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Thoughts for the day of rain. In two essay's
Thoughts for the day of rain. In two essay's: I. The Gospel of the rainbow. In the meditations of piety, on the appearance of the bright clouds, with the bow of God upon them. II. The Saviour with his rainbow. And the covenant which God will remember to his people in the cloudy times that are passing over them. / By Cotton Mather., D.D. ; [Seven lines of quotations]
printed by B. Green, 1712
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First. The Bow is only to be seen above the Earth. Accordingly, tis only in this Life, and while we are yet above the Earth, that we have our Opportunity to lay Hold on the Offered Mercy of God. Lord, They that go down into the Pit, cannot hope for thy Truth.
Secondly, Tho' the Bow has no Arrows upon it, yet the Impenitent will find, the Great GOD, has His Quiver full of them. The Great God has Treasures of Wrath, and fearful Reserves of Plagues for the Impenitent. He says, I will heap Mischiefs upon them, I will spend my Arrows upon them.
Secondly, Tho' the Bow has no Arrows upon it, yet the Impenitent will find, the Great GOD, has His Quiver full of them. The Great God has Treasures of Wrath, and fearful Reserves of Plagues for the Impenitent. He sayes, I will heap Mischiefs upon them, I will spend my Arrows upon them.
I pass on, to take notice, in the Fourth place; of some Lessons which the Rainbow may give us, concerning the Covenant and the Kingdom of our Saviour. Some of the most Judicious Men in the World, and such as have been the farthest from indulging and humouring a roving Fancy, have ye noted such Things as these. The Rainbow never fills a Circle, nor makes more than a Semicircle. The Kingdom of our Lord in His Church, has in this thing a Picture ⟨p. 33⟩of it. It is part on Earth; part Above. Our Saviour was on Earth when He Suffered for us, and began His Kingdom; He went up from Earth to Heaven; and will come down from Heaven to Earth again. The Afflictions attending the Kingdom of our Lord in the World, and the Enemies not yet all wholly subdued, make the Condition of a Semicircle too agreeable unto it. The Circle will not be filled up, till the Kingdom shall be delivered up unto the Father, and God shall become All in All.