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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.
OBSERVATION VI.
The Church of God has the means o• Light afforded unto it. The Ark had […] Window or a Casement in it; as we read i• Gen. 6.16. Which was probably in th• Upper Story of the Ark; just below […] Roof, which by the Declivity of a […] ⟨p. 21⟩••rried off the Rain that fell upon it. It •as made Strait without, and Broad with••, that the Light might thereby the better […] diffused. No doubt Noah by Cranes and •••pes and proper Engines pulling up the […] Quantity of Excrements in the Lower ••ories of the Ark, did here turn them out. •nd it is besides probable, that there were •ere and there, Little port-holes in the sides […] the Ark, which conveyed Breath as •ell as Light, unto the Animals in the •old. Well, The church of God is likewise a place of Light; and a twofold Light […] find shining there. It is the Name of […] Lord Jesus Christ, in John 1 9. He is […] Light of the World. Now 'tis in the […] of the Church, that the Sun of Righteousness is moving from Day to Day. It is moreover the Singular Quality and Excellence of the Scripture, which is noted in sal. 119.105. Thy Word is a Light unto my […]. Now 'tis the Church that is the Canstick, in which this Candle s exhibited nto us; upon which account it is also cald, The pillar of Truth.