ÿ Verf. 4. vin .ira polition art the Bool;of Jo B. Crap. 37., and there is nothinghid fromhis wifdona and government. One of kiAnn" re- the Ancients gives his fentence clearly with this truth ; He (faith gieeaatreme non he) that raletfi in the hioheft heavens dodo not forfaire the ends of deferit, 6r qui d ' atiquepr.efens the earth, he is every whereprefent, and every where alike pefent ; equalis ell, though the places are t-taslke, jet theprefence of the Lord is a like etiarn endi ohea need requires it. That's further matter of comforr,that under mitibue fibi the whole heaven and unto the ends of the earth wemay find the nonoft. cr Lo.d ready for us, and dii cling all things, not only for good, but ire- Y P a Y a gor. for the bef .. lie diretieth it &c. Verf. q.. after it a voice roareth, or, after if he roareth L11ä with a voice. pro -ttp7 There is another reading of there words, fomegive it thus ; Etti,fts præpo. after him a voice roareth, That is, after his command;God willing yitionu and giving forth an order for it,a voice roareth, that is, at his com- b lg mend or word the voice roareth, or followeth. As if the (cope of Pro votunre ac Elihrs in this Texr were.to thew chat neither Thunder nor Light- rut s b port deemfit niog air a foot or haires breadth, till they have a word fromGod, poll the prsece. as indeed they do nor. For, thoughThunder and Lightning, may petit. Druf. be.called Gods Vfliers or Heralds that gobefore him & proclame einsoambu1a. his approach (Pfal. r S. a a, 13, r4.) yec they follow and cone otu6.pfæ- nuncüfupremi after him They go before him as to action, yet they cone after regis adven- him as to comm lion, they go not till he faith go, or hath given tanta, them commillîon to go. That's aprofitable reading of the words. Our tranflation faith, after it a voiceroareth, that is, after the Lightning,or as foon as it hash Lightned a voice roareth. Our ex- perience teacheth us that Thunder followeth the Lightning ; which we are not to underfiand according to the nature of the thing, for fo Thunder and Lightning are, as it were, born and brought forth together; there is no difference between them at all in time, but there is a difference as to order, at leaf+ as to order in our apprehenfion ; and fo the one maybe faid to comeafter the other, the Thunder after the Lightning ; as when a gun, leper or greater,is difcharged,iïyou are at a di(lance you may fee the fire a ' 'egnius irrt- confiderable time before you hear the report, and po3;bly the tahtanimos de. bullet hits the :,parkbefore the found hits to the ear, though the mffeptraurem difcharge be made in a moment ;which Come fay is b caufe theeye quarts quæfont difcharge orutit fubjefla is a quicker fence than the ear, but rather, becaufe light dorh in a fidelibau, moment flrike through the air,bur the found comesby certain cir- relorat. cuits,&fetchetl a longercompafsbefore it comes at the ear,ashath been
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