Chap. 28. an expofition upon the: Book of J o >t, Verf. 2 5. 3 t 7 without variation for the fervice of his own providence towards the fons of men. But as to moil parts of the world the wind re- ceives new lames for the change of its motion,almofl, every day ; and, not feldom, for many changes of its motion in one day, yea fo difcriminating are the Lords appointments to the wind, that here is oftentimes a form in one Country and a calm in another, a tempef in one lea and aprofperous gale in another at the fame infant. In one Country and Sea there's a large wind, and inanother at the fame time nota breath to move a !cafe, or in the leaf to (rain a fail. Some have more wind then they know what todoe with, while others mu f lye at hull and can do no- thing for want of"wind. What the Lord fpake by the Prophet 4- mol concerning the rain (Chap. 4..7.) Icarfed it to rain upon one City., and caufed it not to rain up?nanother City) is as true concerning the Lords foveraignty in difpofing of the wind, He caufeth it to goe forth andblow in one Country, and he caufeth it not to goe forthnor blow inanother Country; as not a drop of rain falls, fo not abreath of wind blowes any where but by the leave of God firf obtained,or but by his role and dire&ionr Secondly, as the place and the coats, fo the gtantity and de- gree is at his difpofe; how much flail goe out, and with what frength, how large or how fcant the wind (hall be is from his word. It is laid' (Exod. 14 24.) The Lord canted the fea togoe back by a ftrong Eaft-wind. The Lord did not only order from what poynt of heaven that wind fhould blow, or that it {hould be anElf-wind, but he ordered the frength and force of it in a due proportion to that miraculousdifpenfation.TneLord did not only . fend out a wind, but a great wind into the fea after fonah,which made a mighty tempeft ( Chap. E. 4.) and he prepared not only an :Eat-wind, but a vehement Eaft wind to afHi& him, ( h P. 4.8 )- He indeed made a weight for that wind which preflcá him fore ; andhe makes the weight of every wind more or lets, acco:ding to the work it is tent about. Thus as he dire&s from what poynt of the hea yens the wind (hall blow, fo in what degree, whether i: fhlal be much or little) whether a form or a calm : And he can with oné ward turn the calm into a form, and the form into a calm. We read that there arofe agreat temrel in the Sea, infonauch that the Sisip(where=.n "Chrif and his Di;ciplcs were =ha q t:d)ovar cove- red
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