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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.
What tho' there be dismal Clouds! The Clouds gather; Look very dismally; tis true. But, of thy Saviour, thou hast been told, Behold, He cometh with Clouds!
I will go on to say; Tis a dreadful thing unto Good Men, to see such a Death upon all that is Good in the World. Every thing lies Dead: Zeal, tis Dead; Love, tis Cold & Dead; The Life of Religion is gone. A Public Spirit, its Dead; The Success of the Gospel, seems Dead. Churches, Oh! how Cadaverous are they! What Putrefactions in them! O ye Witnesses of the Lord, you also, are either Dead, or at least have not got off your Grave-Clothes. And yet, this may the rather be the Time for a Speedy Appearance of our Saviour. It was a Prediction; Mat. XXIV. 28. Wheresoever the Carcass is, there will the Eagles be gathered together. I take it for a Prediction of our Lords coming, with His Gospel, as the Lightning, to Ruin Antichrist, & Reform His People. The Church at this Time; is to be like a Dead Carcass; partly so, by Sufferings: much more so, by Corruptions. Our Saviour will now come as a Glorious Eagle; so He did, when He brought His Dead People from Egypt of old. And, because He will use His Mighty Angels in what He is to do, marvel not, that you hear of Eagles, in the Plural Number for it.
I will go on to say; Tis a dreadful thing unto Good Men, to see such a Death upon all that is Good in the World. Every thing lies Dead: Zeal, tis Dead; Love, tis Cold & Dead; The Life of Religion is gone. A Publick Spirit, its Dead; The Success of the Gospel, seems Dead. Churches, Oh! how Cadaverous are they! What Putrefactions in them! O ye Witnesses of the Lord, you also, are either Dead, or at least have not got off your Grave-Cloathes. And yet, this may the rather be the Time for a Speedy Appearance of our Saviour. It was a Prediction; Mat. XXIV. 28. Wheresoever the Carcase is, there will the Eagles be gathered together. I take it for a Prediction of our Lords coming, with His Gospel, as the Lightning, to Ruine Antechrist, & Reform His People. The Church at this Time; is to be like a Dead Carcase; partly so, by Sufferings: much more so, by Corruptions. Our Saviour will now come as a Glorious Eagle; so He did, when He brought His Dead People from Egypt of old. And, because He will use His Mighty Angels in what He is to do, marvel not, that you hear of Eagles, in the Plural Number for it.