314 Chap. 28. e qn Exiofrtiontupon the book, of Jos. Verf. a .l The motion or inclination of the winder tbrsor that way, is from the fpeciall defignation or dL fp feof God. Naturaliftsafcribe the efficient caufe of the windes to the Sun and other heavenly bodies, or to the cold of the middle region of the ayr, which repelling or thruffing back that afcending exha- lation , caufeth it to glance flamingly and violently through the ayr. Again, Afirologers afcribe the motion of the windes to f?ecial Planets The Eafl-wind they afcribe to the Sun, the. Weil- wind ro theMoon, the South -wind to Mars, the North- wind to 9npiter ; But the truth isJehovah, the living God, is the fupreamcaufe anddire&or of them all ; hemade the weight for the winds in creation, and he hangs on the weight for the windes inprovidence everyday.TheScripture defcribeth the Lord flying. upon the wings of thewind (Pf. t 8. r a.) and walking upon the wings ofthewind,(Pf. ;o4.3.)He whomadeall creatures may make what ufe he pleafeth of any creature. The winds are elegantly laid to have wings, becaufe of their fwiftnefs ; And the Lord is Paid to fly or walk upon the wings of the winds, toPhew that as he declares his power by them, fo they are continuallya&ed and go- verned by his power. In the fironger and more violent motions of the wind he may be laid moll properly to fly, and in thole more gentle and temperase motions of the wind to walk upon . their wings. There are many diflin& a&s of God fpoken of in Scripture concerning the wind. Firíl, he is laid to create ir, that is, to g.ve it abeing, (Ames.4, t 3.)Loe he thatformeth the moun- tains and createth the wind. Secondly, he is laid to prepare the- wind, that is, to make it ready for any particular fervice(fob.4. S.) And it came to pals when the sun did arife,that God prepared et vehement Eiji. wind. Thirdly, he is faìd to command the wind, . that is, ro give it a&ual commiffion to ferve his purpofes. And this command is twofold fi ill, for the railing ; fecondly,for the flopping c r °allaying of the windes. The former (Pfal. 78. 26.) Re caufedan Fall-wind to blow in the Heavens, andby hie power he drought in the South-wind. And again in that moll Rhetorical description of a flogm at fea (Plat. 107.2.3, 24, 25, 26.) They, that gee down to thefea infhi pr;that doe bufnefs in great waters. Tbefe fee the workesof the Lord, and hie wonders in the deep ;for be egmmanieth.;, and rou feththe form, winder wh-chlifteth op the waves
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