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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
THE Saviour with His Rainbow.
Amici, quum legisset, Carmen Gratulatorium.
To the Reverend, Doctor COTTON MATHER. SIR,
AN Iris you display, that mars her Pride Which on the Circuit of the Clouds doth ride. Tho' that exceeds all the Fair Tribes that come To paint the Rooms in Pan-meteorum. Your RAINBOW spreads a far more splendid Train, Than Sol himself when Shining after Rain. Nay, than the bright Effulgences that run Through' the Empyreal Court, and mock the Sun. It Crowns the Temples of the Glorious Head Which lasting Rays from Light Essential shed. ⟨p. 36⟩The Church has, how Good Aspects from the Bow! What Arrows does it scatter on the Foe! It tells the Changes of the Ages past, And bodes the Glories coming in the last. The Heavenly Messenger proclaims the birth Of the Redeemers Promised Reign on Earth. The sense of this Fair Signal, who would know, Let him unto out Cunning Archer go; (To You, who Teach the Use, Sir, Of the Bow!) The Bow is managed, he'll confess at length, By one, whose own, still, does Abide in Strength.
AN Iris you display, that mars her Pride Which on the Circuit of the Clouds doth ride. Tho' that exceeds all the Fair Tribes that come To paint the Rooms in Pan-meteorum. Your RAINBOW spreads a far more splendid Train, Than Sol himself when Shining after Rain. Nay, than the bright Effulgences that run Thro' the Empyreal Court, and mock the Sun. It Crowns the Temples of the Glorious Head Which lasting Rays from Light Essential shed.