56z Verf. 17. 4n E.xplitwnupon the Bock., of ) p B. Chap. 37. therefore we render it by the South wind. The South wind tome- times bringeth ftormes, as was fhewed at the 9thverfe, Out of the South eorneth the whirlwind ; but moßly theSouth wino bringeth a calm and heat (Luke . 2. 5 5,) Whenye fée ( faith Chtif) the Southwind blow, ye f y, there will be heat, and it corneth to pafc. As the North wind ulually blames cold, fo theSouth wind ufually blowes hot, or b:ingerh hear. Here's a natural caufe of warmth, the quietingof the earth by the South wind, stis the earth at any time unq'ti.et ? liner, why is it faid, he yuieteththe earth ? Here by the earth we are to underhand that part of the Air which is nearcttl to the Earth. Tie Earth taken tlri61l,, is not unquiet, but the Ai", in Which we ( who are upon the Ext;h) breath, the wind blowing, isunga'tet and fiat my, and when C.od commands down the holm and fends a calm he is faid to quiet the Earthy So then, by the Earth, we are ro underhand the Aie inîmediat iy compatiìrg us, whodwell andmove u; on the Ea th ; and Go gotietetb the earth with theS, aath, or South wind, when we on earth are quiet and quit from trcubiefem or tetnpe- fluous weather. Hence note ; Thenatural goierzefs of the Air which we have on Earth, is of Gad. When there are no florrnes ncr blu(iring winds in the Air, God thews both his power and gnodneis, he then quiereth the Earth; bt e are toacing 1 c ge Cod in it, and biefs him for ir, when the Earth is quiet: The ct!ciF>lés (Match. S. 26. ) being in a great floral at Sea, and f:_at á in: the V fïei would be aver-fee, and that they f;iould: perilla in the Waters, Ch' if laid to' the Sea,. Feace, he,$ill ; a d recently there was agreat calm. He chat quiets the Sea, quiet, the Earth roo. Chrift bath calmes or peeac ble ;indr, as well as fro-mes and (+arm.y winds at his dilpo._e. And it t a. twat: al quiernefs of the Earth be the work of Gnci, then much more is the civil quietnefs of it. God alone giveth quietoefs among then, hemaketh them done Houle, and them of one Nation to live quiet. When there are no winds, no tempe - fucus aiinds blowing in the skie, there may be (lorn;es and rem_ peas in the Spirits of men ; and when there is a te npe ì tai bin, enty he who formes the (oirit of an witht o him (Zech, 12, a. ) can Terra etf we pr,prqu-a ter, rcr. F'i 'c.
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