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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.
[Gen 7.2] Lord, Rescue me and the World, from the Sins, that once provoked thee, to make it Rain upon the Earth, Forty Days and Forty Nights, till a Desolating Flood came upon the World.
[Ezr 10.9.] Lord, Let a great Rain cause me to Tremble at thy greater Judgments.
[Prov 27.15] Lord, Send not upon me, an Affliction which may be as a continual Dropping in a very Rainy Day.
[Prov 16.15] Lord, Let thy Favour in the Favour of my Rulers be to me, As a Cloud of the Latter Rain.
[Hos 6.3] Lord, Came unto me, in a way ⟨p. 36⟩of mercy, As the Rain, as the latter and the former Rain upon the Earth.