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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.
I greatly suspect, that we are fallen into the Period, ⟨p. 63⟩for the Effusion of the Vials, which brings the Last Plagues on the Papal Empire: It looks, as if the first of them, were newly dispensed; A Boil on the Earth; A Pestilence on the Inland Parts of that Empire. I tremble at the Second. — But they will all be Rainbows of Hope, for the pure Worshippers & Followers of the Holy JESUS.
I greatly suspect, that we are fallen into the Period, ⟨p. 63⟩for the Effusion of the Vials, which brings the Last Plagues on the Papal Empire: It looks, as if the first of them, were newly dispensed; A Boyl on the Earth; A Pestilence on the Inland Parts of that Empire. I tremble at the Second. — But they will all be Rainbowes of Hope, for the pure Worshippers & Followers of the Holy JESUS.
Finally; But must my poor NEW-ENGLAND, have no part in the Rainbow, about Him, that has hitherto been the Hope of NEW-ENGLAND, and the Saviour thereof in the Time of Trouble! Yea; And tho' there is no Particular Church, but what may be drowned, yet I Suppose, tis not until it neglect the Rainbow, and by overgrown Impiety & Impenitency forget the Everlasting Covenant And, O poor Flocks in the Wilderness; will you do so? I confess, we are very criminal; and all out crimes have peculiar Aggravations. Yea, there are some very Base People among us; People who do things that Pagans would abhor to do; People who bring a Blemish on all the Country. But yet, first, the Body of the People, are a Sober, Honest, Well-instructed People. All Civil Travellers who do them Justice give them this Testimony. Then, there is also Scattered all over the Country, a Generation of Serious, Prayerful, Watchful Christians; many that make no Noise, are the Humble Favourites of Heaven; the Chariots & Horsemen of the Land, & yet by their Modesty almost Invisible. The Charities of these Christians, especially in this Town, they are going up as Memorials before God continually. There is likewise ⟨p. 64⟩