Chap. e4 nExpoftionupon theBook of JO B. Verr. 9. 487 JOB , Chap. 37. Verf. 9,1o, >< 1. 9. Out of the south cometh the Whirlwind, and cold out of the North. 10. By the breath of God Frof is given; and the breadthof the waters is firaitned. II. Alfo by watering he wearieth the thiclkCloud hefcattereth his bright Cloud. Librehaving fpoken of Thunder andLightning,as altoof Snow JL:f and Rain, with their effe6ts upon man and bear}, at the 6th, 7th and 8th verfes 13E1 opened,he in the 9thand 1 oth vertes fpeaks of the Winds, with their effedts ; firft, Cold ; Secondly, Prof} or, firft, of theVVind ; fecondly, of the Cold ;, and thirdly, of. the Prof} ; and then at the a ithverfe, of the wonderful works of God in difpofing and difperfing the water in the Clouds, for the refrefhing of the earthbyRain in its feafòn.. In the 9th and loth verfet (I fay ) he clifcourfeth of the Winds ; and thougá there be four Cardinal or principal Winds,. the Eaft, VVef},. North and South ,. which are fubdivided into thirty-twoVVindsaccording to the MarinersCompafs, yet here Elihrs treatsby name of two VVìnds.only, theSouth-VVtnd, and theNorth-VVind ; which two,are often and eminently fpoken of in Scripture ; which -two, as they come from directly contrary Points in the Heavens, fo theyproduce contraryeffedts,famoufly . known among men, on earth. And therefore, I conceive, E/,hu gives iníianceronlyabout chem,as being more generally taken no, tree of. Verf. 9. Out of the South cometh the whirls -iid, iec. The word which we render the, South, properly fignifieth a Chamber, an inner Room, orfecret place, a= Chamber within a 11,r/ Chamber, which is the mort privare, retiring-Room or Chamber. terus,peMetra- Gen, 4.3. 3o. 3udg. 16. 9. 2 Sam. 13. 10. I Kings 20. 30. lc ; ornequoár Cant. 3. 4. VVefay, Out ofthe South, &c.. And the Reafon in rntt,nrspaer. why the South isexprefifed. by that word which fignifieth afecret tibia eß;, Chamber, is, becaufe the South Pole is icituace or placed in the molt.
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