45 e verf. 3. an Expo f tion upon the J3òoá4 of .Q B. Chap. 3 7 fhould comedown from haven;and as Elihts laid before, he diregieth it,or the Ihander, aander`the whole heaven ; fo we are here to take up that word again, and fay, He direEleth his Lightning To the ends of the earth. rie Here is the ad, and the extention of the ad, to the ends of the ell earth; the Hob t.w is, the wings of the earth, f..fp f he word is u ed g ì uyov (Gen. a. z t .) Godcreated great whales, &c. and e e-y wissged foul. Thé: ends of the earth are called thewings ofthe earth, because they a-e the farthefi our- fireichings of the earth ; as abird when flr flì ;gis 1iretche:h out her wings to the uttnolf. They a:e all() called, The corners of the earth ( Ezek. 7. z. ) 7h as foss ofman, thus faith the LordGod unto the land of lfrael ao end, the end es nome upon the four corners of the land; the H_b-ew is, upon the four wirgt (or ends) of the earth ; a, if he had laid, anend i., come upon the Lafl and Weft, No.- h and South. Thefe four wings, or ex-Creams of the earth, are the fain r.wt,'ch chit called the foray winds (Mat.-24. 3 i.) whe-e of tre Rev. edionat the la(i Judgment, he chews how all ¡hat are raileol s aa.l' b;. b ought to one place or general Sefiìon.,andhe (ha.kl feA hh angel: with a great found of a trumpet, and they (hall gather together bon Eleafrom the four winds, fromone endofheaven to the other, that is, from the four ends, corners,skirts, or v, iras of the earth. The urtnofi extremi- ty of a garment or of a land, according to the Hebrew, is called, the wing of ir. Now forafmuch as Elihaa reprefents God, thus di- reding both the Thunder and Lightning; Obferve fir(# ; all the motions of the Creature, even the moft violent, and,to appearance, continent motions of theCreature, are under the direction, yea,ander thedominion of God. Thunder asad Lighrnino go the way which God appointeth and chalketh out to them ; they move not of thernfelves, they move nor whither men or devils mold have them, but whither God would have them The Devils, I grant, havegreat power in the Air, yet 'Lis 1incited by, and wh-,lly fubordinate to the will and power of hod. As the reafon°ble creatures and their motions, . that is, th o motions of Men and Angels, are underthedirection of.God,: as feremiah:(Peaks (Chap. s o. a3.) It is not in_him that goeth>
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