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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.
First. Have you a Flood of Adversity beating on you? Perhaps you may suffer a vast weight of Adversity; Troublesome Occurrences, Innumerable, Irresistible. The Roaring Billows of Adversity rolling in upon you, may make you cry out, Save me, O God, for the Waters are come in unto my Soul, I am come into deep Waters, where the Floods overflow me. Hear the Answer from the Rainbow. Ah, Thou afflicted and tossed with Tempest; Be thou Comforted: Thy Lord will step in and save thee. He will fulfil that Promise of His Covenant unto thee; Isa. XLIII. 2. When thou passest through' the Waters, I will be with thee, they shall not overflow thee.
First. Have you a Flood of Adversity beating on you? Perhaps you may suffer a vast weight of Adversity; Troublesome Occurrences, Innumerable, Irresistble. The Roaring Billows of Adversity rolling in upon you, may make you cry out, Save me, O God, for the Waters are come in unto my Soul, I am come into deep Waters, where the Floods overflow me. Hear the Answer from the Rainbow. Ah, Thou afflicted and tossed with Tempest; Be thou Comforted: Thy Lord will step in and save thee. He will fulfil that Promise of His Covenant unto thee; Isa. XLIII. 2. When thou passest thro' the Waters, I will be with thee, they shall not overflow thee.
Again; Does a Flood of Corruption rise in your Souls? Perhaps, the power of Corruption in you may be such, that you may think, I shall one day perish by the Hand of such or such a Sin! Lust may so prevail against Grace, that you can see no hope of Grace ever getting the Upperhand. ⟨p. 43⟩O Soul, Mourning because of the Oppression of an Adversary that provoketh thee sore▪ Mourn on, Mourn on; And then know, that the Spirit of God will dry up those cursed Waters. Tho' thy Grace be but a Spark, yet many Waters shall not quench it, neither the Floods drown it. Thy Saviour will fufil unto thee that promise of His Covenant;