796 Chap. 26. An Expo¡ition i:pon theBaoknf JO B Verf. cleare emblerne of all the divifions and fights,which ari(e among men, and are aged either at Land or Sea. Hence note, Thedivans,f ermes, and raging' oftbe fea are by the power e;God. The Pfalmif4 is much upon this, (Pfal. 1°7.23,24,25 )They thrìtgot downe to the fea in (hips, that doe bufinefs in great waters, theft fee the workes of the Lord in the deepe,for be commsandetb and raifeth up theft .rmy winde, which lifted up the waves thereof, (where note,they are lifted up by Gods command)they meow up to the he even, they g.,e downe againe to the dept.ks,their /oul zs mel- td becau /e of trouble. (Jon: r.4) The L rd lent out agreat wind into thelea, amt there was a mighty temp.fl in the ¡ea. (Jere: lo. 13 ) God is laid to brig the winde out of bra treafure (and Prov: 3o, 4) To gather the wind in his fig, The wind is lent our, and the wind is gathered in,'tis ereafured up,and 'tis disburfed out by his on appointment to ferve his providences and defignes to- wards men, both in mercy and in Judgement, We may henceinferre, that ,rAstbe Lord divideth thefeu, fo the earn. When men are all of a mind, all as one rnan,he can fever and divide their fpirits,and then caufe them to dafh againfi one ano- ther like the waves ofa tempeftuous lea. The old wòrld was ofone minde, but the T.ord came down,and divided them, when he law themunited in that wovke(Çen: I i 6.)Tbe people are one and they have al! one language, and thie they begin to doe, and now nothing will be refrained from them which they leave imagined to doe, fo the Lord confounded their language, and fcattertd them a- broad; They were building a Babel to fecure themfelves againft a fecond deluge,& to get them a name NI they Ahould be fcattered abroadupon the face of the whole earth. Therefore God brought their feares upon ehem,and fcattered them We lay ourfelve,mo f epee to that judgement, which we labour 'roof; to prevent in a inful way.As there are divifionsamong men which are their fin,foGod lends divifionsamong men which are their pu-ifh:rent. And as God fends divifions among men for the punifhmenr of tome, fo for the probation or tryal of others.Chrifi faith(A1'ath:ao.35.) d a2$
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