424 Vert-. 3 3, an E.vpoftion upon the Book of J o B. Chap. 36 Verf. 3 3. The noife thereoffhereeth concerning it, the cartel Hitverfsa dif- alfo concerning the vapour. fciflirnus ofife quo in toto Jo- ThisVerfe, according to our translation, as I couchedbefore, bog in q,,{0 quot ecp cart ie.th on the fame thing. There we had the preparation as it funt®frores toe fiere tennis were, for rain, Clouds gathered and covering the Sun, fo making affzruntur. dark weather: Now, faith he, that the rain is coming, the noife Mesc. thereof /hewed) concerning it. The word which we render noifè, Strepi1 el taken from one root fgntrieth any troublefome clamour ; and as guidon dedu- derived from another root, it fignifieth a friend or companion (as cunt a vr I fhall touch afterward) But at prelent leavin f g chat, l fhall open fotravir,etana- it according to our own reading, as it fignifieth a noife. Some vat, voeifera- read his noife, that is, Gods noife, he maketh anoife in theair ercf eRnii a And this noire of God in the air, is either, firfl, thenoife of the onicus,focrus. wind; winds often fore-run great raines ; or fecandly,the noife of thunderclaps,that rat ling noire heard from the clouds,which come between.us and the light this noife fherneth concerning It, that is, this fheweth fowl weather is coming, or that rain (as we fpeak) is brewing in the Clouds. Both the bluffering winds and the rat- ling roaring thunder tell us afore-hand, and give warning, that the weather will fuddenly change, or that rain is at hand. Hence Note ; God by naturalfigns gives warning of a change in natural things, When God is about to fend rain, the noife that is in the Clouds tells the world that'tiscoming. Someare very skilful in obferv- ing thefe things ; fuch we call, weatherwife. From this I would only infer, If God dotti fore-thewar give figns of the change that he makes innatural thins=, then Purely he cloth much more give his people warning of the changes he is about to make in civil things , in the States and Kingdomes of this world. There are fome things which do, as it were, predid} or fore- flew fuch and fuch changes veer, if we were wife to obferve them. The Peens were very inquifitive to know of Chrifl the figns of the times ; There figns they enquired of him, not fo much out of curiofity (which had been bad enough) as out'of treachery, to intrap him in his words,yet markwhat- Chrifl laid to to them ( 3.) He &sfweredandfaid unto them, when it is evating, yefay it willbefair weather, for°tba skie is red (a red
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