Chap. 37. Án Expofation upon the Hoof,of J o B. Verf. g. , 491 or (á the Margin hath it ) the wind oftheday, implying that the extèam heat of the day is ufually affwaged and cooled by the wind. The Prophet ( fer. r4. 6. ) detcribing a timeof drought, faith, The wild Affes did(land in the high places, theyPuffed up the wind like Dragons. To fnuffe the wind in timeof drought, is a great refreshing ; wind refrefheth the body as well as food, and 'cis fe ne refreshing in famine, or want of food. Thirdly, The wind is a Rain - bringer. We faywhen the wind rifeth there will be rain. Thus(t Kings a 8.45.) before the migh- ty rain which Elijah foretold,we read of a wind; The Heavenwas black withclouds and wind, and there was a great rain. When Eli- flea told thole three Kings difireffed for want of wateì,2"efhall not fee wind,neit her fhallye fee rain,yet that valleyfhall befilledwith wa- ter ( z Kings 3. i .)he thereby ioplyed,that wind is the ordi- nary fore-runner ofrain. We, indeed,.tranflate ( Prev. 25. z3. ) The Northwinddrivethaway the rain; yet we put in the Margine, The Northwind bringeth forth the rain.it is true,pfboth;the wind fcaïtereth and driveth away the rain,the wind allo bringeth rain. Fourthly, The wind caufeth vegetables to flourith.A fweet gale of wind is not only good for man and beaff, but for the graCs, and for the herbs, for plants and trees, theblowing of the winds maketh them flourifh in allufionunto which the Church fpeaks (Cant. 4. 16. ) ewake, ONorth wind, and come thou South, blow upon mygarden, thoit thefpices thereof may flow out ; that is, that myGraces, my faith in thee, my love to thee, &c. may put forth and appear. The fpiritual wind, thebreathings of the Spi- rir,draw forth fpiritual fruit from the heart, and in the life of be- lievers, as the natural draws forth the natural fruits of the Earth. Fifthly , The winds are beneficial and helpful for the drying upof the waters, they make the earth clean as well as the air. It is Paid ( gen. 8. s.) after the whole woid was drowned, God made awind to pafs over the earth, and the waters affwaged. The wind is a dryer as well as the Sun. Sixthly, There is a great ufe of the winds, as ro artificials. What mighty things are done by the wind ? By it, Milk are tur- ned to grin'd Corn at Land , and Ships are moved to carry boll Men and Merchandize at Sea; there were hardly anypalling from Nation to Nation,far dif- joyned by water, but by the advantage or help of winds; by the help of winds Merchants bring treasure Rr r a and
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