Vert. t a. an E.vpoftion upon the Book of o s. Chap. 37 the Clouds-and Winds feems exceeding unfleady and changea- ble, up and down, without a-ny certain t ule in Ñature , yet they ob'e: ve their Circuits , and run thei- compaffe as Cod appoynts'; theta. Mr Broufihton renders, Andfor varieties, he ttlrneth him- jlf in his m%fe Csttnfels for their operatron, for vehatfoever he Carrs- rnaxdeth them ; It is tisrr,ed about ( fay we ) By his Cot'fl, It Chotad teem that God even call; a Councel, which way the Clouds ilaail be dire&ed,they go by his Coirncel:The word in the Elebrew is a very fignificant one'( that I mean ) which we render kis Co*tnjel , others his skill, his art or conning , and there are not a few woo render ir,ihey are turned about by bit Engines , as if God did tale (asit were ) a;cificial Engines to turn about chofe i'rt71 %S1 tri;hty bodies of the Clouds; Properly the word fignifieth the Fropriè rei Ropes and 7ack'inó of a Sh,p, inordering which Ropes and Tack- z:acttcee ieri- ling the whole rnanag@ment of the SE:ip cloth conEt. The .Mari- ira, gt sraaándis dis ner (hews his skill and art in fleerirg his Ship a right courfe, nibxs poi J- which he do.h,not onlyby guiding the Rudder, but by ordering rxura o nJ!illit, the R -s1, es and Tackling this way and that way, to cornpaffe or a- wide rorninir voyd the wind. And the Hebrew word ( Tachbulorh) here u- appeldat%' fed, kath a verygearnearnefs in found, ,o the Tackling of aShip. Gru,: Gonvertwttnr. This is a moll elegant: Metaphor, flreuing how the Lo d cloth, as a,t iftioipJît . it w.ere,fieer the courte of the (louds,or guide the Cloucls,as the e?.: Sea-man loth hisShip,his Cowards may he comra-ed to the-."ack - 1plá gun; in ling and the Ropes, o- rather to the HeI ne,by which the Ship 'is cir-uinbus R'viìur r:a- guided ; God is as he groat Pilot ít tin ; ac _the Sretn, and he Chins ejw. turns there Clouds as his S;-:ho, he turns themabout a,ea Ship tacks mere: this ivay and that way , to reach her Port and there unlade. Vertitur role).- The Rain, SnoW,&Hail., a;e the Lading which there Cwift Ship, the Clouds,carry from place to place, to ferve the p-ovidences of Drufe God towards.man. Tnis divine condra of the (. fonds is very ad hirable i the Lord knowing what parrs of the Earth need thoe Commodities, Rain,Sno,c, &c. which thole aerial VeiÍe!s are laden with, for the enrif. ingof the "world. We render it by his eoanfel, that is, by thofe means which he in his Wifdome and Countel ufeth to turn the Clouds about, they are turned:.ve Iran- Pate the word ( Pro, z . 5. ) Wife Cerar. fell, and ( sFro. 2o. IS. ) oad advice, there S.loraaon faint , With 4o61 advice rnahe warre. And
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