Chap. 28.n Expofition tapon the Book of J o B. Veri. 25. 323 i5.) And hefaidunto me, the waters which thou fawefi , where the whoreftttetb,arepeupler and multitudes ,andnationr,and tongues. And (v, t 8.) the woman which thonfawe/l is that great City,which reignetb over the Kings ofthe earth. The woman the whore of Ba- bylon fat upon the waters, that is the ruled kingdomes and peo- ple and nal:ions. And as the had a loveraignty over them, fo the was confident of her (lability, for(Chap, 18.7. ) Shefaid inhtr heart 1 it a Q`een, and an no zwtdtbw, and (hall feeno furrow. Thus the Lora fitted) indeed upon the floods, he fitteth upon the proper floods, his power and foveraignty is over and upon all feas and waters throughout the whole compafs of the world : and h: fits upon the figurative floods, upon nations and people, to rule and govern them. There (as the Pfalmift [peaks) he fitteth 'a King for ever. That,God fits upon the natural waters is a comfortable conti- deration to us all, to thofe efpecially that have to doe upon the waters, and whole bufinefs is upon theSeas. And as tis 'good for good men, that goods and waters are at the command of God, fo it may be a terrour to the wicked. Eliphaz, affures l'ob (Ch. 5. 23,)that if he were godlyhe/boald be in league with the /loner of thefield, and the beafls of the field mhould be at peace with hive. The godly alto are in league with the winds, and the waters of the fea arc at peace with them. But woe to the wicked and all ungodly men,for they having no league or peace with God, yea being at enmity againff him, cannot be at peace with windes and wat rr, but have reafon to fear lea the Lord give them commiflion eve- ry Moment (as executioners of his w ath) to deflroy andfwallow them up. They whohave not God to friend have no affurance to have the creatures (which are Gods ho(r) to friend. Secondly, it is agreat comfort alCo toSaints and godly men that the Lord fittech upon the myliical or figurative waters, multitudes andpeopleand nations. Davidputtethboth thefe to- gether, or rather expoundes the one by the other (Pfal, GS, 7:) whichflillefl the noife of thePeas, the noife oftheir waves, and the tumult of the people, that is, the Lord flilleth the people when they [flu&uate and tumultuate like the waves of the feu, roaring and makinga noire in a mighty tempes. The flormes which rife in the fpirits ofthemulticude,are often more terrible and have more dreadful effets then any storm at Sea, and is not this fweet to T t 2 re'
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