e z, Chap. 28. ',in Expofftion opon the Book ofJ o B. Verf. 2T. Theword which we render a weight, is ufed in the verb Meta- ' phorically, to fignifie the mot/ ferious and incentive confederation, of any matter or bufinefs before us. We,commonly fay when any thingof difficulty or importiriee is propofed to us,we will weigh, t1¡ iim that ts,conuder it. That fpecial coyn among the Jews, fo often a 0/) mentioned in the old Teffamenr, the fhekel, is fo called from this Libravit,onde- word, which lignifies to weigh, becaule that being fuch a known ravit,hincJ?. ..weight,was the rule of reckoning the weight of all things ponde- roes and commonly wet g hable among them. ponnedea rs 6 owl/union; To make a weight, notes art and indufhry; acrd tomake a'weight from regula. for the windes is fuch a peice of art as never entred into the head, nor was a&}edby the hand of man. We properly weigh on ly heavy bodyes Winds move very heavy bodyes, but thetxt- felves are a very lightbody, light to a proverb; And where (hall the skale or ballance be found into which that vafl fubril anddif- fufive bodymay be gathered and therein poyfed. This onlyis the Lords doing, and(as many other things which he doch)'cis mar- vellous in our eyes, and a myfiery toour underflanding.Hemakes, a weight for the windes ; that is, he orders and delivers them out as byweight. There is a threefold reading of this cute, Firfl, Some tranflate, To makeaweightfor the Air. 1111 Actfpiri. Secondly, Others, To makea weight for thefpirit or breath. ten ventsa,ipfa f > anima elicitor, 'Thirdly , As we, To make aweightfor thewind. quaff ¿vs E.cc The Hebrewword is indifferently applyed to all three. And ffveventus. theft three may concur inone fentence ; The wind is that breath or fpirit which moves in the ayr. Or, The wind moves the ayr, and is the breath or fpirit of it. And the Lord makes a weight as much for the ayr, as for the wind in the ayr. So Come render Fecit aërem the fenfe ofthe place, Fie maketb the ayr to keep its due proporti fervorefuan on, andlikewi fe the water. This element, the ayr, is of it felf fo ;proportionen thin and fluid a body that it paffeth into ail places, penetra.. l erVataf tech or gets into all bodyes, and will not fuffer any( vacnosm or) emptinefs in nature,yet,even this the Lord weigheth.Bur I rather take it for that impetuous Meteor which moves in the ayr, The wind. And when 'cis Paid, God makes a weight for the winds , The meaning is, beorders themas exatlyas if he weighed them. And that may be called the weight of the windes, which turnes and fees them this or that way, to this or that, or;tother coat+ of the
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