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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.
Lastly. The People of God, they Mind Him of His Covenant; they point Him to His own Rainbow. They are a Praying People. Because they see a Rainbow about the Throne of Heaven, this Emboldens them to Approach the Throne; they come with Boldness unto it, as a Throne of Grace. They lay hold on all the Promises. The Cry of their Incessant Prayer to God is that; Jer. XIV. 21. O Remember, Break not thy Covenant with us. They are a People that also wait upon God in the Sacraments of His Covenant. By attending on the Sacraments, they Celebrate ⟨p. 52⟩the Covenant of God; they solicit for the performance of it. Yea, When they see those Commemorations of the Covenant in the Churches of the Lord, they Lift up their Hearts unto Him; O thou Great God, who keepest Covenant and Mercy; Remember thy Covenant of Mercy to thy People! And, I hope, the view of the Rainbow will now more than ever, have the like Improvement with them. The Glorious Hearer of Prayer will take notice of it.
Lastly. The People of God, they Mind Him of His Covenant; they point Him to His own Rainbow. They are a Praying People. Because they see a Rainbow about the Throne of Heaven, this Emboldens them to Approach the Throne; they come with Boldness unto it, as a Throne of Grace. They lay hold on all the Promises. The Cry of their Incessant Prayer to God is that; Jer. XIV. 21. O Remember, Break not thy Covenant with us. They are a People that also wait upon God in the Sacraments of His Covenant. By attending on the Sacraments, they Celebrate ⟨p. 52⟩the Covenant of God; they sollicit for the performance of it. Yea, When they see those Commemorations of the Covenant in the Churches of the Lord, they Lift up their Hearts unto Him; O thou Great God, who keepest Covenant and Mercy; Remember thy Covenant of Mercy to thy People! And, I hope, the view of the Rainbow will now more than ever, have the like Improvement with them. The Glorious Hearer of Prayer will take notice of it.