Chap. 37. an .Expe,ftion tern the l ook o f.10 B. Verf. 9. 493 thing is unffeadfafil at a1.1 tines, and a whirlwind will make that rout and tumble which is, very fteadfaft;ir maketh; Trees to take, . it maketh firong Towers tremble : Now if the whirlwind caufeth things that are fixed and (iron?, to (hake and move, what will it do to .hofe that are light and unfixed, rolling things ! That which is ( as men judge ) fixt and Ready as a Rock, {hall be as á rolling thing before the whirlwind of the Lords difpieafure. The Margin of our Bibles calls thisrolling thing, Thifle-down; We know what the down. of a Thiffle is, which at Home feafons of theyear falls off, and is the Iighteff thing imaginable. When there is not a breath of wind fiirring, the Thuile-down will air, roll, and move from place toplace what then,think'you,will become of Thifile- down before a mighty wìnd;awhirlwind ? The wicked (hall be as Thiftle-down before the whirlwind ; but the people of God need not fear, for (as_'tis faid ofthe Sea, fo of the wind) his way is in it, he rules the proper, and he rules the metaphorical whirl- winds, which tors and tumble the flareand afiaires ofthis world.. Toclofe this matte., We may take notice of feveral wonderful' things in and about the wind ; and becaufe Eliha ranks this among the great works of God, who dash marveilouo things whichwe comprehend not- -, not Nulla I,rFpemo- only in Thunder and Lightning,inSnow andRain,but in the winds, alum regio cfi, the elore I will reckon up fevenwonders which peculiarly eon.:. nrllt ex fe, cern the winds. Nafcenrem,T pirfi, This is confiderable, That there is {carte any Country circafe caden- but b. eels fore wind or other, which blows molt there,,and ex- rem non habs- ercifeth a peculiar force upon is there are called Provincial at. SuerTg. f. 5J't d.c. The North-weft wind ( faith Plinie ) is proper to the A- thenians, other parts ofGreece having little acquaintance with it. pi r7: 1. r. The North-eadt wind aftliwts Calabria, And that feveral other .tap. 47, winds, are congenial to other Countries, whereof fame are be- In ioJl'aLes a nigneand favourable,others vexatious and uncomfortable to. them, %idumM may be Peen in the Authorsquoted in the Margin rilenemas: cc edifi arum Secondly, 'Tis a wonder that the fame wind in one Country efi, fed impru_ caufeth fair weather, in another ramp and {forms. dentèr pvftssm, Tnirdiy, That the farne wind is in one place very healrhv,and,4.uodinedc[1s_ in another caufeth ficknefs,bycorrupting she air, and fo theblood 575e i:21 f:1' and fpirits of men. A learned Author faith, when -ever the'South- Ílat, homtnes,, ntind.blaweth inJacha Country or City, thepeoplefall _lick. -V true 1. Fourthly, c. 5,.
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