Lot 1587
Hussey, Joseph. A Warning from the Winds. A Sermon Preach'd Upon Wednesday, January XIX, 1704. Being the Day of Publick Humiliation, for the late Terrible, and Awakening Storm of Wind, Sent in Great Rebuke upon this Kingdom, November xxvi, xxviii 1703, first edition, errata slip laid down on title verso, some spotting and browning, 8vo, London: William and Joseph Marshall, 1704; bound with, The Stroke of Divine Soveraignty: or, A Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Mary Hussey... January 29, 1704, soiled, title torn, 8vo, London: William and Joseph Marshall, 1704, contemporary panelled calf, boards detached
The Great Storm of 1703 struck on November 23, 1703. Contemporary reports note that London lost over 2000 chimney stacks, while the New Forest lost more than 4000 oaks. On Goodwin Sands, more than 1000 seamen lost their lives. The Church of England declared that the storm was God's vengeance for the sins of the nation, while the Government declared January 19th, 1704 a day of fasting.
