Chap. 21. Au Expof tion toss: the 1Nkt,f OB. Ve-f i r. 97 thefewaters (weld over me, bit. th.ey are io.ht uno me. In- wardor foule-afíii &ions, as well as outssarJ, aid b dyty afflic- tions, are let forth by waters. (P.?el. 109 i8.) As he eloathed himfelfe withcurling, likeat with kmgarment, fo let it crane into bù bowells (or within biro) like crater, aid like ogle into bu bones. Lq rids penetrate, fodoe aff1 roes. Thirdly, As the water is not mans proper Element, be lives and breaths in the ayre, nor in the water ; So ,ílirfti >n is not our proper Element, though it be due to our fin, yer it is not proper to our nature. Man was not made to live in Rtfliftion, as the Mt was made to live in the water; and therefore as it is Paid ; 7 he Lordet thnot willingly o f a nor grieve the Children of men, (Lam. 3. 33.)'Tis:(as it were)be. des the natureof God,when he afll,as the childrenofmen. So it is faid (Heb. 12. t I. ) No chafining for theprefer: feemeth to bejo ewa, butgrievrzu. Man is ourofhis Element when he is under chat'cntngs. He was made at firfi to live in the light of Gods countenance, in the fmíles and embraces ofdivine love. As man is out ofhis way when he fins, fo he is offfrom his end when he fullers ; He was not de- li.grr d for theoverwhelming choaking waters of forrow and judgment, but for the fweet refrefhing ayreof joy and mercy. It often proves a mercy in the event to be covered with thefe waters ; I o be covered with them, that we may be wafhed by them is a mercy, but only to be covered with them, el pecìal ly (as Eliph..azhere faithof70b was) to be deeply covered with them is a deep and loare affliction. a4bundance of waters cover ;Ices. Hence note ; That ae god bath treafaeres of mercy, and abennds in gvdnefs, fo be hark treafares of f rliùn, andabundance ofwrath. As God bath abundance of waters fea led up in the Clouds, as in a treatury, and he + r, unlocks his treafury and let them out whenfoever he pleafech, either to refrefh or overflow the Earth; fo hebath abundance of aflliâions, and Le tan let them forth, a, out of a yeaAiry, when he pleafeth. Asd as we read (e k,. 47 ) that the waters of the Sandnary, chafe ho- ly waters were of feverall degrees ; fir fl, to the Ankles, fecond- ly, to the kn es, then to the Loines. ;tad then a river that could O not
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