feeninjhe (floud ; <s«d l mil remember my Covenant which ie between me and you, and every living creature of allflefh ; am the waters flail nomore become aflood, to ieflroy all flefh., This is alluded to by the Prophet ( If*. 54. 9 .) as a token of the fpecial favour oK-iod to his People, that he will never break Covenant with them. WhenBelievers fee his Bowin the Cloud, theymay be as well allured,that they (hall be freed fromadeluge of wrath, as that the world (hall not be overwhelmed again with a deluge of waters. Secondly, We find theLord making ufe of a Cloud, or ufing the miniftery of aCloud, in a gracious way,for the conducing of his People out of Egypt quite through the.Wildernefs uncoCanaan. That I grant was more thanan ordinary Cloud, and lower and nearer the earth thanufually Clouds are, yet it was doubtlei's of the fame naturewith other Clouds ( Exod, 13.21. Tfeh. m 19.) And therefore, when the Prophet would allure the Church of guidance and protefifion,. hetells them (If*. 3. 5J The Lori willcreate upon every dwellingplace af meant Sion, andupon her af- femblles, a Cloud And Smoak^by day, and the flmingof theflaming Fire by night: for upon all the glory flail be a defence. And we at this day, may make this Spiritual ula (accoding toScripture ) of che Clouds, which we behold, as t© mind us how the Lord both preceded and guided the People of //L^Lchrough the wildernefs, fo to allure us that he will proteft and guide us through the World. Chrill is this Cjoud, a covering p: ote#ing Cloud.unt©his Church ; and we may fweetly. meditate uponhim, not only when we beheld the Sun, but as often as we behold the clouds. Further,,As Chrift ferves his Church like a Cloud, fo the Clouds have done and (ball do many fervices to Ckift. A b ight Cloud overftiadowedCbrift in his transfiguration 't7-S-> A Cloud received himput of the ApoSIes fight at his afcention ( Jt t . 1 . 9 . ) and heftiail come again in the Clouds to judgment fJUat.2^<n.Luk< 21.27.) He is alfo reprefented) fitting upon a white Cloud ( Rev.tep. 14. , . Thirdly, The fpi(ic of God gives us another gracious ufe of, and medicationupon the Clouds; that as often as we fee thick and black Clouds, which, threaten agrievous ftocm, fcattered,and the air cleared, this fhould put us in mind of the abundant grace Verf.29. t A ”Expofition upon the Bool^of Job. Chip. 36.
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