546 `Teri:. I 5, eyfn Expofition -upon the liooko,f J o E. Chip. 37, Concitït iriJd quas alimenrqq nu5ibus art. Ovid: t.. W- tasnz Eux in rube roridaYÍi1i cf firít colores et varias et pul. eherrimas lu- eis temperatin deS. . Natura kití : 1. S2. C, . 24 back of the Bow in his hand, and the al is towards hirnfelf ; but God,that he'rnight thew he doth not intend to (hoot that Ar- row any obore, holds the dring of the Bow downwards, which no .man doth that bath a mind to (hoot. The Lord by this Bow in the Cloud (hoots no man, unieife icbe ( as One well expreffeth it ) with admiration and love ; or I may fay, the Lord having (hot his Arrowes of 'immoderate Rain from the Region of the 'air for mans chaflning,feems to return to Heaven with his Bore-reverted, as a token ofpace and fcrenicy to the world, or that in Judgment he remembers his Covenant-mercy. The wicked are faid tobend the,'r Bonybey wake read) theirarrow upon thefyring,that they may privily. (hoot at the upright in heart, (.13-al. i z. z.) But he that turns the flti, g of his Bow downwards, is not ready, nor feems minded to-(hoot at alt. Thirdly, This bow (hews mercy , becaufe there is no Arrow feen ar ir, or with it. Fou thly , It Iheweth or fignifieth mercy, becaufe the Rain- bow, ufuallr' appears when Rain is ready tocome , implying that the Rain !mall not hurt us ; and fo we have a fepport ofour faith, as loon as we have any appearance of feare. Fifthly, When-ever the Rainbow appears, there is clearnefs in fumepart of the 'air ; for it cannot be but when the Sun (hines. In the time of the Flood the light of the Sun was wholly obfcu- red. All the dayes which the world had during that dreadful! Rain, were ( like the daydefcribed , joel z. z. Zeph. r. t 5. ) dayes ofdarknefs, and of gloemsiefr, dayes ofClouds and of thick, darknefs. Therefore 'tis laid, ( Gen. 8. zz. )T3ay and night fhafi continuefor ever : Intimating that in the time of the Flood the day was fo obïcured, fo black, that it could fcarcely be known to be day, or di(iinguifhed from night. But now when the Rainbow is feen, the Sun (hines, to give aflh ance that though there be an appearance of Rain, yet the light of theday ("hall not ceafe. Sixthly, The various colours of the Rainbow are very figniF- cant for our comfort, mal<iog ( as fame Naturalills have told us) a thoufand Tweet delir,hts for the eye, by the admirablemixtures and fhadowings of colours therein difcernable. Sevenrhle , TheNatu'al Hiflorian affureth-us, that where the R irbow at any time touuhe,h the Earth (as we navy often obferve it doth) it leaveth a fragrant finell upon the gals, [hrubs and babes,
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