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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 GOSPEL of the Rainbow. › Meditation 2: The Second MEDITATION.
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.
The Rainbow is Expressly called. A Token of the Covenant. One would suspect, the Pagant ⟨p. 18⟩had some Notion of this; when they would have this Meteor to be, Internuncia Deorum, the Messenger of the Gods. With Homer 'tis, [Greek or Hebrew], as if one should say, An Angel of the Covenant. He represents Iris therefore, as being sent with a peremptory Command unto Neptune, that he should not aid the Graecians; doubtless, by the Swelling of the Waters. The Name Iris, perhaps may be from [Greek or Hebrew], i. e. [Greek or Hebrew]. Or, from the Chaldee, Ir, an Angel.
The Rainbow is Expresly called. A Token of the Covenant. One would suspect, the Pagant ⟨p. 18⟩had some Notion of this; when they would have this Meteor to be, Internuncia Deorum, the Messenger of the Gods. With Homer 'tis, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, as if one should say, An Angel of the Covenant. He represents Iris therefore, as being sent with a peremptory Command unto Neptune, that he should not aid the Graecians; doubtless, by the Swelling of the Waters. The Name Iris, perhaps may be from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, i. e. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Or, from the Chaldee, Ir, an Angel.
Some will have the Rainbow, to be a Token of the Covenant, which may be called, Quedammodo Naturale; inasmuch as it is only seen, when the Clouds are so thin, as to give no Apprehensions of Showers enough to make another Flood. Valesius accordingly says, Qui enim possit, cum neque Caelum totum Obductum nubibus sit neque quae adsunt sunt valde densae? Thus Aquinas, and Cajetan, and Cardan; Thus among the Hebrews, R. Levi Ben Gerson; who is also followed by Vossius. But some will hardly allow the Expression; because the Flood was not accomplished by mere Showers; but with some Supernatural Circumstances. The Rainbow they will have to be a Token of the Covenant purely by Institution. And with very much of Reason, if the Prognostications of the [Greek or Hebrew], the Pluvius Vates, (as the Rainbow was of old called) be as Uncertain as Pliny would make them; Nam ne pluvios quidem, aut Serenos Dies, cum Fide portendunt. And yet we can't but own there is in the Rainbow some sort of Analogy, with the Covenant,