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Work upon the ark. Meditations upon the ark as a type of the church
Work upon the ark. Meditations upon the ark as a type of the church; delivered in a sermon at Boston, and now dedicated unto the service of all, but especially of those whose concerns lye in ships. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green, 1689
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
As there were many Typical Men, to be ••nd among the Saints of the Old Testament; […] Typical Persons, and Typical Orders; thus ••re were Typical Things, then likewise to be ••madverted on. And those Typical Things […] to be divided into two sorts; they were ••her more Occasional, or more Perpetual. For the ••re Occasional Typical Things, we may distribute ••em into Typical Objects, and Typical Actions. […] the Fleet of Occasional Typical Objects, methinks •oahs ARK may ride Admiral; 'tis the first; & •hold how the Apostle here declares the Ty•••al Nature & Import of it. The Apostle here •••tly and fitly introduces a Discourse upon the […] built by Noah long ago: in which Eight […] were Saved by Water; that is, Noah, and […] Wife, and his Three Sons, and their Wives ••ing aboard, the Water of the Flood lifted up ••e Ark in which they were, so that they peri••ed not. The History of the Flood, and so of […], is too well known to need any distinct •••petition in this Discourse. But upon this […] adds, in express terms, We have the AN••TYPE thereof. And what is that Antitype? Why, as Water buoyed up those that were in […] Ark, so Baptism does those that are in the ⟨p. 4⟩Church towards Heaven; there is a blesse• Help of Salvation in it.
As there were many Typical Men, to be ••nd among the Saints of the Old Testament; 〈…〉 Typical Persons, and Typical Orders; thus ••re were Typical Things, then likewise to be madverted on. And those Typical Things to be divided into two sorts; they were her more Occasional, or more Perpetual. For the re Ocasional Typical Things, we may distribute em into Typical Objects, and Typical Actions. the Fleet of Occasional Typical Objects, methinks oahs ARK may ride Admiral; 'tis the first; & hold how the Apostle here declares the Tyal Nature & Import of it. The Apostle here tly and fitly introduces a Discourse upon the built by Noah long ago: in which Eight were Saved by Water; that is, Noah, and Wife, and his Three Sons, and their Wives ing aboard, the Water of the Flood lifted up e Ark in which they were, so that they peried not. The History of the Flood, and so of , is too well known to need any distinct petition in this Discourse. But upon this adds, in express terms, We have the ANTYPE thereof. And what is that Antitype? Why, as Water buoy'd up those that were in Ark, so Baptism does those that are in the