Chap. 40 An Expofztion upon the Bookof JO B. Verf. 9. 559 Now, as in the former guef+ion, the Lord let forth his mighty flrength,in aeting,byhis arm, ,Haft thou an arm like God ? So here he fetteth forth his mighty power, in fpeaking,by thunder, Canfi thouthunder with a voice likehim ? Hence, Note; 'The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice. To thunder issto fpeak,but it is no ordinary (peaking, that is in- tended by it.To thunder is to fpeak,not onlyweightily,but power fully,fomewhat patfionately,if not difpleafedly,and with a mighty impreffing force, as alto with an extenfion and intention of the voice. To lift up the voice like a trumpet (as the Prophet was commanded,Jfa. 58. t.) bath all this in it, much more to lift tip the voice like thunder ; and fuch is the voice of God. The f+rongeft and mot+ f+etnoreanvoice of man is but a whifper, and cannot fiartle a Moule, or give me leave to fay (as we proverbi- ally fay ) the t+rongef+ and aloft mufical-mouthed man, fpeaks but like a Moufe in a Cheeje, his voice is indeed a weer filence in comparifon of the thunder of Gods voice. The whole 29th, ?Jaime is a proof of it; which though it be true of the natural thunder, yet 'tis chiefly to be underflood ( as hach been (hewed) of the metaphorical or fpiritual thunder, the power that goeth forth with the fpeakings of God. And that there is a thunder, :mightypower, accompanying the Word of God, may appear in there particulars. Firti, The bare laying voice of God is exceedingpowerful. To fay a thing, is as little as may be towards the ef^fe&ing of it. But if God do but fay, let fuch a thing be , it is fo ; yea, his Paying (no more is expret+ ) gave all things a Being r He.only Paid , Let there be light, and there woe light, &c. (Gen. 3.3. ) That laying was a commanding, as the Apofile expounds it (2 Cor, 4. 6.) God who commanded light to (hint out of darknefr, &c. The laying voice of Godhath a commanding power in ir, that is, every thing is done and cometh to pals as he faith (Pfal, 3 3.6.) By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the hoafe of them, by the breath of' his mouth.' And if the whole world was the produ& of a word from God, what cannot God produce in the world, by (peaking the word ? Secondly,
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