Chap. 38. An Expofitioì7 upon the Bookof Jos. Verf. 9. tar^ of God ; how was that ? not that his heart was fa(hioned like the heart of God, but he was lifted up in a Pelf-fuHîciency , as if he(like God)needed no helper;and as he thought,het a I noneed ten dopfuch prroud , fo he had no fear of hurt from waves appear u on the fea of mansheart ? and p is there among the fons ofmen , but finds hefeproud waves of his heart liftin,g him up beyond his fphere and condition ? And Who but God, canPhut up this fea with doors, when its fnfulnefe " breaks forth, ,as if it had iffued out of the womb? But leaving i ¿ - thefe metaphorical feas , I return to confider what the Lord Paid A1lerena rr ft: further, concerning the SeaNatural. °primeciz,xñn Verf. 9. When Imade the cloud the garment thereof , and fo,,,,:. ;tot thiekdarknefs afwadling band for it. muiheenim As Coon as the child isborn and come into the world, the Mo- ©Y u1uferer r then or Midwife provides futable garments for it , and a fwad- re Got. ling band. Thus the Lord continues the metaphor of child- cummareaeüs birth ; I, faith the Lord , provided a' garment and a fwadling aquis tanquant band for the new-born fea. And as the Text tells us , that the veff¡surtr um- Lordnude the fed a garment, and a fwadlingband , fo it tells us rf ere¿ run. what they were : What was the garment made for the fea ? The er tit lunfa Cloud. When the Lord had feparated the fea from theearth, he vaparu¿ cati- made the clouds to cover it , as garments do a child , that coniesdine tasquen naked into the world ; and the cloud is a fit garment for the f fcii éiBedz.u. fea. Clouds are water condenfed , and they diffolve into wa- Nubes poem ter , and here the Lord having feparated the fea from the earth, apoeticduun. made the cloud , which is a kindof fed , a fea in the air , as a mr air e,nrgræ ,garment to cover and keep it warm. And becaufe a new-born fpiceæ,imo in- child , left the limbs fhould not grow right, bath not the liberty xr nebr of its arms and feet for a time ; but is wrapt up with a fwadling Nome; m band : therefore, in purfuance ofthe Allegory , the Text fpeaks nït of a fwadling -bandprepared for the fea , as loon as it was born. ory+meßaver% But what was the fwadling -band of the fea ? As the mat- 60 1 quoA ter of its garment is a cloud , fo its fwadling-band is thickfignjl atinvat- dark afs ; that is, fay force, very dark clouds ; making this latter ere afeile part of the verfe but a repetition of the former : becaufecloud' que¿sdmodum are dark in themfelves, they are often expreffed by darknefs °tent invotl3i they are called black clouds; and dark clouds, yea, fometimes r°,1:, ,.tati ïvi clouds arc ailed darknefs, So that the cloud,and the thick daarek- faster. P,Ìc 45
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