496 - Verf. I0. an Expoftion átpon the Baof; of J o B. Chap. 37. and work. We would alwayes have it firing and Sun- fhine,peaçe and fafety, but God knows it mu {}be otherwtfe ; perpetual (lamm- ing and faire feafons are referved for Heaven. While we are on Earth the cold of adverfity is as advantagious ro our fpìritual con- dition, as the coldnefs of the air is to-dur natural. Oot ofthe Sarh ost eth'the whirlwind, and cold oast of the N,arth. Ve rf. r oth. By the breath o f (Tad frof is given, grad the breadth of the waters u (lraitened. In the fornïer part of this verte, we have the fupream caufe of fro{r, and in the latter an effedt of it. By the breath of the Lord frog is given, or, hegiveth frof by his breath. The Hebrew is active, we tranfláte p<afï-ety. By the breath of the Lord. ht..»tedeo,i.e. That is, God breathing or blowing ; not that the Lord nferh deo ipfu,afia- breathing or blowing propel ly,he is a 'pirit : Bur the Lord is Paid turn cauftnte. to breath or blow, when he corninands the hind toblow or breath. The winds are cIlled Godsbrearh,orfpi it.Sonaeof the Hebrew Do&ors, underhand nothing elfe but his bare will and command, or the intimation of his mind to have it fo; but I rather take,itfor the frolr-making winds which are font by God. By the breath of the Lord, that is, when the Lord appoyntsand orders cold winds to come out of his treafure, when the Lord gives out the word of A ,dorés dei command, cold winds iffue forth, and then froh ap,)ears. David dar Gelu.. affirmes in general, ( Pfal. 33. 6.) By theword ofthe Lord were Child: pro @ the Heavens made , and all the. Haft of them by the breath of hie voluntate dei month. The Heavens and their Hofrs, all the powers and verrues dar btu, fc of them, all the influences and effi..acies of them are given out Axéturus, by the breathof the Lord. And among other things that are gi- ven by the breath ofthe. Lord Fro51 is given. Fro{r is cold in excefs,fro{r is great cold;every cold is not free- zing cold. The wo-d which we render frofl, iç of,cn t-rd d ice, and it cometh from a root which fonirieth to ooniks bead be(aufe frofr and ice cover the graft ( which is to :he ground as haie to the head of man) and fo make th_ fu, face of rhr Earth fnnooth like a bald head. Fcaft all() makes the furface of the Earrh,rc t only frroorh,
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