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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 4: The Fourth 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.
And again, Omnia Cessabunt, tellus Confracta peribit; Sic pariter fonts, torrents, fluminaque igni.
And again, Omnia Cessabunt, tellus Confracta peribit; Sic pariter fontes, torrentes, fluminaque igni.
Justin quotes Verses of Sophocles, that foretell a Conflagration wherein All things will be utterly destroyed, and neither Earth nor Sea, shall be found any where any more. Clemens Al. quotes Verses of Diphilus, that Sing the same Ditty. Ovid also tells us, Esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur affore Tempus Quo Mare, quo Tellus, correptaque Regia Caeli Ardeat, et mundi moles operosa laboret.
Justin quotes Verses of Sophocles, that foretel a Conflagration wherein All things will be utterly destroy'd, and neither Earth nor Sea, shall be found any where any more. Clemens Al. quotes Verses of Diphilus, that Sing the same Ditty. Ovid also tells us, Esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur affore Tempus Quo Mare, quo Tellus, correptaque Regia Caeli Ardeat, et mundi moles operosa laboret.
Yea, the Wicked Lucretius himself suspects, Una Dies dabit Exitium.