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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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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.
And since the Rainbow is not a Perfect Circle, if Moreover the Servants of God are Warned from thence, of the Imperfection, which will attend all Sublunary Things, we shall but go on to make an Improvement thereof, that some Wise Men have made before us. Look upon the Rainbow that wants Perfection, [its nearness to the Earth allows it not!] and say, I have Seen an End of all Perfection!
But, Finally, Let our Meditation carry us over, to another World, that has it. The Excellent Alsted advises us, from the Rainbow, to form a Meditation, of the Glory that shall be imparted by our Saviour, to our Bodies, at the Resurrection of the Dead. After this manner he gives us the Noble Reflection. Si Deus per Solem in Nubibus Excitat tam Splendidum Meteorum, multo magis ipse tanquam […] Justitiae in Corporibus ⟨p. 34⟩nostris aliquando Progignet admirabilem Splendorem. Our Saviour fetching up our Bodies into the Heavenly Places, will shine upon them, and communicate a Glory beyond that of the Rainbow to them; a Glory wherein, being Changed into the likeness of His Glorious Body, they shall Shine like the Brightness of the Firmament; Yea, Shine like the Sun, in the Kingdom of our Father.
But, Finally, Let our Meditation carry us over, to another World, that has it. The Excellent Alsted advises us, from the Rainbow, to form a Meditation, of the Glory that shall be imparted by our Saviour, to our Bodies, at the Resurrection of the Dead. After this manner he gives us the Noble Reflection. Si Deus per Solem in Nubibus Excitat tam Splendidum Meteorum, multo magis ipse tanquam 〈…〉 Justitiae in Corporibus ⟨p. 34⟩nostris aliquando Progignet admirabilem Splendorem. Our Saviour fetching up our Bodies into the Heavenly Places, will shine upon them, and communicate a Glory beyond that of the Rainbow to them; a Glory wherein, being Changed into the likeness of His Glorious Body, they shall Shine like the Brightness of the Firmament; Yea, Shine like the Sun, in the Kingdom of our Father.