Chao. 37. anExpoßt ;on uspon. the Book of j o B. Verf. a o. 497 fmooth, but bright and fhining like a bald head. By the breath ofthe Lordfrofl isgiven. Hence Note ; Frefi is thegift or di fperfation of God. Changes in the air, as well as changes in the elites, lives, or hearts of men, are from the Lord (Pfal. 547.17. ) HIegivetb fnow Ike wooll o he fcattereth the hoar frog life ayes : He cafleth forth his ice like rsorfels; who can(land before his cold ? It is Gods ice and his cold as well as his raiti or his Sun fhine. When the Pfalmifl faith, Hefcattereth thefrofl, he called) forth his ice, he faith the fame thing in fubflance which Elibu cloth here,, By the breath of the Lord frofl isgiven: There is a continual! dependance of all creatures in their motions and operation-s,as well as in their beings,upon the will of God. 'cis by his word that frofl is given. Some deny the working of the firfl caufe with the fecond caufes, any otherwife than as God once gave them a working power, and conferveth that power once given them. Whereas indeed God bath not only given a general power to the creature, not only bath he faid , There fhafl befrog famtimes, and heat fomtimes, and fair weather longings, but when-over the heat or cold or frofl come, they comeby a particular order from him. As ail things, men efpecially,have their being in him, fo their working and mo- ving from him and that not only becaufe he makes us in gene- raliworking, moving creatures, but as to every fpecial work and motion. This the Prophet aflerrs, while he puts thofe reproving queflions ( lfa.io. a i.) Shall the axe boafl it felfagainfi him that heroetb therewith ? or fhall thefaro rnagnifie it Pelf againfi him that fhaketb it ? as ifthe rod fhould (hake it Pelf againFt them that lift it up , or as ifthefiaffefhould lift up it felf, as if it were no wood. Living and natural creatures moveno more without God , than artificial and livelefs inflruments(fucb as the axe and faw,the rod and flaf)can move themfelves without .he hand or help of man. lay the breath of the Lordfret isgivoen, And thebreath of the grater is firairned. This is an eflea of the former. Fro!I drinks up the waters, Griacies e eo- and fo flraitens them:fome define ice,which is made by the fron, Pia aqua' in to beflore ofwater in a little room, or narrow compo e, Every years ongullo S f f experr-
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