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Winter meditations directions how to employ the leisure of the winter for the glory…
Winter meditations directions how to employ the leisure of the winter for the glory of God : accompanied with reflections as well historical as theological, not only upon the circumstances of winter, but also upon the notable works of God, both in creation and Providence ... / by Cotton Mather ; with a preface of John Higginson.
Boston: printed by Benj. Harris, 1693
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
[Isa. 7.2.] Lord, Let me not be overcome with such Fears, that my Heart shall be waved, as the Trees of the Wood, are moved with the Wind.
[So I Read, Cant. 4.16.] Depart O Northwind, and Come, thou South; blow upon my Garden, that the Spices thereof may flow out.
The other Meteors that most abound in the ⟨p. 33⟩Winter, are the Aqu•••••nes, rather than the Ignite. The whole […] seems to be a Great Vaporary, or Alemb•• for the Generating of them; their Origin is that in Psal 135.7. and Jer. 10.13. God causes the Vapour to Ascend from the Ends of the Earth. Well then, Of these. When the RAIN falls upon us by a Resolution of Raised Vapours into drops of Water; Let our wishes be of this Import, and we shall have Showers of Blessing indeed; both in Summer and in Winter too.
The other Meteors that most abound in the ⟨p. 33⟩Winter, are the Aqu•••••nes, rather than the Ignite. The whole 〈…〉 seems to be a Great Vaporary, or Alemb•• for the Generating of them; their Origin is that in Psal 135.7. and