Chap. 37. an . xplition upon the Fookof J o $, Verf, 7, 463 Air and fpirirs that are in that pelluvid Body, as the Naturalifis Gaupvl edrn.w fpeak : Any thing that is of a watery fubltance being frozen or eflspirins tie - much wrought uponbycold,appears more white. And hence it is rifquemina in thatall perfons inhabiting coldClimates or Countries, are of a no7Ardii Pt a- whiter complexion than they who inhabire hot. 2. de Mundo. Secondly, Snow is like Wool forfofrnefo, 'cis as plyable to the hand, as a Lock orFleece of Wool. Thirdly, Snow is like Wool ( which may feem orange ) with refpe& to the warmnefs of it. Trough Snow be cold in it felt, as I laid before, yet it is to the earth as Wool, or as a woolen cloth 'or blanker, that keeps the body warm. Snow is nor warm formally, yet it is warm effe&ively and vertually, and therefore is it com- pared to Wool ; and for that refpe& alto the hoary F.oíi is Paid to be like aches, in the fame place of the PPalm Armes are warm, Port is cold, yet that is a known expreflian, burning cold, that is, vre is(guru there is an effe& in Frofl, in the hoary Frott cf heat things are Yrumm drmi y y ; voCuntGran- kept warm by that which is contrary to warmth, Profi an i Snow, ma:iciqu,fn.. Naturalifts have beat their Brains, but can affign no fa:tsfying rea- ritum, quad n- fon of there things, and thereforewe mutt afcribe them efpecially t a 4ores to the power and wifdcme of God,Thefe particulars laid together are a fuficient witnefs, that evenSnow and Rain a °e tp be reckon- ed with, andnumbred among the wonderfulworks of God. Hence Note, Secondly ; God can do what hewill by a wordfpeaking. And as hivafelf can dowhat hewill by his word, fo he can make the creature do what he will by his word. This goodly Fabrick of the World was made by his word, and all the creatures in 'the_ world will prefently a& upon a word fromGod ( Pfd. 3 3. 9.) He fpaae and it was done, he commanded and itfloodfafl ; Gods laying isdoing. This is a point of high confolation to all the peo- ple of God what-ever their afftitlion is, God can command them out of it ; what-ever their warns are, God can command a fupply for them. He that faith to the natural Snow and to the Rain, to Stormes and Tempefts, be ye upon the earth, can allo fay to the Snow and Rain ,to the Stormesand Tempefis of trouble, be ye not upon the earth; He can do or undo, by his word, as him- felf pleafeth. 'Tis alto matter of great terror to all that rife up a- ain(l, atd difobey the wordof ehe great God ; for though they Ppp be
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