s Of which I have already ſpoken, and am now to ſpeak fur- ther,to wit,the Thunder which hath oft times made even Atheiſts, and other wicked Men to tremble with a fear of horroun, and good T7ob:hear Men to tremble with a fear of reverence, and a due dread of Gods . ſat Judgments. b Leaps and beats exceſſively, as if-it would leap our
» bj 9® My Body. ; . ; _e ay 2 + Hear attentively c + the noiſe of his voiced, and embling. the ſound that goeth out of his mouth e. _
| c It ſeemsnot improbable that whilſt Elihu was ſpeaking 1t Thun- dred greatly, and that Tempeſt was begun, wherewith God uſher- ed in his Speechy as it here follows, Chap: 38: 1: and that this occa- ſioned his return to that Subje& of which he had diſcourſed before, and his Exhortation to them to mind it with deeper atrention.dOr his Voice, ( to wit, the Thunder,which is called a Yoicz, Exod:20418: and Gods Voice, Pſal: 29: 4: ) with trembling ; becauſe the Thunder is an effe& or evidence of Gods mighty Power, and oft times of his Anger alſo. e As the voice ( and Thunder in Gods Voice ) goeth out of Mans mouth- Or,that is produced by Gods Word or Com- mand, which is oft ſignified by his Mourh.
2 He direð it f under the whole Heaven g, and
his + lightning unto the.+ ends of the earth f To wit, his Voice : which he ſhooteth or guideth like an Ar-
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It Alſo by || watering c he wearieth the thick clouds
F : heſcattereth Þ || his bright cloud e. 6 To wit, the Earth. turn,and thento pour forth abundance of Water. « By filling and burdening them with much Water, and making them to go long Journeys to water remote parts, and at laft co ſpend and empt = chemſelves there; all which things make men weary; and therefore |” are here ſaid to make the Clouds weary by a common figure called "> the Proſopope:a, e As for the white and lightfome Clouds ( which are cloud ſcar. oppoſed to the thick and black Clouds in the former Clauſe ) he *7 bis ſcatrereth and diſſolveth them by the Wind or Sun. Or, he ſcatter. 79". eth other Clouds by his light, i; e« by the beams of the Sun. Sv he ga. 318.4, thereth ſome, and ſecattereth'others, as he pleaſeth, cauſing either Clear, or dark, and rainy weather. : 12 And it is turned round about f by his counſzls g: that they may do whatſoever he commandeth them þ upon the face of the world in the Earth. f The Clouds (now mentioned ) are carried abourto this or thar Place. g Not by chance ( though nothing ſeems to be more caſual and uncertain than the motions of the Clouds ) but by his order and governance. h Either be diſperſed and pats away without effe& to the diſappointment of the Husbandmans hopes, or be diffolved in {weet and fruitful ſhowers.
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i, Oey Tow 13 * He cauſeth it to come 5, whether for | correci- 2 9: on &, or for his land 1, or for mercy m. -
z Heb. He maketh is (to wit, the Cloud or Clouds, and the Rain 18: 1g, which is init) ro find, to wit, a path, orto find out the Perſons or Ezr.1o,9. Place to which God intends either good or hurt by it» k Heb: for a Chap«36. roa,to ſcourge or corre Men by immoderate ſhowers. Or, for a 27, &«. Tribe, or certain portion of Land, which God intends particularly f Heb. s
poly. row to the Mark, ſo diſpoſing it thatit may do that work for which THeb: þefends it. g Far and wide through all the parts of this lower * ings of World. h From one end of the Heaven to the oppoſite end or part | Fhe earth. of the Earth, as from Eaſt to Weft, Mat: 24: 17. :
4 Afffeer it *a voice 5 roareth : be thundreth with the
voice of bis exceliency &, and he will not ſtay / chem
. . o - : PC29:2. when his voice is heard. : ;7i:e. After the Lightning. For though the Thunder be in or- \ der of Nature before the Lightning, yer the Lightning is ſeen be- fore the Thunder is heard. k Or, with his excellent, or high, or lofty . Voice, both loud and full of Majeſty and Awfulneſs. / Or, delay. Heb. take them: by the heel, as Facob did El#u in the Womb, to delay orſtop him fromentring into. the World before him. » Either 1. the Lightnings ſpoken of in the beginning of the Verſe. Burt theſe do not ſtay till his Voice be heard, but come before it, Orrather, 2: 'The Rains and Storms, of which he ſpoke beforezand will ſpeak
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again, v: 6. : +: * ch's:o: , 5 God tbundreth marvellouſly» with his yoice.* great 36:26. things doth be, which we cannot comprebend 0.
EE” With a wonderful and terrible noiſe, and ſo as to produce ma- ny wonderful effeQs,as the breaking down of great and ſtrong Trees or Buildings, the killing of Menin a ſtupendious manner &c. o E- ven in the courſe of Nature,and in viſible things : which allmen ſee,turt ſcarce any can givethe true andſatisfaftory reaſons of them, for the greateſt Philoſophers ſpeak only by gueſs,and are greatly di- vided among themſelves about them. And therefore itis notſtrange if the ſecret and deep counſels of Divine Providence be out of our reach ; and it is great arrogancy in thee, O Jeb, to conſure them, * PC. 145: becauſe thou doſt not fully underſtand them. | 36.7. 475 $6 For *® hefaith to the ſnow,be thou os the earth pe FHeb: ana likewiſe to the ſmall rain: and to the great rain of #oche his ſtrength 9, rs of p By his powerful Word and Will the Snow is made inthe Air, | n4;!0and falls upon the Earth where and when he ſeeth fit. 9 7: e. Thoſe '#Re ſhowers great tormsor ſhowers of Rain which come with great force and ir- of rainof reſiſtible violence- bir frength > He ſealeth up the hand of every man 7, that all
men may know his work 5. |
r By theſe great Snows and Rains he drives Men out of the Fields and ſealsor binds up their hands from all that Work, and drives them hometo their Houſes and in a manner ſhuts them up there.See Gen; 7: 16. Exod: 9: 19. Or, By his Handyors Power ( i. e. By thoſe powerful Works of his Hind here mentioned ) he ſealeth, or fbutteth »p, or keeperh cloſe every man, to wit, in his Houſe, asthe Beaſts in their Dens, v: 8. 5 That Men being hindred from AQtion and their own work, and ſobeing idle and art perfett leiſure, may fall into a ſerious contemplation of theſe,and other greatand glorious Works of God. Or, that he ( 7. e. every man, as was now expreſſed ) may | know ( or enquire into, or take an account of ) all his work-men: for | which the proper ſeaſon is when they are all bindred from their work, and brought together into the Houſe.
8 Then » the beaſts go into dens «, and remain in