Chap. 37, an t.rpofiticn upon the Book of J o B. Verf. i . So3 darknefs cviil at !aft weary all thofe with their waterings and drop- pings upon t e,n,who,when God path wearied his Clouds by wa- tering thetn'with the word of life fromHeaven,yet retraaine alto- gether barren and unfruitfu=l. Bywatering he wearied, the thick, Cloud. He fce!tteret1, his bright Cloud. The former part of the verfe fpake of a thicl.Cloud, this latter Nubesex cu;us (peaks of a bright Cloud : The Hebrew is The Cloud ofhis light ; di f =r;liïone it. ; can ref}huit. which I conceive is here added ; Firfl,to Phew that Clouds of all Banc oppellot forts ferve thepurpofes of God; the thickCloud,and the bright ritbeln dei,. Cloud, the dark Cloud, and the light Cloud, are made ufe of by quadifptlfalux him. A~das he Both weary the Cloud, that is full of water, fo he ducitur.N3etco fca tereth the Cloud that is full of light, or,hefe ttereth his bright cloud, Yet forne confidering it is not faid in the letter of the Text,. Nubem lit=s,. A light Cloud, hut eCloud oflight, underflandbya Cloudoflight, non dine luci- fuctr Co ;s hidesand hinders the light,and.which being fcat- lurtfabfæ tern c', iii :: and faire weather fucceed. Yet rather as before. dit. Cot;- But why is it here faid, that hefcatteretbhis bright Cloud ? pedí =- bly, becaufe he hach no ufe of his bright Cloud, but of his thick Cloud only,when he would water the earth. And indeed Clouds which are only blight, or which have much light , but no water, areof littleufe. Some have much light of knowledge; but no wa- terof infirua}ion todrop upon others ; fuch Clouds God difper feth and fcatters. It is not an outward faire appearance, which can bring us into acceptance with God,. The bright Clostd fhall be fcattered, ifit 'have no rain in it, to waterthe earth. A,aine,. Some tranfilate,. His light fcatteretb the Cloud. So the text may be read according to the letter of the Hebrew ; as if the meaning were this,, God by the Sun-beams difpels or difperfeth the Cloud for Clouds are fcattered fometimes by the wind, fometirrmes by the Sun. That which gathered the Cloud, may alto fcatter ir. The Sundraweth up the vap'ours, of which Clouds are formed or compaeted , and foone after the Sun diffojveth the Clouds, which it had gathered. The famepower makes and tin- makes the Cloud , gives it a body, and takes it away ; His light fcatteretb the Cloud, Thars a truth al fo : For as brightnefs or light is fcattered among the Clouds , and makes the Clouds appease b: i', rs.
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