Chap. 37. ,,/4Y Eapofrtion upon the Bookof j o B. Verf. 7. 565 bled (Pfal 3o. 6, 7.) 'Titgood for us to be in expectation of, . and preparation for all forts of changes, feeing all things here be- low are cltangable. That great Monarch faid ( 4. 4: ) 1. Nebuchadnezzar was at reftt in mine heufe, andflourifhing in my paflace, yet prefentlyhe faw ina dream, that all his fiouri ping profperity was but like adream that pafteth away ; andwhile thole boafis of an earthly greatnefs and feulement were in his mouth (verf._3(3.) Is not this great Babylon that 1 have built for the boufe of the Kingdome, &c. Therefell voyeefrom Heaven (veçf. 31.) faying,OKing Nebucadnezar, to thouit is fpoken, the King- dome isdeparted from thee. MI fublunary things, the furefi and bell felledeflates,not only of themen of this world,or of worldly men,but of all men, even of good men, in this world, are as fub- jeót to changes, as the Moon is, or as the wind and weather. Laflly, Whereas, when Plihu to the queflion, Knowef thole how thy garments are warm, puts this addition, when he quieted; the earthwith the South wind ? 74might fay, that's ananfwer to the quefiion. If youask me, howmy garments are warm ? I an fwer, By god) quoting the earthwith the South wind. But here is fomething more intended ; though this be acaufe of warmth, yet not all the caufe. It is polliible for the weather to be warm, and our garments not warm. It was (hewed before, that God is able to fufpend the, working, or eft'e&s of nature : as,through his power a man may be in the lire and yet the fire not burn him (it was fp . with the Three Children in Daniel) fo a man maybe in the Sut;- Thine, and his clothes not warm him. God can flay or flop the in- fluencesand effects of the Sun. The fhining of the Sun and the grietnefsof tke Air are true reafons of the warmth we feel in cur garments, yet not all the reafon. And therefore EliIva wouldcon- vince 3.obby this queflion, that if he could not give the whole rea- fon of Nam rats, much lefs could he of providentials. And as he convinceth himof his infufficiency, and inco-upetency to deal and debate withGod, by his ignorance about the warmth of his gar- ments thatcovered him ; So in the next verle, he convinceth him of weaknefs and inability; by calling him to confider the mighty po.:crand fèlfftfficiencyof God, who alone, without any of his or ofany mans afflílance,made and fpreadout the mightygarment, the Skie,which enwraps and covers all men and all things on earth. That's the general import of the following queflion.:
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