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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. 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 ⟨p. 56⟩Reviving. What Ezra of old called, A Little Reviving to set up the House of our God. The Church will find that thing; Psalm LXXVIII. 38. He does not stir up all His wrath. The Church will find, the Saviour with His Rainbow, dealing according to that word; I am with thee, I will correct thee in measure. That word; He stays His Rough Wind, in the Day of the East Wind. The Calamities of the Church, have Glorious Mitigations.
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 assign'd 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