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A35233	The general history of earthquakes being an account of the most remarkable and tremendous earthquakes that have happened in divers parts of the world, from the creation to this time, as they are recorded by sacred and common authors, and perticularly those lately in Naples, Smyrna, Jamaica and Sicily : with a description of the famous burning mount, Ætna, in that island, and relation of the several dreadful conflagrations and fiery irruptions thereof for many ages : likewise the natural and material causes of earthquakes, with the usual signs and prognosticks of their approach, and the consequents and effects that have followed several of them / by R.B.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1694 (1694)	Wing C7328; ESTC R40369	98,213	196

abroad into the Air. Another presage is the calmness and coldness of the Air by reason the Exhalation that should be abroad is within the Earth Another is said to be a long thin strake of Cloud seen when the Sky is clear after Sun set which they say is caused by the Vapour or Exhalation which is the matter of Clouds being gone into the Earth Others affirm that it is the Exhalation which issueth from some narrow passage out of which the rest of the Wind cannot come and therefore soon after by a sudden Eruption makes a broader way to deliver it self out of Prison Likewise the Sun appeareth dim certain days before because the Winds that should purge and dissipate the gross Air which causeth this dimness is inclosed within the Bowels of the Earth Also the Birds perceiving a certain trembling and shaking at the Roots of the Trees forsake them and fit trembling on the ground Lastly there are heard before at and after an Earthquake great noises and sounds under the Earth with terrible groanings and thunderings Yea sometimes when no Earthquake follows the Wind without any other effect finding a way to vent it self Some of these are the general prognosticks and forewarnings of a dreadful Earthquake to follow VII And certainly no other Calamity produces greater terror and astonishment in Mankind than this For to have the Earth rock under one with that singular kind of motion which no humane art nor force can imitate must needs be extream surprizing For though death may be familiar to some men in any other form yet it appears very horrible to be buried alive and to sink on a sudden into an unknown Grave they know not whether perhaps they may fall into some dark Lake of Water or it may be drenched in a River of fire or be dashed on a Rock for who can tell the dispositions of the Caverns below or what sort of the Apartments there are under the Surface of the Earth We walk on the Battlements of a marvellous structure a Globe full of Tremendous secrets VIII But though we have given some account of the Natural Causes of Earthquakes yet it is very apparent that many have been supernatural and caused by the immediate hand of God of which we find several instances in holy Scripture that we might dread and tremble before the Almighty who needs neither Vapours nor Exhalations to Execute his Vengeance upon incorrigible Offenders IX The first of this kind that we read of was at the Promulgation of the Law at Mount Sinai Exodus 19 20. And the Lord said unto Moses go unto the People and Sanctify them to day and to morrow and be ready against the third day for then the Lord will come down in the sight of all the People upon Mount Sinai and thou shalt set bounds to the People round about saying Take heed to your selves that ye go not up into the Mount or touch the border of it whosoever toucheth the Mount shall surely be put to death There shall not an hand touch it but he shall surely be Stoned or Shot through whether it be Man or Beast it shall not live when the Trumpet soundeth long they shall come up to the Mount And it came to pass on the third day in the Morning that there were Thunders and Lightnings and a thick Cloud upon the Mount and the Voice of the Trumpet exceeding loud so that all the People in the Camp trembled And Mount Sinai was altogether on a Smoak because the Lord descended upon it in Fire and the smoak thereof ascended as the smoak of a Furnace and the whole Mount quaked greatly And all the People saw the Thundring and the Lightnings and the noise of the Trumpet and the Mountain smoaking and when the People saw it they removed afar off And they said unto Moses speak thou with us and we will hear but let not God speak with us least we dye And Moses said unto the People Fear not for God is come to prove you and that his fear may be before your Faces that you Sin not Thie happened in the year from the Creation of the World 25 13. X. Another terrible Earthquake we find recorded Number 16. Now Korah Dathan and Abiram with certain of the Children of Israel two hundred and fifty Princes of the Assembly famous in the Congregation Men of Renown rose up and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them Ye take too much upon you seeing all the Congregation is Holy every one of them and the Lord is among them wherefore then lift you up your selves above the Congregation of the Lord. And when Moses heard it he fell upon his Face And he spake unto Korah and unto all his Company saying Even to Morrow the Lord will shew you who are his and who is holy and will cause him to come near to him even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near to him This do Take ye Censers Korah and all his Company And put Fire therein and put Incense in them before the Lord to Morrow and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth chuse he shall be holy Ye take too much upon you ye Sons of Levi seemeth it a small thing unto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the Congregation of Israel to bring you near unto himself to do the service of the Tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the Congregation to Minister unto them And he hath brought thee near unto him and all thy Brethren the Sons of Levi with thee and seek ye the Priest-hood also For which Cause both thou and thy Company are gathered together against the Lord and what is Aaron that ye murmur against him And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the Sons of Eliab which said we will not come up Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that flourisheth with Milk and Honey to Kill us in the Wilderness except thou make thy self altogether a Prince over us Moreover thou hast not brought us into a Land that floweth with Milk and Honey or given us Inheritance of Fields and Vineyards wilt thou put out the Eyes of these men we will not come up And Moses was very wrath and said unto the Lord Respect not thou their offering I have not taken one Ass from them neither have I hurt one of them And Moses said unto Korah Be thou and all thy Company before the Lord thou and they and Aaron to Morrow And take every Man his Censer and put Incense in them and bring ye before the Lord every Man his Censer two hundred and fifty Censers thou also and Aaron each of you his Censer and put Fire in in them and lay Incense thereon and stand in the Door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Glory of the Lord appeared unto all the Congregation And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto

Aaron saying separate your selves from among this Congregation that I may consume them in a moment And they fell upon their faces and said O God the God of the Spirits of all Flesh shall one Man sin and wilt thou be wrath with all the Congregation And the Lord spake unto Moses saying speak unto all the Congregation saying Get you up from about the Tabernacle of Korah Dathan and Abiram And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram and the Elders of Israel followed him And the spake unto all the Congregation saying Depart I pray you from the Tents of these Wicked Men and touch nothing of theirs least you be consumed in all their Sins So they gat them up from the Tabernacle of Korah Dathan and Abiram on every side and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the Door of their Tents and their Wives and their Sons and their little Children And Moses said Hereby shall ye know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works for I have not done them of my own mind If these men dye the common Death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men then the Lord hath not sent me But if the Lord make a new thing and the Earth open her Mouth and swallow them up with all that appertain unto them and they go down quick into the Pit then ye shall understand that these Men have provoked the Lord. And it came to pass as he had made an end of speaking all these words that the ground clave asunder that was under them And the Earth opened her Mouth and swallowed them up and their Houses and all the Men that appertained unto Kerah and all their Goods They and all that appertained to them went down alive into the Pit and the Earth closed upon them and they perished from among the Congregation And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them for they said Lest the Earth swallow us up also And there came out a Fire from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered Incense Josephus in his History of the Antiquities of the Jews gives the following account of this dreadful Judgment That Moses making a large Prayer intermixt with Tears while he was speaking the Earth instantly trembled and shaking began to move like a Billow of the Sea raised by the violence of Wind at which all the People were sorely amazed after which an horrible and shattering Noise was made about their Tents and instantly the Earth opened and swallowed up both them and all that belonged to them insomuch that nothing which was theirs remained to be seen And the Earth in a moment closing again the vast gaping immediately was shut so that there was not the least appearance of what had happened Thus perished they all leaving behind them an example of Gods Power and Judgment and this accident was the more miserable in that there were none even of their Kinsfolks and Allies that had compassion of them so that the whole People forgetting what was passed allowed Gods Justice with joyful Acclamations esteeming them unworthy to be bewailed but to accounted as the Plague and Perverters of the People After this saith he there suddenly appeared so bright a Fire that the like was never kindled by the hand of man nor ever broke forth from the Bowels of burning Mountains nor could proceed from any natural cause but such as seemed to be kindled from Heaven exceeding light and flaming by the fury and violence of which those two hundred and fifty together with Korah were so consumed that there scarce appeared any relicks of their Carcases Only Aaron remained untouched to the end that it might appear this Fire came from Heaven This was in the year of the World 2515. XI A third tremendous Earthquake caused by the immediate Power of God without any apparent or natural Cause and whereby the Israelites gain'd a great Victory over the Philistines is in 1 Samuel 14. And it came to pass on a Day that Jonathan the Son of Saul said unto the Young Man that bare his Armour come and let us go over to the Philistines Garrison that is on the other side but he told not his Father And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines there was a sharp Rock on the one side and a sharp Rock on the other side And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his Armour come and let us go over unto the Garrison of these uncircumcised it may be that the Lord will work for us for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or few And his Armour-bearer said unto him Do all that is in thine Heart turn thee behold I am with thee according to thy Heart Then said Jonathan behold we will pass over unto these Men and we will discover our selves unto them if they say unto us Tarry until we come to you then we will stand still in our place and will not go up unto them But if they say thus Come up unto us then we will go up for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand and this shall be a sign unto us And both of them discovered themselves to the Garrison of the Philistines and the Philistines said Behold the Hebrews come forth out of their holes where they had hid themselves And the men of the Garrison answered Jonathan and his Armour bearer and said Come up to us and we will shew you a thing And Jonathan said unto his Armour bearer Come up after me for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel And Jonathan climbed up on his Hands and upon his Feet and his Armour bearer after him and they fell before Jonathan and his Armour bearer slew after him And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his Armour bearer made was about twenty men within as it were an half Acre of Land which a yoak of Oxen might Plow And there was trembling in the Host in the Field and among all the People the Garrison and the Spoilers they also trembled and the Earth quaked so that it was a very great trembling a trembling of God And the Watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked and behold the multitude melted away and they went on beating down one another Then said Saul unto the People that were with him Number now and see who is gone from us And when they had numbred behold Jonathan and his Armour-bearer were not there And Saul said unto Ahiah Bring hither the Ark of God for the Ark of God was at that time with the Children of Israel And it came to pass that while Saul talked unto the Priest that the noise that was in the Host of the Philistines went on and increased and Saul said unto the Priest withdraw thine hand And Saul and all the People that were with him assembled themselves and they came to the Battel