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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.
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Fourthly. Our Great Saviour, the Ruler of the World, aims at the Good of His Church, in all the Changes which He brings upon the World. This, is a very Turneable World; very Changeable. Others besides that King of Egypt, the Great Sesostrys, whom our Bible calls by the Name of Shishak, ⟨p. 58⟩have seen a Wheel Turning about. Tis a most Elegant and Expressive Hieroglyphic, which our Prophet Ezekiel had of it, in his Vision of the Wheels. There is a Tradition, that Pythagoras invented his, from his Acquaintance with Ezekiels, who was his contemporary. He saw four Wheels. Will you give me leave to Say, That here is a Wheel for each of the Four Great Monarchies. The Last of them is now Turning apace. Our Immortal King is bringing the Wheel over that wicked Empire. Will you give me leave also to Say, That here is a Wheel for each of the Four Quarters of the World? Then be sure America must be concerned in the Turning of the Last Wheel; and verily, we find it so to our Wonderment. Well, but who has the Management of all these Wheels? Truly, Our Saviour with a Rainbow about Him? All the Angels in Heaven, who have their uncontrollable Influences on Humane affairs, are but the Officers of our Saviour; they Execute His Orders; they are the Ministers which do His Pleasure. We read how the Wheels are managed; Ezek. I. 26, 28. On the Throne, there was the Appearance of a MAN above upon it: [That MAN, tis our JESUS, tis our JESUS! We know, tis He!] It follows; As the Appearance of the Bow that is in the Cloud in the Day of Rain; [The RAINBOW!] So was the Appearance of the Brightness round about. From our JESUS on the Throne we are now so advertised; O my dear People, I remember my Covenant for you: And in all the Turns which I bring upon the World, I am fulfilling of it!
Fourthly. Our Great Saviour, the Ruler of the World, aims at the Good of His Church, in all the Changes which He brings upon the World. This, is a very Turneable World; very Changeable. Others besides that King of Egypt, the Great Sesostrys, whom our Bible calls by the Name of Shishak, ⟨p. 58⟩have seen a Wheel Turning about. Tis a most Elegant and Expressive Hieroglyphick, which our Prophet Ezekiel had of it, in his Vision of the Wheels. There is a Tradition, that Pythagoras invented his, from his Acquaintance with Ezekiels, who was his contemporary. He saw four Wheels. Will you give me leave to Say, That here is a Wheel for each of the Four Great Monarchies. The Last of them is now Turning apace. Our Immortal King is bringing the Wheel over that wicked Empire. Will you give me leave also to Say, That here is a Wheel for each of the Four Quarters of the World? Then besure America must be concerned in the Turning of the Last Wheel; and verily, we find it so to our Wonderment. Well, but who has the Management of all these Wheels? Truly, Our Saviour with a Rainbow about Him? All the Angels in Heaven, who have their uncontroleable Influences on Humane affairs, are but the Officers of our Saviour; they Execute His Orders; they are the Ministers which do His Pleasure. We read how the Wheels are managed;