"511 Verf. 'it 2. an E.tpofttionUpon the Book of o la: 3,7' appointed; neither bad Angel, nor good, can tlir áCloud, butas Godwilleth. And therefore lock to the hand and counfel ofGod in all there things, take heed offlaying in any work of Nature, do not afcribe there imprefïons andperturbation&_in the Air to the -power of the Devil and wicked Arts; all is of the Lord, whatfo- ever is done. One of the Ancients faid_concerning the Devils, when they defired leave to enter theSwine, why lhou(dany of-the !keep ofGod 6e afraid of the Devil, when the Devils cannot have power over the Swinevetthoeit leave fromGod ? The Devil cannot move a breath of wind, but according to the will of God ; though he be the P,ince of theAir, yet there isa Prime above him, to whole commandsall are fubje&, both in Heaven and in Earth_ Fifthly, if it be fo, that God commands the Clouds whenro- ever they code with their forms or fhowrs, then afcribe the praife of all the good you receive from the clouds toGod, and be `humbled under the hand ofGod, whenfoever you receive outward dammage from the clouds, donor fay it is achance. Sixthly, Learnhence the grearnefs and the foveraignty of God, fay as they didadmiringly (Math. S. 27.) who is this, that both =thegAnds,tnd Seas, and Clouds obey him! None of the words of the Lord (hall fall to the ground,as anArrow or Dart that miffeth the Mark, or as water fpilr, that cannot be gathered up again; which latter allufion is fpecially intimated (i Sano. 3. i 2, 19. ) Here in the Text Elihu lets forth the. Power and Soveraignty of God, having all creatures at his beck and command, as bathbeen (hewed already from ocher pafïages in this Book, and more will occúrr hereafter. The Soveraignty of God over men can never be duly acknowledged, till we acknowledge hi- Sovereignty over Winds and Rain, Hail and Snow which lye in the B an ho- forne of the clouds, and from thence are difpenced to the earth, 4t the will of God. Seventhly and lafly, If the clouds do Yvhacfoever God corn 'naiads them, if they be fuch faithful fervants to God, then iurely the clouds will one day rifeup, or cone forth as witneffeo again all that refift the commands of God Not to obey them is bad enough, but to refill-them is far werfe. Chrif would'awaken the Scriber and Pharifees, by telling them ( Math r 2. 41. ) the men o f Nineveh (hall rife op in the 7ndgment aping this Ge- neration, and fhall condemn it, becarfe they repentedet the preach- ing
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