498 Verf, t p, n E.xpaArion upon the Book of J © B. Chap. 37. experience tells us, that the waters are pinched with the froi't. Waters which were our before a ft oft, are fetcht inor contras- - ed by the froft ; hence 'Lis Paid ( Chap. 3 8. 30.) Thewaters Are hid a with a (lone, which is of the fame fence with this expreffi- on, The breadth ofthe water is firaitned ; God b-ings the wate!s into their oldbounds,or into narrower bounds than bt:iòr ,by r or+. F orn chis effeói of frofl, that the breadth of the water is (traitned by it, Note ; Cold is afiraitner. 'Tis fo in natural things, 'cis fo alzo (to mind the reader of that occafonnd this note ) in fpirituals and morals. Take coldnefs as it is an ill difpofition, or an indi':pofition upon the heart, it lirait- ens us, as to the doing of anygood fo-, as Ch ifl harp forestld us (cMat. 24. i a.) that becaufe iniquity fhall, ab,rs d (in the latter dayes ) the love ofmany ía11 wax cold : So when-ever love or zeal, or any grace in us waxeth cold, piety, in all the aecs or whole compafie of it, will certainly decline and be firaitned. He that beforehad a large heart, becomesnarrow- hearted, and is pinched in his fpi;it by this finful coldnei e. Warmth enlargeth, Cold ftraireneth. God fends the cold of of lidtions upon many bad men, to Itraiten their Lulls, elfe they would keepno bounds, they would overflow all ; and it is the treat deign of Satan to fend a cold upon, or to'frieze the fpirits of all good men,that they may be firaitenedand made unfit for the fervice of God. Take heed ofa coldnefs in your difpof,tion,for that will be a tiraicner of your graces ; but welcome the frofi of af9r&ion, that may be a. tic aitner of your corruptions. There is nothing o..e (hould fear more ( except the lois ofthem, and the favour ofGod with them) than to feel ow graces ftraitened ; nor is there any thing ( except the favour of God) which we f couldmore defire, than co feel our lulls and corruptions weakned and abated. 1rrurfu»s la.- Some render this latter part of the vetfe not as we, Thebreadth ¡One fundan- of the Waters is ¡traitned ; but, 'The waters are diffolved into their run agrre.Vulg breadth. As if Elihu had Paid, the iceor frofi beingdilfolved, the 4n cenfc'nfe riP3 1L> qu: waters return to their wonted latitude. The word rendreelffrart- arr end, may he derived from a root whic'a fignifierh to diffolve,to 310 melt and pour out. Thus, as according to:our tranfiation, we cake the
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