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44 Vert. 3. an E.rpoPtion span the Book of J ® B. Chap. 37 (ere, bumefta- liqour of them to flow out : And upon that confderacion the re, expvimere. feven:h month of the year,our September,hath its name among the Hnc&sep- Jeers from this word ; becaufe then the Vtncagebeing ready,the tember eb ¡Mir ripe Grapes are gathered and pref into Wine.Prom this notion of nvn T;flyiw rr, the word, fosse render the text thus, he preJJeth or diJfálueth it rm. quafi expr h der the whole heaven ; that is, God preilèth the Cloud as a bunch rtut,quodeó of Grapes is pretfed (there Interpreters make that the antecedent menfe liar %in' to it, he preJfethit, that is, the Cloud ) and fo caufeth it to rain. kraia. mere. TisGod who pretlethand ( as 1 may lay) fqueezeth the Clouds by his power, and then fhowers fall down and di(iil upon the earth tender the whole Heaven. That's a ttu:h,and force-where elle fpöken of in thi, b000k,where we read of Gods meling or preßîng the Clouds as we do a bunch of Grapes or a fpung,Co caufing them togive forth rain. Alit a TV Secondly, Others derive the word from a root that fignifieth inaueri respite- to behold attcntively,to behold and confider : Thus the latine tran- re, co,fderare, flat or rendersit, hecon/idéreth under the whole heaven; that is (ac- quafrDeus om- niatubcxlo cording, to this interpretation) there is a Providence of God, a confiderer. Sod wile and an unerring Providence of God at work in all places, he neeGrammari- confiders and takes notice of all things under heaven, the hail ca co.nverrit motion of the Creature falls under his infpe&ion, He beholdeth, ( cum "in' or contidereth under the whole heavens ; that's a truth allo ; yet, I t`Y11V1 dicendum fire- conceive (with others) the Grammar of the Text will not welt rat) netfen- comply with this reading : Therefore fusadrnodum, Thirdly, I conclude our own tranflation moll fuitable both to propter °,l9'ixsm the Original text, and to the (cope of this whole Chapter. Now, MSubererer . er a omn according to our rendring, the word comes from a root which fig- cælos ipfa con- nifieth to fet a thing right or flrait, and from that a perronwho is frdlerar. vulg. right, a man of a right fpirit, who fquares and orders his a&ions radi é , by a right rule,and to a right end, is expreffed (Chap r .) where quod efi dirigi fobs charaeler is givenby this word, Aman perfelt and right, we re,reíìifrata. fay, upright, that is, a man that bath right aimes, and walker by a right rule. til'lofes (Dent. ; a. t ç. ) calls the people of God (collectively as oneman) feforten, that is, a people that are or Icould be right and upright with God. Thus here, be dire&eth it, that is, Ged cloth, as rt were, by a {trait line, level or take Lis aitn,when he difchargeth the Thunder in the Cloud : As he that diCoha Vieth his gun, fmall or great, or (boots an arrow, levels and direóis it at a mark, fo the Lori direileth it. What is thisit ? 'Tis plain

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