The Lay-Man's Sermon upon the Late Storm
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By Daniel Defoe 4 Jun, 2020
This Text is not chosen more for the Suitableness to the present Calamity, which has been the Portion of this Place, than for the aptness of the Circumstances, 'twas spoken of God going to Chastise, a Powerful, Populous, Wealthy and most reprobate Ci ... Read more
This Text is not chosen more for the Suitableness to the present Calamity, which has been the Portion of this Place, than for the aptness of the Circumstances, 'twas spoken of God going to Chastise, a Powerful, Populous, Wealthy and most reprobate City. Nineveh was the Seat of a mighty Empire, a Wealthy Encreasing People, Opulent in Trade, Flourishing in Power, and Proud in Proportion. The Prophet does not seem to deliver these words, to the Ninevites, to convince them, or incline them to consider their own Circumstances and repent, but he seems to speak, it to the Israelites inviting them to Triumph and Insult over the Heathen adversary, by setting forth the Power of their God, in the most exalted terms. Less
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Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 [?] - 1731) was an English writer, journalist, and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of ...
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