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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.
2. The Glory of God is discovered in this work of His. Indeed all the works of God do manifest his Glory. Psal. 145.10. All thy works Praise thee. That is to say, they give just occasion to men to Praise God. All His works, and in particular this of the Snow, discovers the Glorious Attributes of God before all Mankind.
As now;
1. We may see the Wisdom of God therein. Psal. 104.24. How manifold are thy works? In wisdom hast thou made them all. So as to this work of his, the Wisdom of God is seen therein. As for the Clouds that contain the snow, the Wisdom of God does appear in them beyond all Humane Comprehension. The astonishing Wisdom of God is seen in framing and forming the Clouds. If we consider ⟨p. 82⟩the Number thereof, Job 38.27. Who can number the Clouds in wisdom? Job was a knowing man, and yet by that Argument, God convinces him of his great Ignorance. And if we consider the Weight of the Clouds, we see the Wisdom of GOD in upholding of them. Job 37.16. Dost thou know the Balancing of the Clouds, the wondrous works of Him who is perfect in Knowledge? God shows the Perfection of his Knowledge, His infinite Wisdom in this work of his. He weighs the Cloud as it were in a Balance; He knows its weight. What man can do this? The Clouds, those weighty Bodies hang in the Air, which shows both the Power and the Wisdom of God. And in that the Clouds of Rain distil by Drops on the Earth; and the Clouds of Snow does fall not all at once: Should one Cloud fall down all at once, it would destroy a whole Country. Moreover, Late Philosophers by the help of the Microscope have observed the wonderful Wisdom of God in the Figure of the Snow: Each stake is usually of a Sellate Form, and of six Angles of exact equal length from the Centre. It is like a little Star. A great man speaks