604 Verf. 2 t ExpoFtion ufon the Book of o Chap. 37., 2r1 cometh out ofthe North. 'I he word tratiflatedf4ir weather, frgni- asoma). fierhgold ;gold cometh out ofthe North. Fair weather in its fea- fon, is worth muchgold, -and may well be called golden weather.; the Sun in tuch feafons gilds both the Ai. and Earthwith his pre- cious beams. And I find an ancient Interpreter flicking.tnuch up- on the fire fignification of the Hebrewword , maintaining that gold is to be taken here properly ; 0,1t,of the worth . coneeth gold,, becaufe (_ faith. he ), in the. Northern Countryes,, through the greatnefs of Cold,the heat in thofe parts is fopent in the bowels of the Earth, that it more fullyconco&s and refines the gold, than in other places : Out of the North comes gold , that is the purefl gold. But, I conceive, that . was not at all the bufinefA. of a'lihu here ; and I find the Scripture in another Ace that which is fhining,beautifull, and precious, bygald, (ZZch.4, r.a. ) The óylewhich the twoOlive -branches emptiedout of them- , felves through the twogolden pipes, is called gold, or golden oyle,. tux q:tortr that io, bright oyle,.pure_oyle ; and fo becaute the light of the Sun auroBienni. í fining in fair weather is purer and more defecate than the pu- cr" EOr: refl gold, therefore this Scripture.expreli-eth. it bygold; through the North agolden coneeth, faith Mr Broughton. Again, Some taking the word gold here metaphorically for any prétioste thing, take the word North metaphorically alto for any evil thing, that is,,forvany aflli6l.ion, trouble, or forrow which we meet with in this world;thefe are indeed as,a cold chillingNorth- wind, And fo theywill needs give the fence:of this Scripture níy- ilically thus,, Oat of the North corrseth precious thing; ; that is, af- flictions '( which are as a cold chilling North-wind ) make us more precious ; or,rlarough cold chilling affitc ions, we are made more andmore precious. fobfaith, and this text may have fuck an allufion (andi give it no further) to that (Chap; z;3. c o.) When he hash tried .me,, l (hall come forth gold ; that is, I (hall come forth precious. Whether God loth try us by the North' or by the South, whether by theheat o£ profperity,or by the cold of adver- ficy, ifwe are under his tryal, andare fiithfull,we come out gol', we comeoutmore precious frothour t,gals, thanwe came in. The Apoflle bath likealllufion "(r Pet, r..6, 7.) reare now for a fèajon to Jiéavinef; (if reed be) through ma%i(,old "temptations, (that is, troubles, tribulations and afflictions ) ?Faa the trial$ of ,ts r. faith, beingmtachmore precious than ofgold that perilsttb, théu4h
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