CHAP. VIII. Giveing an account of the Rain-Bow in the Heavens: Wieh God promised should ap∣pear after the Flood, as a sign that he would drownd the World no more. (Book 8)
GOD resolving to confirm the Oath▪ and Covenant he had made with Noah, was so good and gratious as to imprint the Seal of his con∣tract in the Clouds, to the end the malice of men might never be able to efface it, and that on the contrary he might be oblig'd never to make war against them, when he should see between him and the World, those illustrious characters of Love▪ and those magnificent Articles of truce, pardon, and peace. Moreover this sign, which appeared in the Heavens, was but a Bow without Arrows; it was a resplendent Arch, and a Circle beset with Dia∣monds, Emeraulds, and Rubies; it was a chain of Gold, Silver, and Pearls; it was a Scarf interwoven with the most lively splendors and the most sensible lights of the Sun and Day. It was the portraict of Peace which appeared under feign'd and imaginary colours, or to express in a word all that can be thought, and said when we cast our Eyes on this wonder of the Air; it was the Diadem which St.