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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.
But now, Comfort ye, Comfort ye my Children, saith the Lord. Show my Rainbow unto them; Tell them, that I will be Ever mindful of my Covenant. The Children of God, may be sure, that in Remembrance of His Covenant with them, He will save them from the Floods, which threaten Destruction to them. Only, My Brethren, Be sure that you Remember one Direction; Psal. XXXII. 6. For this shall every ⟨p. 42⟩one that is Godly pray unto thee, in a Time, when thou mayst be found; Surely in the Floods of Great Waters, they shall not come nigh unto him. [One has thus given us the true sense of it. For this shall every Good man pray, when thou art to be found; And shall be safe in mighty Floods, when other men are drowned.] I Will first of all show you, what the Comforts are, that May delight and support your Souls, and keep you from Sinking in the multitude of your Thoughts within you; The Comforts to be read in this Rainbow on the Head of your Lovely Saviour.
But now, Comfort ye, Comfort ye my Children, saith the Lord. Show my Rainbow unto them; Tell them, that I will be Ever mindful of my Covenant. The Children of God, may be sure, that in Remembrance of His Covenant with them, He will save them from the Floods, which threaten Destruction to them. Only, My Brethren, Be sure that you Remember one Direction; Psal. XXXII. 6. For this shall every ⟨p. 42⟩one that is Godly pray unto thee, in a Time, when thou mayst be found; Surely in the Floods of Great Waters, they shall not come nigh unto him. [One has thus given us the true sense of it. For this shall every Good man pray, when thou art to be found; And shall be safe in mighty Floods, when other men are drown'd.] I Will first of all show you, what the Comforts are, that May delight and support your Souls, and keep you from Sinking in the multitude of your Thoughts within you; The Comforts to be read in this Rainbow on the Head of your Lovely Saviour.