Chap. 28. an Expofition upon the Book, o f J o a, Verf 25. 3 e 5 waves thereof ; Theymount up to theheaven,: Theygo down again to the depths , their foul ie melted becaufe of trouble, They recite and fro and /bigger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth therm out of tbetr diflre;(f'es. Then follows he fZcond part of h aLords commanding power over the winds, g. k et fo that the waves thereofare/bill. Then are they glad becaufe they bequiet : fo be bringeth them to their defred haven. The fierceR and wildefl meteors as well as the tame( and gentle +creatures mist{ acknowledge and (halt feel the Lords foveraignty over them. (Pfal. 148. 8.) Fire and bail, /now and vapours, furor, wind fellinghie they goeupon Gods eerrand. When Jonah rote raging ftormes, s to flee unto, Tarfhifh from the prefence of the Lord, the Lord fends a mcffenger,apurfevant. after him, to e arreR and at as great But what was it ? read (Chap.'.v. 4.) wind into the Sea, and there was a mighty tempefl in the Sea.' The wind is fent as a fervant to doe his Mafters will ; The Lord (as that Centurion in the Gofpel) faith to one wind goe, and it goeth, toanother come, and it cometh, to a third, do this and is cloth it. He commands the wind CO cleanfe and fan the ayr, and it cleanfeth it (Pr. 4. a a.) He that faith to hiepeople and co yerufalem , a dryw:nd of the high placer in the wildernefs toward the daughter of my people, not tofan, nor to cleanfe, can command the wind to fan and cleanfe.He commands the wind to bring rain, and it bringeth it, (i Kings 18.45.) or todrive rain away, and it driveth it (Pro. 25,23. ) He cancommand the wind to dry up the waters,and they are dryed up (Gen,8. i.)The Lord can com- mand the wind rodivide the waters of the Sea, and they are di- vided(Exod.4.2,i,) He can command the wind fafely to aaec whole Navies of Ships over the Sea, and they doe it, as frequent experience teacheth ; and if he command, thewinds woul quickly i wrack and fink the mightiefl Navies, (Pfal.48.7.) Thou i the(hips ofTar fhifhwith an Eafl-wind. For all rhefe and many otherfervicrs , thewinds are a. Grids command, and as'tïs Paid (P(al.i 3 5 71 Me caufeth the vapours toafcend from the endsof the earth, be naaketh rain, be bringeth the wind out of bid treafuriet, The Lord bath a Mai tine of « indes, which he can lock or open, (hut up or let out in favour or in wrath, in mercy or in S f Z judge- ;
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