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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.
The first among all the Meteors of the winter, that uses to be considered, is that of, The WIND, which Plato defines as well as any since, to be, The motion of the Air about the Earth.
Asper ab Axe ruit Boreas, furit Eurus ab ortu, Auster amat medium solem, Zephyrusque cadentem.
But, Whatever Point of the Compass, the Wind blows upon, Let it blow some Good Thoughts into our Minds, and it will be no Ill Wind unto us. Now let these be the Withes of your Souls; Let this now be the still voice of your Souls, and the Lord will be in the Wind.
But, Whatever Point of the Compass, the VVind blows upon, Let it blow some Good Thoughts into our Minds, and it will be no Ill VVind unto us. Now let these be the Withes of your Souls; Let this now be the still voice of your Souls, and the Lord will be in the VVind.
[Ezek. 37.19.] Lord, Let the Breath come from the four winds, and breathe upon thy slain people every where, that they may Live.