Chap. z8. Expo /ition srpon the ,Blok of J o B. Verf. 26, 3,2 S ¡ eearfeth hie wind to blow,and the waters flow (Pí.147 i8.) that is, they flow beyond their ordinary courfe and marks ; and again he caufeth his wind toblow, and they return to their wonted courfe and channel.. We find this mots clearly cxpreffed in that meditation upon and dcfcription of the mighty powerful provi- dence of God (Pfal.104.6,7,8,9) Tbon coverall it (that is,the earth) with the dupaswith a garment ; the waters (food above the dfauntainet. ,.4t thy rebuke theyfled ; at thevoice of thy than- der they ha.ffed away ; they go eopby the Mountainee, theygo down by the valleys to the place which eben haif appointedfor them : Thou bagfet abound, that they cannot pats ever , that they tarn not a, gain to cover. the earth. Unlefs the Lord did refrain thole mighty waters, and keep them as it were under lock and key , under his own power and command, they would quickly turn again like an enemy and cover the earth. All thefe ac`s of providence about the waters are but the expofition of Yobs text, He weigberh the waters byeneafsire., Verf. 26. When he madea decree for the retin,and a way for the lightning-of the thunder. 70b having fpoken of the wifdom of God in winds and earthly prri ere p bet waters, proceedes to (peak. of the wifdom of God in fending the re, um author'. waters of heaven, or rain- waters upon the earth. , decoruere, As before'tras faid he madeaweight for the wind, fo here cis flatuere ;propriò Paid, he made a decree for the rain.. Tne word which we render fenlpereflrio decree, fignifies, in the root, to write_or engrave, and thence to ferreo;hinc fa" make flumes and decrees, becaufe they ofe.tobe written or en- mrtrr nrproa rue roßgetn graven, and fo to remain upon record for future ages. So that it dieere,quodfla- imports two things ; firf, the authority of a law ; fecondly, the turn ¿et rera permanency of a. record.Such an authoritative and permanent de- fculperenrur ad f, ruram ref cree bath God for therain. memoriam, I will not flay here upon any Philofophical difcourfe about rain, either. how that Meteor is generated and formed, how ilfued and feat forth, either about the conception or birth of it. There will be a more fit occafion cffered in this book, to open thofc workes of Nature,or rather of God in Nature, if he fiiall.plea',e to lengthen out this work fofar. Hemade a decreefor the rain. As the Lord according to his abloluteand.. uncontrolc able forte- i raipn-y,,
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