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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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A Fifth Article.
Fifthly and Finally, I will present you with a whole Cluster of MEDITATIONS, which the Rainbow will very agreeably produce in a Serious Mind; and many of them, (which you will see when I mention them,) such as it has already produced, in the Pens of the Servants of God.
And here, first; I do not ask you, to fall into Basils Meditation; who, when he saw (for at that time of day, they would see no more,) the Rainbow appearing in Three Colours, but One Bow, applied it unto the Doctrine of the Trinity; Three Persons, but One God. Christian, To Converse with the Great GOD, and very distinctly with each of the Three Persons in the God-head, is the very distinguishing Spirit and Glory of Christianity. May this part of the Divine Ascetics be more Studied a more Practised! I confess, the Rainbow will do a Good Office, if it Excite such a Study and Practice; tho' this be not the Office it was firstly intended for.
And here, first; I do not ask you, to fall into Basils Meditation; who, when he saw (for at that time of day, they would see no more,) the Rainbow appearing in Three Colours, but One Bow, applied it unto the Doctrine of the Trinity; Three Persons, but One God. Christian, To Converse with the Great GOD, and very distinctly with each of the Three Persons in the God-head, is the very distinguishing Spirit and Glory of Christianity. May this part of the Divine Asceticks be more Studied a more Practised! I confess, the Rainbow will do a Good Office, if it Excite such a Study and Practice; tho' this be not the Office it was firstly intended for.