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The voice of God, in stormy winds. Considered, in two sermons, occasioned by the…
The voice of God, in stormy winds. Considered, in two sermons, occasioned by the dreadful and unparalleled storm, in the European nations. Novemb. 27th. 1703. / By Increase Mather. ; [Five lines of quotations]The voice of God, in stormy winds. Considered, in two sermons, occasioned by the dreadful and unparallel'd storm, in the European nations. Novemb. 27th. 1703. / By Increase Mather. ; [Five lines of quotations]
printed by T. Green for Nicholas Buttolph, 1704
Title page typeset from the transcription.
GOD is to be Praised, For Giving Snow like Wool.GOD is to be Praised, For Giving Snow like VVool.
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.
1. In respect of the Whiteness thereof. Isa. 1.18. The Lord says to His People, tho' ⟨p. 72⟩your sins have been as Scarlet, they shall be white as Snow, tho' red like Crimson, they shall be as Wool. Scarlet and Crimson are of a red Colour, and Snow and Wool of a white. Although' there is Black Wool, and in some parts of the world there is Snow that will turn Red after it has lain long on the Earth, nevertheless, usually Whiteness is the Colour of it. It is a Scripture Expression, white as snow.
1. In respect of the Whiteness thereof. Isa. 1.18. The Lord sayes to His People, tho' ⟨p. 72⟩your sins have been as Scarlet, they shall be white as Snow, tho' red like Crimson, they shall be as Wool. Scarlet and Crimson are of a red Colour, and Snow and Wool of a white. Altho' there is Black Wool, and in some parts of the world there is Snow that will turn Red after it has lain long on the Earth, nevertheless, usually Whiteness is the Colour of it. It is a Scripture Expression, white as snow.
2. In respect of Softness. Hence is the Proverbial Expression, As soft as wool. So as soft as snow. When it first falls on the Ground, if a man should fall on it, he'll receive no more hurt thereby than if he should fall on Wool. It is near akin to water in respect of the softness of it. This our senses confirm I am not ignorant, that some late Enquirers into the works of Nature, suppose a Snowy Cloud to be an infinite Number of Icicles, and that Snow is Ice, & therefore hard. We must then call it woolly Ice.
2. In respect of Softness. Hence is the Proverbial Expression, As soft as wool. So as soft as snow. When it first falls on the Ground, if a man should fall on it, he'l receive no more hurt thereby than if he should fall on Wool. It is near akin to water in respect of the softness of it. This our senses confirm I am not ignorant, that some late Enquirers into the works of Nature, suppose a Snowy Cloud to be an infinite Number of Icicles, and that Snow is Ice, & therefore hard. We must then call it woolly Ice.