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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. The Blessed God, is a most Faithful God: The God of Truth. Oh! Let our God be True, in our Praises of Him, and Every man a Liar, that has the least Murmur of His being any other. In the midst of our deepest Lamentations, we must own that thing; Lam. III. 23. Great is thy Faithfulness. He is the Unchangeable One. He makes a Covenant, and He Changes not; Therefore the Church to be preserved according to His Covenant shall not be consumed. His Nature, and His Glory is that; Psal. III. 4, 5. The Lord is Gracious and full of Compassion; He will ever be mindful of His Covenant.
First. The Blessed God, is a most Faithful God: The God of Truth. Oh! Let our God be True, in our Praises of Him, and Every man a Lyar, that has the least Murmur of His being any other. In the midst of our deepest Lamentations, we must own that thing; Lam. III. 23. Great is thy Faithfulness. He is the Unchangeable One. He makes a Covenant, and He Changes not; Therefore the Church to be preserved according to His Covenant shall not be consumed. His Nature, and His Glory is that; Psal. III. 4, 5. The Lord is Gracious and full of Compassion; He will ever be mindful of His Covenant.
Again; Our Saviour with the Rainbow about His Head, appears before His Father, as well as unto His People. The Eternal Father is the God of our JESUS, He is in Covenant with Him. Our JESUS, is the Head of the Covenant which is made for the People of God; it is made with Him. Our Saviour presents Himself before God, as the Mediator of the Covenant. He pleads the Cause of His Church; He pleads for its Preservation. We are sure of that; Heb. IX. 24. He is gone into Heaven it self, now to appear in the presence of God for us. This Angel with the Rainbow, if He who took not on Him the Nature of Angels, and He who is, Above all Angels, may be ever called, An Angel; He is the Angel of the Covenant; and I will add, He is the Angel of His Presence. In the Presence of the Eternal Father, He makes this Demand; O my Father, my Father; The Church which I have died for, it must, not be Lost; Oh! Let it Live Eternally!