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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.
The SAVIOUR with His Rainbow. At BOSTON-Lecture. 12. d. 5. m. 1711.
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. At BOSTON-Lecture. 12. d. 5. m. 1711.
REV. X. 1. A Rainbow was upon his Head.
IT is the Head of your admirable Saviour, which, O Distressed People of God, now appears before you. Oh! Behold it, with sweet Encouragements; with just Astonishments! The Head about which we now see the comfortable Rainbow, is thy Head, O thou Church of the Living God; It is HE, whom God has Placed as thy Head, and thou thy Self hast chosen Him, hast owned Him.
When you see what it is that this Mighty Angel comes down from Heaven to do; That He comes with a loud Voice to proclaim the End of the Time for the Reign of Sin and Satan in the World, and make a Demand of this Lower World, for the Kingdom of the Great Redeemer, how, how can you forbear a loud Voice of Supplications▪ Great God, Send this Mighty Angel […] wrong […]
When you see what it is that this Mighty Angel comes down from Heaven to do; That He comes with a loud Voice to proclame the End of the Time for the Reign of Sin and Satan in the World, and make a Demand of this Lower World, for the Kingdom of the Great Redeemer, how, how can you forbear a loud Voice of Supplications Great God, Send this Mighty Angel wrong