444 Verf. 2. an .l;xyojition s:m the Book of J os. C:hAp. 31. tvëly ? God fpeaks co us,not only with a flillvoice, few hearing or attending hirn, but though he thunders few attend hirn ; yea, thole wo ks of providence which (peak'lowderthan Thunder,and Trine clearer than the Lightning, yet are neither heard nor Feen., As When hr, hand is lifted opPinemill notfee (Ifa.25, t a ,) Sowhen his Voice is lifted up, when 'Lis lifted u^,not only like a trumpet, . but like thunder, whenhe (peaks mofl aucibl -, yea moll terribly, Lome will not hear; and he is not heard bymany, much lets ently attended to, how loudly, how terribly ,ever he fpeaketh. Toe Lord often thundersby the voice of his Word ; what are his terrible threats but loud thunder-ciap.c?yet fewhear, or though they hear, yet they attend cot; Nor ro hear the voice of God in his Word, is as if you did not attend to the voice of Thunder. Every word of God , though fp kenwith a úi11 voice, bath a greaterforce in it thanThunder front the Clouds. As the terrible works of God are fi nified by Thunder (Rev. to. 3, 4.) So the terrible words of God,his chreatning words againfl im,'enttent tinners,are refetrsbled to Thunder.And therefore fuch as the Lor d fitted among his own Appfiles for that difpet ation, are called in Scripture Sons of Thunder .( tJvTotr,l; 3. 17_) And they who dil pence the Word with a flrong voice and fiery zeal, are truly fo called to thisday, and may be laid both to Thunder in their Ex- hcrtation, and to Lighte.o in their o verfaeion Añdindeedthe Word of Gdd truly and faithfully dilpenred by any is like Thun- der. For, Firfl, As Thunder, fo the Word Token îs the Voice of God, and a more excellent and.'dif1ina Voice than Thunder; that only Caïex in in g nerai hat`C od is;oc rhxr 14e is great and Power- ful ; this (hewing us difliew ly, who and what. God is,-and that he requirerh of us. Seccnciy, Thunder tfcro yes downand dill pates high things So doth the Wordof God (1a (or, ao. s ) Thirdly, Thunder is rrefiflable by any ITower of man, it will make its way through all orpofitión; fo is and doth the Word cif God. Fourthly, Thunder riercerh very Iubtiliy,it reached] the bones quire through the flefla ; the Word of God doth more, it divi- der lifoul andfpirit,, and the joyr: tr and marroi, and is a dfcerner o f he thoa,hts -sod intents ofthe heart (l-ieb. 4. t z. ) Fifthly,
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