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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
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The GOSPEL of the Rainbow. › Meditation 4: The Fourth MEDITATION.
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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.
Indeed, with the Stoics it was a common Expectation.
Indeed, with the Stoicks it was a common Expectation.
I resume the proposal I was upon; Let the Rainbow bring to our Thoughts, the Circumstances of the Terrible Day, when all these things shall be dissolved. But at the same time, Oh! Let our Hearts be taken and weaned, from the Things of a World, which an hideous Fire shall one Day seize upon. Let us not be bewitched with a World, that shall one Day be Burned. Think, and wish, at this rate. O my God, Let me have my Portion in those Durable Blessings, which the Last Fire can't reach unto; O my Saviour, I commit my self unto thee for my Safety in the Day when the Last Fire shall carry all before it.