes & Gill, and sold at their printing-office, next to the prison in Queen-Street; and by R. Draper,in Newbury-Street., M,DCC,LV. [1755]), by Jonathan Mayhew (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Practical discourses delivered on occasion of the earthquakes in November, 1755. Wherein is particularly shown, by a variety of arguments, the great importance of turning our feet unto God's testimonies, and of making haste to keep his commandments; together with the reasonableness, the necessity, and great advantage, of a serious consideration of our ways. / By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West-Church in Boston. (Boston; New-England: : Printed and sold by Richard Draper, in Newbury-Street, and Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street., MDCCLX. [1760]), by Jonathan Mayhew (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Earthquakes the works of God and tokens of his just displeasure. Two sermons on Psal. xviii. 7. At the particular fast in Boston, Nov. 2. and the general thanksgiving, Nov. 9. Occasioned by the late dreadful earthquake. Wherein among other things is offered a brief account of the natural causes of these operations in the hands of God: with a relation of some late terrible ones in other parts of the world, as well as those that have been perceived in New-England since it's [sic] settlement by English inhabitants. / By Thomas Prince, M.A. and one of the Pastors of the South Church in Boston. ; [Four lines from Psalms] (Boston in New-England: : Printed for D. Henchman, over against the Brick Meeting House in Cornhill., MDCCXXVII. [1727]), by Thomas Prince (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The duty of a people to stand in aw [sic] of God, and not sin, when under his terrible judgements. A sermon preach'd at the South Meeting House in Boston, the evening after the earthquake, which was in the night between the 29th & 30th of October, 1727. / By Joseph Sewall, M.A. Pastor of a Church of Christ in Boston. ; [Six lines from Isaiah] (Boston: : Printed for D. Henchman over against the Brick Meeting-House in Corn-Hill., 1727), by Joseph Sewall (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Repentance the sure way to escape destruction. Two sermons on Jrr. [sic] 18. 7,8. Preach'd December 21st. on a publick fast occasioned by the earthquake the night after the Lord's-Day Octob. 29th. And on the Lord's-Day December 24th. 1727. / By Joseph Sewall, M.A. Pastor of a church of Christ in Boston. ; Publish'd with some enlargement. ; [Six lines from Ezekiel] (Boston: : Printed for D. Henchman, at the corner shop over against the brick meeting-house in Corn-Hill., 1727), by Joseph Sewall (HTML at Evans TCP)

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• Historical notes on the earthquakes of New England. ([Boston], 1871), by William Tufts Brigham (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse on Rev. XV. 3d, 4th. Occasioned by the earthquakes in November, 1755. Delivered in the West-meeting-house, Boston, Thursday, December 18 ... (Printed by Edes & Gill, and sold at their office, and by R. Draper, 1755), by Jonathan Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Verses occasioned by the earthquakes in the month of November, 1755. By Jeremiah Newland. ([Boston : s.n., 1755]), by Jeremiah Newland (HTML at Evans TCP)
• An improvement of the doctrine of earthquakes, being the works of God, and tokens of his just displeasure. Containing an historical summary of the most remarkable earthquakes in New-England, from the first settlement of the English here, as also in other parts of the world since 1666. / By Thomas Prince, M.A. and one of the Pastors of the South Church in Boston. ; To which is added, a letter to a gentleman, giving an account of the dreadful earthquake felt in Boston, New-England Nov. 18. twenty five minutes past 4 in the morning. (Boston, New-England, : printed and sold by D. Fowle in Ann-Street, and by Z. Fowle in Middle-Street., 1755), by Thomas Prince (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A lecture on earthquakes; read in the chapel of Harvard-College in Cambridge, N.E. November 26th 1755. On occasion of the great earthquake which shook New-England the week before. / By John Winthrop, Esq; Hollisian Professor of the Mathematics and Philosophy at Cambridge. ; Published by the general desire of that society. ; [Five lines from Derham] (Boston; New-England: : Printed and sold by Edes & Gill, at their printing-office next to the prison in Queen-Street., 1755), by John Winthrop (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Divine Power and Anger Displayed in Earthquakes: A Sermon Occasioned by the Late Earthquake, in New-England, November 18. 1755 (Boston: S. Kneeland, 1755), by Mather Byles
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• Thunder and earthquake, a loud and awful call to reformation. Consider'd in a sermon preached at Brooklyn [i.e., Brookline, Mass.], November the first; upon a special fast, occasion'd by the earthquake, which happen'd in the evening after the 29th day of October 1727. : Now published with enlargements. / By James Allin, Minister of the Gospel there. (Boston, N.E. : Printed by Gamaliel Rogers, for Joseph Edwards at the corner shop on the north side of the town-house., [1727]), by James Allin (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Two discourses addressed to young persons; to which is added, a sermon occasioned by the earthquake, which was October 29. 1727. / By John Barnard, A.M. Pastor of a church in Marblehead. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts] (Boston in N.E. : Printed for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill., MDCCXXVII. [1727]), by John Barnard (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Earthquakes, the effects of God's wrath. A sermon preached at Bristol, the Lord's Day after a very terrible earthquake, which was on Tuesday, November 18, 1755. a few minutes after four o'clock in the morning. / By John Burt, A.M. Pastor of a church in Bristol. (Newport [R.I.]: : Printed by J. Franklin, at the printing-office under the town-school-house., [1755]), by John Burt (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Earthquakes a token of the righteous anger of God. A sermon preached at the Old-Brick-Meeting-House in Boston, the Lord's-Day after the terrible earthquake, which suddenly awoke us out of our sleep in the morning of the 18th of November, 1755. / By Charles Chauncy, D.D. one of the Pastors of the First Church in said town. ; [Two lines of Scripture texts] (Boston: N.E. : Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, at their printing office, next to the prison in Queen-Street., M.DCC.LV. [1755]), by Charles Chauncy (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The earth delivered from the curse to which it is, at present, subjected. A sermon occasioned by the late earthquakes in Spain and Portugal, as well as New-England; and preached at the Boston-Thursday-lecture, January 22, 1756. : Published by the general desire of the hearers. / By Charles Chauncy, D.D. one of the Pastors of the First Church in Boston. ; [Seven lines of Scripture texts] (Boston: N.E. : Printed and sold by Edes & Gill, at their printing office, next to the prison, in Queen-Street,, M,DCC,LVI. [1756]), by Charles Chauncy (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The judgments of Providence in the hand of Christ: his voice to us in the terrible earthquake. And the earth devoured by the curse. : In four sermons. / By Benjamin Colman. ; [Four lines from Isaiah] (Boston: : Printed for J. Phillips at the Stationers-Arms on the south side of the town-house, and T. Hancock at the Bible and Three Crowns near the town dock,, 1727), by Benjamin Colman (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A holy fear of God, and his judgments, exhorted to: in a sermon preach'd at Newton, November 3. 1727. On a day of fasting and prayer, occasion'd by the terrible earthquake that shook New-England, on the Lords-Day night before. / By John Cotton, Pastor of the Church of Christ there. ; With an appendix containing a remarkable account of the extraordinary impressions made on the inhabitants of Haverhill, &c. ; [Five lines of Scripture quotations] (Boston: : Printed by B. Green, Jun. for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill., M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]), by John Cotton and John Brown (HTML at Evans TCP)
• God's awful determination against a people, that will not obey his voice, by his word, and judgments. A sermon preach'd at the publick lecture in Boston, Feb. 8. 1728. After repeated shocks of the earthquake. / By John Cotton, V.D.M. ; Published at the desire of many of the hearers. ; [Three lines from Amos] (Boston, : Printed by Gamaliel Rogers, for Samuel Gerrish at the lower end of Cornhil, and Thomas Hancock at the Bible and Three Crowns near the town-dock., 1728), by John Cotton and Benjamin Colman (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The voice of the Lord, from the deep places of the earth. A sermon preach'd on the Thursday-lecture in Boston, in the audience of the General Court, at the opening of the sessions, Nov. 23. 1727. Three weeks after the earthquake. / By Thomas Foxcroft. ; [Three lines from Amos] (Boston in New-England: : Printed for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill., MDCCXXVII. [1727]), by Thomas Foxcroft and Massachusetts General Court (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The earthquake, a divine visitation. A sermon preached to the Old Church in Boston, January 8. 1756. Being a day of publick humiliation and prayer, throughout the province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: upon occasion of the repeated shock of an earthquake on this continent, and the very destructive earthquakes and inundations in divers parts of Europe, all in the month of November last. / By Thomas Foxcroft, A.M. One of the Pastors of the said Church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts] (Boston: : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland in Queen-Street, and T. Rand in Cornhill., MDCCLVI. [1756]), by Thomas Foxcroft (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes on the minds of people that have been awakened with them. : With some views of what is to be further and quickly look'd for. : Address'd unto the whole people of New-England, who have been terrified with the late earthquakes; and more especially the towns that have had a more singular share in the terrors of them. : [Three lines from I Chronicles] (Boston: : Printed for S. Kneeland, and sold at his shop in King-Street., 1727), by Cotton Mather (HTML at Evans TCP)
• 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, and sold at his shop in King-Street., 1727), by Cotton Mather, Peter Bulkeley, and Samuel Danforth (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A discourse concerning earthquakes. Occasioned by the earthquakes which were in New-England, in the province of Massachusetts-Bay, June 16. and in Conecticot-Colony [sic], June 22. 1705. : Also, two sermons, shewing, that sin is the greatest evil; and, that to redeem time is the greatest wisdom. / By Increase Mather. (Boston : Printed by Timothy Green, for Benjamin Eliot, at his shop under the west end of the Exchange,, 1706), by Increase Mather (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A discourse on Rev. XV. 3d, 4th. Occasioned by the earthquakes in November 1755. Delivered in the West-Meeting-House, Boston, Thursday December 18, following. In five parts, with an introduction. Part I. Of the greatness of God's works. Part II. Of their marvellous and unsearchable nature. Part III. Of the moral perfections and government of God. Part IV. Of our obligation to fear, glorify and worship him. Part V. Practical reflections upon the subject, relative to the occasion. / By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston. ; [Three lines from Psalms] (Boston: N.E. : Printed by Edes & Gill, and sold at their office, next to the prison in Queen-Street; and by R. Draper, in Newbury-Street,, M,DCC,LV. [1755]), by Jonathan Mayhew (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The expected dissolution of all things, a motive to universal holiness. Two sermons preached in Boston, N.E. on the Lord's-Day, Nov. 23, 1755; occasioned by the earthquakes which happened on the Tuesday morning, and Saturday evening preceeding. / By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston. ; [Two lines from Psalms] (Boston: N.E. : Printed by Edes & Gill, and sold at their printing-office, next to the prison in Queen-Street; and by R. Draper,in Newbury-Street., M,DCC,LV. [1755]), by Jonathan Mayhew (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Practical discourses delivered on occasion of the earthquakes in November, 1755. Wherein is particularly shown, by a variety of arguments, the great importance of turning our feet unto God's testimonies, and of making haste to keep his commandments; together with the reasonableness, the necessity, and great advantage, of a serious consideration of our ways. / By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West-Church in Boston. (Boston; New-England: : Printed and sold by Richard Draper, in Newbury-Street, and Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street., MDCCLX. [1760]), by Jonathan Mayhew (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Earthquakes the works of God and tokens of his just displeasure. Two sermons on Psal. xviii. 7. At the particular fast in Boston, Nov. 2. and the general thanksgiving, Nov. 9. Occasioned by the late dreadful earthquake. Wherein among other things is offered a brief account of the natural causes of these operations in the hands of God: with a relation of some late terrible ones in other parts of the world, as well as those that have been perceived in New-England since it's [sic] settlement by English inhabitants. / By Thomas Prince, M.A. and one of the Pastors of the South Church in Boston. ; [Four lines from Psalms] (Boston in New-England: : Printed for D. Henchman, over against the Brick Meeting House in Cornhill., MDCCXXVII. [1727]), by Thomas Prince (HTML at Evans TCP)
• An improvement of the doctrine of earthquakes, being the works of God, and tokens of his just displeasure. Containing an historical summary of the most remarkable earthquakes in New-England, from the first settlement of the English here, as also in other parts of the world since 1666. / By Thomas Prince, M.A. and one of the Pastors of the South Church in Boston. ; To which is added, a letter to a gentleman, giving an account of the dreadful earthquake felt in Boston, New-England Nov. 18. twenty five minutes past 4 in the morning. (Boston, New-England, : printed and sold by D. Fowle in Ann-Street, and by Z. Fowle in Middle-Street., 1755), by Thomas Prince (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The duty of a people to stand in aw [sic] of God, and not sin, when under his terrible judgements. A sermon preach'd at the South Meeting House in Boston, the evening after the earthquake, which was in the night between the 29th & 30th of October, 1727. / By Joseph Sewall, M.A. Pastor of a Church of Christ in Boston. ; [Six lines from Isaiah] (Boston: : Printed for D. Henchman over against the Brick Meeting-House in Corn-Hill., 1727), by Joseph Sewall (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Repentance the sure way to escape destruction. Two sermons on Jrr. [sic] 18. 7,8. Preach'd December 21st. on a publick fast occasioned by the earthquake the night after the Lord's-Day Octob. 29th. And on the Lord's-Day December 24th. 1727. / By Joseph Sewall, M.A. Pastor of a church of Christ in Boston. ; Publish'd with some enlargement. ; [Six lines from Ezekiel] (Boston: : Printed for D. Henchman, at the corner shop over against the brick meeting-house in Corn-Hill., 1727), by Joseph Sewall (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Some plain and necessary directions to obtain eternal salvation. In six sermons from Acts XVI. 30. / By John Webb, M.A. Pastor to a church of Christ in Boston. ; [One line from Luke] (Boston: : Printed for Benj. Gray, at the head of the town-dock., 1729,[.]), by John Webb (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The earthquake, a divine visitation. A sermon preached to the Old Church in Boston, January 8. 1756. Being a day of publick humiliation and prayer, throughout the province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: upon occasion of the repeated shock of an earthquake on this continent, and the very destructive earthquakes and inundations in divers parts of Europe, all in the month of November last. / By Thomas Foxcroft, A.M. One of the Pastors of the said Church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts] (Boston: : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland in Queen-Street, and T. Rand in Cornhill., MDCCLVI. [1756]), by Thomas Foxcroft (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A letter from the Lord Bishop of London to the clergy and people of London and Westminster, on occasion of the late earthquakes. (Printed for John Whiston ..., 1750), by Thomas Sherlock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Earthquakes explained and practically improved: occasioned by the late earthquake on Sept. 8. 1692. in London, many other parts in England, and beyond sea. / By Thomas Doolittle, M.A. The author also of the treatise on the Lords-Supper. ; Jamaica's miseries shew London's mercies. Both compared. (Reprinted at Boston, : by Benjamin Harris & are to be sold at his shop over against the Old-Meeting-House., 1693), by Thomas Doolittle (HTML at Evans TCP)

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