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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
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The SAVIOUR with His Rainbow. At BOSTON-Lecture. 12. d. 5. m. 1711.
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Secondly. When we see the Baptism of the Lord administered, these Meditations may be very Seasonably awakened. It is no small Advantage, to be minded of the Covenant, which our God has made with our JESUS for us, and with us, in our JESUS. We are minded of this Covenant after an Excellent Manner, by the Administration of Baptism in our Congregations. God Sanctifies the Sight of this Administration, as well as the other Ordinances in the Assembles of Zion; and it is a Profane Folly to make light of a thing which God uses for an Instrument of so much Good unto the Souls of Men. As in any Sprinkled Water, the Light easily causes a sort of a Rainbow, so in the Baptismal Water, we see the Rainbow about our Saviour; He there and thence calls to the Beholders; O my People, I will be ever mindful of my Covenant! Let our Glad Souls be Sensible of this. I mention it the ⟨p. 48⟩rather, because I find, 1 Pet. III. 19. Baptism is made the Antitype of the Flood; unto which the Rainbow has Relation. The Old Man in us, is like the Old World; under a Curse. The Blood of our Saviour washing away the Guilt of our Sin; and the Spirit of our Saviour taking away the Life of our Sin; are both of 'em compared unto Waters. By these Waters, the Old Man is destroyed in our Souls, as the Old World was by the Flood. The New Man, like Noah in the Ark, is by these Waters, Raised up, and brought nearer to God. In this Way tis, that the Blessings of the Covenant become our Portion. Sirs; When you see a Person Baptised in our Congregations; then think! O that Blessed Covenant! According to that, only my Sin shall be drowned; But I my self shall be Raised unto the nearest communion with Heaven. Yea, a Resurrection from the Dead will be bestowed upon me!
Secondly. When we see the Baptism of the Lord administred, these Meditations may be very Seasonably awakened. It is no small Advantage, to be minded of the Covenant, which our God has made with our JESUS for us, and with us, in our JESUS. We are minded of this Covenant after an Excellent Manner, by the Administration of Baptism in our Congregations. God Sanctifies the Sight of this Administration, as well as the other Ordinances in the Assembles of Zion; and it is a Profane Folly to make light of a thing which God uses for an Instrument of so much Good unto the Souls of Men. As in any Sprinkled Water, the Light easily causes a sort of a Rainbow, so in the Baptismal Water, we see the Rainbow about our Saviour; He there and thence calls to the Beholders; O my People, I will be ever mindful of my Covenant! Let our Glad Souls be Sensible of this. I mention it the