Chap.! 2. Ari Expofitionupon the Boo&ofJoB. Verf.i 5< 249 The queftion is put ( yob. 38.22.) Haft thou entredinto the treat- fires of thefnow ? Or haft thouteen the treafures of thehail ?which I have 'referved,again ft when? whicb Ihave referved againfl the time of trouble,againiI the day ofbattll and warr ? The Lord fpeakes here as forne great Prince, who bath a magazinegored& filled with am. munition_againft a timeofwar. Hail thoot faith he)entredinto the treafures of thefnow ? Haft thou been is my magazine, andconfi- deredwhat ft' res I have laid up there against the dayof battle and warre ? What day, of battle and warre is this ? we may ex- pound it either one or bothofchele wayes,Firft, Of Come day of Gods fpecial wrath and judgment upon a people, when no ene- my appears but hímfelf ; when he ( as it were ) in perfon makes Warr ugon them,andcomes forth in battle against them : In fuch a dayofbattleas this,he brings out there treafures of wrath, the fnow'and the hail. God went to warre and battle againft Egypt immediately ; and one of the fbreft plagues was the hail, which deftroyed the earth by killing the cattle, corne and'fruits, Exod. 9.18. God fetit down fhowrsofwater made up into bullets, up- on Egypt,fuch is hail. Secondly, We may underftand itofa day when a wards made againft his people; for then he fometimes brings forth this ammunition ont of his ftorehoufes, he fires his great guns, and pouces out volleies of (hot from heaven tom, on theenemies ofhis people.We have a clear'record.,which gives God the glory ofthis truth ( yea, io rr. ) When Jrfóaa was en- gaged in battle with thofe unctrcumcifed nations, The Lord call down great llenes from heaven upon them, and theydyed, they were morewf.id..) dyedwith haillones, than they whom the children of If raelflew withthefsrord. Thus whether we under (tend that text of the day ofGods immediate war againft evil men, or, of the day when evil men war againft the people ofGod : Both are e- vidences of his power,in fending waters, hail, and fnow, florin and tempefis ( all which he bath at his command) to overturn the earth. Great Princes and States,fend forth their Generals with command to overturn Cities, and deftroy all that will not fhb- mit unto them; God gives a charge to fenfelefsand inanimate creatures to goforth andoverturn the earth, and it is done. Secondly, Obferve, That the very fame creature which is dmercy to us, may be"a great afiïiion,anda fcourgeto us. K it Water
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