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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.
In short▪ The Church of our Saviour must Our live all the Attempts of Earth and Hell against it. The Story of the Church Surviving ⟨p. 55⟩all the Attempts of its Adversaries in the former Ages, is a wonderful Story. The Thread of the Story shall never be broken off! Our JESUS will have Subjects, His Bible will have Students, His Spirit will have Temples, let all the Devils in Hell do what they can to defeat such Intentions of Heaven. The Saviour with the Rainbow about His Head, will tread on the Head of the Old Serpent; All the Plots in that Bruised Head, shall come to nothing!
In short▪ The Church of our Saviour must Our live all the Attempts of Earth and Hell against it. The Story of the Church Surviving ⟨p. 55⟩all the Attempts of its Adversaries in the former Ages, is a wonderful Story. The Threed of the Story shall never be broken off! Our JESUS will have Subjects, His Bible will have Students, His Spirit will have Temples, let all the Devils in Hell do what they can to defeat such Intentions of Heaven. The Saviour with the Rainbow about His Head, will tread on the Head of the Old Serpent; All the Plots in that Bruised Head, shall come to nothing!
Secondly. The most Cloudy Times that pass over the Church of God, have their Mixtures of Mercy, and of Moderation in them. There's a Rainbow; The Clouds of Wrath are not so thick, not so spread, but there is a Sunshine of Mercy with them. If the Floods rise high; yet not so high, that all shall be covered; all overcome. It was a thing proposed; Hab. III 2. O Lord, Revive thy Work in the midst of the years; In wrath remember Mercy. His Church is His Work. In the midst of the Seventy Years assigned for the Captivity of the Jews, they found a Remarkable savour from the Court of Babylon, in what was done to one who represented them there. This Revived them in the midst of the years; This was Mercy in the midst of Wrath Indeed things may go very bad, with the Church; yet never so Bad, but they might be Worse. O the amazing Supplies of Grace which are sent in unto the Church, under its greatest Languishments There will be at least a battle