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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.
Finally; The Fate of Mankind, under the Law of Mortality, is thus described unto us; Psal. XC. 5. Thou carriest them away as with a Flood. Believer, Thou also must in thy Fathers Time for it, be Carried away. Death, Death, is unavoidable. But thy Head is always above Water; Thou shalt not always lie among the Dead. The Quickening Spirit of that Head will fetch out of the Grave, all that belong unto Him. When the Black Waters of Death have Compassed thee about, ⟨p. 45⟩and the Depth has Closed thee round about, and thou art gone down to the Bottom of the Mountains; thou shalt not have cause to complain, The Earth with its Bars is about me for ever! No, Thou wilt bring up our Life from Corruption, we know it, we know it, O Lord our God. Ah, Dying Believer; Thy Saviour who was once Dead, is Risen from the Dead. On the Rainbow about His Head, O Read what is written; Behold, I am alive, and I live for evermore. Because I live, thou shalt also live. Heaven, that high Seat of the Rainbow, yea, an higher Heaven shall be the Seat of the Raised Believer too. The Risen Saviour will infallibly Raise the Believer. Child of God, Thy Sin has washed thee over-board. O cruel Wave! It lays thee in the Deeps. But the Hand of thy Kind Saviour will take thee up;— will pull thee up, and show wonders to the Dead;— Thou shalt Rise, and Praise Him!†
Finally; The Fate of Mankind, under the Law of Mortality, is thus described unto us; Psal. XC. 5. Thou carriest them away as with a Flood. Believer, Thou also must in thy Fathers Time for it, be Carried away. Death, Death, is unavoidable. But thy Head is always above Water; Thou shalt not always ly among the Dead. The Quickning Spirit of that Head will fetch out of the Grave, all that belong unto Him. When the Black Waters of Death have Compassed thee about, ⟨p. 45⟩and the Depth has Clos'd thee round about, and thou art gone down to the Bottom of the Mountains; thou shalt not have cause to complain, The Earth with its Bars is about me for ever! No, Thou wilt bring up our Life from Corruption, we know it, we know it, O Lord our God. Ah, Dying Believer; Thy Saviour who was once Dead, is Risen from the Dead. On the Rainbow about His Head, O Read what is written; Behold, I am alive, and I live for evermore. Because I live, thou shalt also live. Heaven, that high Seat of the Rainbow, yea, an higher Heaven shall be the Seat of the Raised Believer too. The Risen Saviour will infallibly Raise the Believer. Child of God, Thy Sin has wash'd thee over-board. O cruel Wave! It layes thee in the Deeps. But the Hand of thy Kind Saviour will take thee up;— will pull thee up, and show wonders to the Dead;— Thou shalt Rise, and Praise Him!