1796 EARTHQUAKE BOSTON-NEW-ENGLAND-HAMPSHIRE Bible 16

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1796 Nathaniel Gookin "THE DAY OF TROUBLE NEAR, THE TOKENS OF IT, AND A DUE PREPARATION FOR IT in three sermons on Ezekiel vii. 7. The first of which was preached on the Lord's Day, October 29, 1727. Which was the day immediately preceding the late earthquake: The other two were prepared for, and one of them was preached on a day of public fasting and prayer, Nov. 16. and the other on Lord's Day Nov. 19. : To which is added, a sermon on Deuteronomy V. 29. Preached the Wednesday after that awakening providence; and an Appendix, giving some of account of the earthquake, as it was in Hampton, and something remarkable of thunder and lightning in that town, in the year 1727. / By Nathaniel Gookin, M.A. Pastor of the Old Church in Hampton, in N. Hampshire". Exeter: Printed and sold by Samuel Winslow, 1796. 12mo. Original Colonial Leather binding and hinges, starting and weak. With 102pp. Including the rare appendix at rear! front blank only, otherwise 100% COMPLETE!!! Collation: vi, [1], 8-102 p. Signatures: A-H I1,2,3. Horizontal worm hole to inner margin on last few pages affecting a few letters or a word, not bad. BEAUTIFUL WOODCUT ANGEL PRINTER'S DEVICE ON LAST PAGE OF APPENDIX / BOOK, WITH "FINIS" UNDERNEATH! First Published in Boston in 1727, on the imminent Day of Trouble, an earthquake followed later the same day, giving Gookin the reputation of a great prophet. This edition includes an account of the earthquake as well as of a severe thunder and lightning storm. Evans 30501

. EXTREMELY VALUABLE EARLY COLONIAL ACCOUNT OF THE FAMOUS NEW ENGLAND EARTHQUAKE OF 1727!