Chap. 28. an Expofition upon the Book of Jo a. Verf. 26. 329 in the workes of Nature ;.Lightning and Thunder. Homaketh away for the Lightning. The word which we render Lightning, comes either from or ttt't jade 1qq, ó comes near to a verb which tignihes tofee,becaufe Lightning is ÿutgur, cdi uor either fo eifily andquickly feen, or becaufe it is ufually feen be- quod videtur fore theThunder is heard. Lightning is of fopiercing and pe- netrating a nature, that if it find not , it will make its own way. u r and iatuat Yet becaufe this penetrating power of Lightning is from Go 3, he ewer rnn vi- is Paid tomake a way,as it were a trodden path- way,'or c c Light- dir, ping ; even the Lightning bad never found its way it the Lord had to vate fQt not made it : or the Lord is laid tomake a way for every fath of carer gedbus Lightning, becaufe though it be a mofi fubtil andviolent impreffì- vialto on, and firikes through the whole ayr in a moment, yet it flits nor,ic moves not a foot this way or that waywithout his order and direction. He tnaketb away for the lightning ofthe Thunder. That is, for the lightning which is accompanied with thunder; for when it lightens, it ufually thunders too,thoágh fometimeswe put urî vorus doe not hear it ; or 'cis called the lightning of the thunder,be- i futguritel caufe lightning is not only a concomitant, but a caufe of the thus- futgerlo, quod der. The word here rendered thunder, in the Hebrew is voices, tonitrua cecat- And thunder is therefore fo called, becaufe though wecannot fay tartfoteti & of it, as we fay of Tome creatures, That it is avosce,and more then 4uad tonitrue that netbong, (for it bath forcevery uteful and many very terrible Mode it. - effe s) yet Inch a mighty voice, fuck adreadful found goes out cj-f,nurjíre. with thunder, that is is both elegantly and moil Ggnificantly cal- Pius &via e- led a voice, yea not only by heathen Authors, but by the Scrip- riinentio, toni- ture, The voice ofGod (Pfal. 29. 3.) T'he voice of the Lord is up- tt se1eyr on the waters,7be God ofglory thundreth, The Lord i upon many cis too waters, The voice of the Lord to powerful (or, in power) the voice ovts. of the Lord is full of Majeffie (or, in Majeflre) the voiceofthe Lord breaketb tbeCedays, &c. f ohn the B:ptill was called in the prophefie (ifa. 4o. 3.) and he calleth himfelf in the Gofpel ( Yeb.i.23.) .4 voice :Beira, asked,Wbo art thou ?he anfwered lam thevoiceofone crying in thewildernefs. And be was called a voice, becaufe his office anderrand was tobore the tares of the Jews with preaching repentance and preparing the way of the V y Lord,
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