\ #77 ;•/-.? U.7 / ^a ' « m -n-1 , f.m-al l>sà>«i on th- death of about ténor fifteen thousand of people killed by an earthquake on the A xuuera, Sennon „nd a fuirai A ^^ «^-,he d.jaths 0f,S„ hurtdréd killed in New-Hampshire it SS expee.ed :r,the sanae Jav^te Wo'uèd 'S WriAcà "y TONÀTHAN PLUMAI, a latter-day Prop'het, Lay-BisUop, travelling Preatner, Phy- Vician, Poet anu Trader. -, ^ ... %ht ofihe Dmd \mth the i'cvcr. I Kow serve the Loul ivi-h courage new : Audbruise thccWvil, readti-do. # • InAntrîm 35, in LondDndcrry 24» m Wmd- Wn,Salem,Pelivaro,and other places I know not V>w'maoy: In Ackworth J^Wilfon, aged 67, and his' grand daughteri : Miss Hannah Grcear, îîûfcbius Silsbv., Ira Ladd> 19, Friend Moor, 59, i> vee childrenafter the flefli of Jo Davidfon. two of Cr-orge March, two of Capt. Jo Gregg, three r Ephraim Clark, three of Jacob Hayw&rd, ad- ^ovira Warren 13, one of T. Davis, and one of f o Lovira . T. M'CiUre. Thefe 1 expect ail died in 1812 or a fpotted fever, but I am not certain that they drd. r PSALM. ' ALMîGÏITY Father, potent Lord. By ail thy joyfiil suints adouci : Still kt it pleàse thee well to rtile, *■•• V The rpany pupils of thy school To show thy m'en.}', and i,hy roc!» | And be an independent God. f Ai» ! let the clevilskim-dom shak'e, § And let the earth révère ftfttî quake. è Some stem dispos'd lo tase the "crown, | And d**ive theei from thy raatchless thronfc l j| And seem against tliy ïaws to ^e, ^ j| And roue h thy gospel tô despise; ' " -V a With heariy milice they rebel, . > - | And choose the dismal way to Iiell ; * .S.{.„:. \ l?bt Ict tlrem now thy precepts tal.t-, J And let the earth vcvtvc and quake. | , Laguira and Curaccas* thou5 . ' 'Hist"bli;ly forced low tu bow \ The eartb convuls'd -vas shock and rent^ | And death to many then v.ias sert. I 'A number more in Hanipshire loo, i A dreadiul fever djd pursuç ; l But to thyselftheRlory take, j And Ut the earth r.'vere-and quaKe. j Let them that luvê Tnet-, boldly rise, ^ To thy blest raansions in the skies, \ And hâve the ne ver ending joys* Ofsuch as thy high jîraiseempioys ; ■While the vile sons of foui deceit, ■Who ever w:ll thy precepts hâte, With de vils and their kinjgdom shake And ht the earth reveru and quake. O ne ver, never, ucvt:.' yield, But keep my dearest, keep the field. Let the sanie arm that Pliaraoh cross'dj When he and ail his llost were lost, Still trjumph wttli unequal'd famé, And still thy potent power proclaim, And let tke hearts of siariers break, And let the earth révère and quake. The fourteenth verfe, in the fourth Chaptcr of James :—"Wbsreas yc know not whatjhall be on the morroiv. For whaî isyour life ? it is even a va- four that apbearethfor a Utile time, and tbenvanijh- eth away." An expert fchool rnafter, courteous ireader, îhaving thecareofa teacher, will be careful to Xïy properly to ruîe his fcholars : will be likeiy to try to encourage" the virtuoùs and wife.and to difcourage,,and puniiîi the fboliih and vicious part of his pupils. Thôfe who commit fmall of- fences will be likeîy to receive fmall punifliments, while more daring and attrocidus rebels will be chailifed in a feverer way. If his,fcholars be- have well wiihout punilhment, it is likeiy he will inflid none ; but if they behave fobadly as to be likeiy almoft totally to hinder -themlelves from gaining learning, he will be likeiy mànfully to ufeta rod, in order if pofiible, to prevent the dreadful a-nfequenceâ which would flow from proceeding in a différent way. The immortal king of heaven I expect is a teacher of unparaleiled fltill, and ail the human race who live on thls fublunary globe, people that h^is rcady an i willing to inftruct : and his eonduct as a i'rcceptor, is I expect unfpeakably wife, benevolent,, and proper. Long î expeû the dépendants of Europeans who Uved in the territory now called the United States, behaved fo weïl, that they were highly blefled by their Ahnighty Mâker. Statclytowns and cities were buUt, religion floliriflied, and the deferts blofibmëd as it were like ablooming rofe ; but alas ! a dreadful altération was found in the behaviour of people a-ndlbon the King of Glory who fearches out àll the imaginations of the hearts or ininds of rnen, to give to every one ac- cording ta his deeds, began to alter his benign, be- haviour, in regard to the freatment he^deigned to give to the' people oï ihe States. A-book written by an infamous villain, a vile heaven dar- ing, hell dcfying drunkard, named Thomas Pâhe, direclly againft°thë facred fcriptur.es, was pab- lifhed I expect at the Southward, and fo#cordial- ly rece'wed, that foon, figùratiyely fpeaking, the vindiéiive ire, the Almighty vengeance; of the King of Kings began to fmoke and blaze 1 This abominable V*0(iuaion> l exPeft h^d been hu} a fhort time in Philadeîphia before a ruthleis fervant of the- Lord, called a yellow fever^with unrelenttng fury, killed more thaii Five Thou- fands of" the inhabitants of that city in a fingle ! y car ! I hefe I expeft I h'ave been led tounder- 1 ftahd", by a dream, and lome difeourfe to which j thàt dream acjverted, were eut off for fmning ! and fierhting againft God 1 Çtit the vile bock i remained, °and the fever was fent more than I once afterwards to Philadeîphia. The book I S expect fpread in other places, and the fever fol- \ lowei it. In 1796 t]ie fécond part of the boofe ! was printed I expect at Newburyport : and the | fatne year the yellow fever made dreadful havoc | there ; but whethér the people kilkd in thât I place by this diforder, were eut ôff in anger like i thofe tîioufands at Philadeîphia, or not, lias not I been reveaied to me. I expect in any particuiar a dream. ' | The vile book it is likeiy has now been read | in South America ; and lo ! folemn tidings hâve I alrcady arrived from that part of my mafters J fchool. On the twentydixth of March 1812 a î tremendous earthquake, f espeft funk a town cal- ï led St. Philip, and killed i exped in a fhort time | a confiderable part of the people in nve or Gx | other places \ In two only or thefe towns, call- ï ed Laguira and Caracca?; it is éxpefted that more | than ten thoufands were drove by this fingle ! ftroke of the Lord from time to an cndîefs cter- § nitv ! | The vile book, of the infamous drunkard, it is | likelv, has been read in many parts of New- I Hampfhire, and behold folemn tidings aîfo,have I airived from that State. A fervant of the Lord } called the fpotted fever has proved fatal to many ! there. A number hâve been attacked by it, with | fuch ruthlefs fury, that they diec^ furprizingly I foon. Friend M'CoUom died one évening and I the next morning three of his children ceafed to t breathe ! A fchool mafter eating in gpod health f I expe£t, at a table, was fuddenly affailed by a ! pain in one of his arms, and fo quick^ahd p$yer- I fui wàs the ftern meffenger of wrath, in the^per- I formânee of his duty, that four houi| after he I firft complain'ed of that pain, the to#R|r#d man | was dead, and his lifelefs body ftrefc&ed on a f pièce of board ! S Thefe, as this book of the vile drunkard has | been printed but a few years, are it is^ikely but f about the begihning of ihe fweeping cùrfes that I God will fend to Americans : for if people get fit f for hell uncommanly faft, it h likélyihey wiîîbe ^ plunged uncommonly fait intô it. There is one | part cr ail of it, and one 01; thofe att^mpts permit- I t ed to fucceed fo far i expeft, that the liâmes with I a wful majefty, afcended far on the Eaft and Welt | ai nd on tKe]North and South of the furfaçe of the ! fii'thy fpot'of gfound, fo -abominably difgraced. | T his fire it is probable was kindled by one of $ TtOm Paine's bwn ugly children in the devil. I .With ail thc young children killed t>jr,this that will caufe men tç> eât the fruit pfjieir doirigs. About fixteen yeais çnly hâve rôlledav/ay fince the vile bcok was printed at;Newburyport, and lo ! already befides a variety^f other curfes lent to the place, or permitted ^ibtne, a confiderable number of âttetnnts have^'been made, to biirn a I eanthquake, and this spotted fever, it is like- I ly, tt is unspeakably well, through the ado- I râblé- grâce of him, by whose righteQusiieâs I the fr ee g^ift passeth on ail men to jostifica- I tion oflife, so far ï expect, that none can gct I to Hell tfor the sin of Adam, but many oth- • ers kilkd by thèse thihgs, it is likeiy are | with Pharaon, Côrah, Dathan, Abiram.and |TumP^ine! I Now / courteous "reader, since we know ! not what will be on the mo'rrow, and since 0 "our liïe is as it w^^re a vapour, that appear- i eth for a little ttr.ne and then vanisheth a- 1 way, let~us as long as we live in this world,' | give ail diligence lo hiake our calling and I élection sure. Let Us foçcver serve the I Lord with full purpose of heai% andr ,it as- | sured if we do, that ît will be for ewj well 1 with us. For all'such the sweet book a- | bounds with cheering comfcrt and animat- | ing--'confidence. I hâve room on this^a- $ per to write but little more,buta part ôfthe ï ninety-first Psalm, L sd v'ery much ^o my I purpose, and so unspeakably precious,4 that |'I choose to introduce it hère. In our En- | glish Bible, it appears much in the follow- | ing way, viz :— § ." Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror * by night ; nor for the arrow that fiieth by f day ; nor for the pestilence that walketh in | darkness ; nor for the destruction that waât- I eth at noon day. A thousand shall fall at | thy side, and ten thousand at thy right liand, | but it shaïlnot corne nigh thee. Only with I thine eyes shah thou behold and see the re-, f vard of the wicked. Because thou hast | made the Lord, which is'my refuge, even | the most High, thy habitation ; there shall | no evil befal thee, neither shall any plague | corne nigh thy dwelling," I O the extatic delight, the incessant joy, | the incxpfessible comfort, the traiisporting | raptures, which even in this ïife are the con- $ stàïit companions. both "day and night, of | them, who iove and serve the highest of the j High ! and O ! what a surprizing, what an | astoriishing, whaf an inexpressible weight | of glory is reêerved for them to enjoy, after ! the heavens vanisfi like a scroll and the el- I ements melt with fervent beat 1 I May the peerless Ruler, the unrivaled | Emperor of the glittering constellations aill | his potent blessing to this sermon, for the I sake of him who is with resplendent glory S and lustre more brilliant than the dazzhng $ lustre of the sun : J Of life. the ever living Bread, J) By which his joy fui iaints are fed. J> Amen and Amen. * -------- J P.. S. Perbaps we are charitably to hope that ma- h ny killed by the earthquake, and fever are mercifully J taken away frçrn the evil to corne. sh ** — J> Printed for the Author and sold by him. V . ^! \.:âxfr ,3* s$.*tfé 7 # • r r> ni / v- " W 7;/*)yY/ VA ^ 4 /• \\/7%