Chap.p. An.Expofiitiön upon"the Hooke) OB,' "' Verf8. 205 winds and the fea obey him ? winds and wavesf em the mof dif- obedient; íiubborn and unteáchable creatures in the world, yet a En,r13mr word from God cairns the one, and fmöoihs the other. When 611eí demon_ the old Egyptians would by their Hierog(yphickr exprefs an im- flraient, horr1- pollìbility, they did it by the pidureofa man treading upon the nes!pedrburfa- waves ; as if they íhould fay, this is as ire pofiible as for a than to p-r oqu rs om- walk upon the waves. The Heathen Poct`c,dcfcribe Neptune their hula"-em in Sea-god fwimmin 1i7 ,not walking upon,or t.eadin { the watcrs.Tó g ' P pbúi depin- tread upon the waters is fo much above man, that nicer Natura- geb_-nr. Efts thought it tooffnuch.for God. Mau (hews his pride and arro- Veteres cum fu- gancy to the height, when he pretends to lord it over the waves nmNeprunum of the fea.When the Fíellefpont,a Ltrait ofthe fea,by a fuddcn florin ambulantem riling upon it, broke the bridge ofBoats,which Xerxes had made pingere non au- to pats into Greece, and fo oppofed the piojeá of that Perfian dt;rent, A ninda Monarch, he call fetters into it, asif he would teach it to know 01 Women deck" its Lord, and caufed it to be beaten with 300 (tripes, to chatten 1 runr. Herod. r its former difobcdience.It is recorded in the hy(tory of this Nati- lieleltatganu- on, concerning Canute an ancient Danifh King; that when a riregir tnglo- mighty floral of flattery role upon him,he appealed it by (hewing rum exempluor he could notappeafe the horms of the lea. One of his Courtiers gaiaffenranrio- told him in his progrefs,as he rode near the fea-fide,that he w nrr proeetlsm, prorella Imr1s Lord-r of onlyof the land, but ofthe fea,and that all thole teas in feaduoij, which he law, were at his command. Well, faith he,we (hall fee compefcuit. that by and by; and fo walked down to the fhore,and pulling fl,otd,ex earn, his upper garment, wraps it together, and fits upon it neer the Ex alto lneira- flowingofthe:waves,and with a loud voice fpeakes thus,Oyefear rumfÌua,m, e,a andwaves come nofurther, Touch not my feet, &c. But the fèa alloquntusel?, came up, not withttandmg his charge, and confuted that flattery. undaribijubeo, God onlybath this prerogative,He treadeth upon the high waves of ut ther me_ f a, as taros. There are alto myfticál waves, which the Lord treadeth upon: people and Nations are called waters, acid many waters, in the book ofthe Revelation.The waves ofthe Sea cannot be in a great- er rage, then the Nations of the earth fometimes are. And the fame Hebrew word by which the rage ofthe lea is properly ex- prefl, expreíles alto the rage ofmen (PfaI.. r.) Why do the Hea- thenrage, and the people imagine vain things?, Why are the Gen- tiles, the great waters upas high waves, threatning a deluge to the throne of Chrift ? The power ofChrift is as eminent in fiilling, the rageofthemyftical, as ofthe literall waters) yea, we iìnd. thefe
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