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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 that the matter out of which it is generated is of Gods making. The Snow is made out of the Elements: But those Elements God the Almighty made by His own Infinite Power. There is Fire and Light in the very Snow. But who made the Fire? It was as all other Creatures are, originally from God. Some late Astronomers have observed, that there is a mighty Ocean of Fire in the body of the Sun. It is the Great God that has ⟨p. 76⟩made that Fire. He hath placed it in the Heavens: Nothing can be hid from the heat thereof. Psal. 19.6. There is Air in the Snow, as appears by the Levity of it. God made the Air. There is Water in the Snow, you see it melts into Water. God made the Water. There is Earth in the Snow, when it is distilled Earthly particles are observed in it. God made the Earth. So then the Snow is Gods work. The Snow is generated as the Rain is, viz. by the influence of the Sun and Stars, Exhaling Vapours from the Earth and Sea, which are turned into Clouds of rain, and into Clouds of snow by the Providence of God: And there is a Glorious Providence of God in causing it to be so. The holy Prophets of old were affected with the Contemplation of it. We see the Prophet Jeremiah was so. Jer. 10.13. And hence when there was a sad Drought on the Land of Israel, the Prophet Amos speaks, as in Amos 5.8. Seek to Him that makes the Seven Stars and Orion. That is to say, that makes Summer and Winter. The Seven Stars are the Summer Constellation, they bring on the spring and summer; and Orion is a Winter Constellation, which ⟨p. 77⟩is attended with snow and cold, as at this Day.
1. In that the matter out of which it is generated is of Gods making. The Snow is made out of the Elements: But those Elements God the Almighty made by His own Infinite Power. There is Fire and Light in the very Snow. But who made the Fire? It was as all other Creatures are, originally from God. Some late Astronomers have observed, that there is a mighty Ocean of Fire in the body of the Sun. It is the Great God that has ⟨p. 76⟩