Chap. 37. poi/Wan upon the Book, of J o B. Verf. 6. 469 V:rf, 6. For, hefaith to the Snow. t:at canal particle [for] in the front of this verfe, imports a_ reafon, or an accoun, given in there words, of whar was ffid before at the 5th verle, Goddothgreat things whichwe cannot coonprekend; then prefently (olloweth, for hefaith to the Snow, &c. As if Hills hid laid, nor only are Thunder and Lightning, but Snow and Rain to be numb ed and reckoned among the great and marvellous works of Lod ;for he faith to the Snow. Hefaith; That is, as huh been (hewed already, he commandeth. What GodCi li,iiiall i)e,mutt be, his words are laws,he faith to,or cons- standeth th Snow. Not onlydoth God give commands to rational creator: , _: n&Angels,but to meet fentrtive creatures,the beads and re ,utueleis creatures, to vegetives or plants, yea, to inani- matu.,ru ?htngswithout any life at all,fuch are Snow andRain;yer, as if SnowandRaïn had anear tohear,& an underfianding to mind a command frcmGod,the text reprefents God fpeaking.to there,. Hefaith to theSnow, &c. TheSnow falls in filver fhowres every year,and covers the face of the earth ; All men behold it, but few underfiand either what it is, or why it is Pent. Take this brief defcription of it trom the Schoole of Nature. Nixeflvatorl Snow is a moiji vapour, drawnupfrom the earth, to, or neer-, the hunidtu in n, middle region of theAir, where it is condenfed or thickned into a diom nerir re- Cloud, and falls down again leka carded wool, fometimes in greater) gi.nevz filbve- fometimes in leffer flakes. Isu,ubi in ntí- Snow and Rain, are made of the fame matter, and have their ó " e o_ breeding in the fame place,only they differ in their outward form,ru,;l,,rlan1 as is ebvicus to the eye, and their reafon; Rain falleth in the war- car,nin.:t de- mer feafons,rheClouds beingdiffolved into Rain by hear,or whenfrenditpo l, the cold is more remits ; Snow falleth in the (harper feafons,tos,ir:terdurg the Cloud being rhickned by the cold. Hence Solomons compari- dunexaiyunr, fon (Prov. 26.1.) As Snow in Summer, fo.hanour is not càmely for anteguanin afool. Snow is a goodly white robe upon the Winter-body of thestorm refill a., earth, or upon the body of the earth in Winter ; yet how un rur. @arcæ. feemly is it upon thebody of the earth in Summer, hiding and Méteoz.c.aq.. obfcuring .
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