Chap. z8. ta Expofïtion upon the Book of JO E. Verf. 26. 33 S as a ho:fe with bic aad bridle bythe all-powerful hand of God; The winds and thunders which exceed Lions and Beares in wild- neCs and fiercenefs, the Lord can tame and make as gentle as a Lamb. Windes and thunder which are able to over-throw the calle( Cedars in Lebanon, and root up the arongefl Oakes of Báfhan, which (hake, yea shiver the belt founded Towers, and make the Mountains tremble,thefe the Lord can confine and im- prifon in their proper places , fo that a leaf of a tree (hall not (hake, nor a feather, nor the lighten thi(ledown be lifted up into or move in the ayr. As the wrath ofmanfhall praife God, and the remainder of wrath, (chat is, Co much of it,°how much foever it is as is not likely to turn or be ferviceable untohis praife) he will refhrain (Pfal. 76.1o. ) fo the wrath and rage and violence of winds and waters, of lightning andof thunder, (hall praife Cod; as for the remainder ofir,or whatfoever is nor Su bfervi-nt to that great end,he will and can refrain it at his pleafure ; For,he bath made a weight thewind, &c. Fourthly, Thofethings that are mofl ufeful and comfortable for us are in the power and difpofe of god. What's more univerfally comfortable and ufeful then water, raine andwind. We cannot live long without the two former, or at all without the lauer. Rman may live without any man- ner of food many dayes, but no man can live an hour altogether without ayr or wind ; and whenwe arc but firaitned either for wind or water, our lives are rendered very unpleafaneto us. Is it not then a priviledge to the children of God, that theweight and meafure anddecree of all there things is made by their Father, and thatthey may have themfor the asking? Laftly, Here bang manywords to let our the wifdorn and power of God in difpofing theft' creatures, weighing, meafaring, decreeing, making away. Note The care andprovidence of God concerning man is perfei'c and iffinfh. What elfe or what It t can this heap of words import? When tie fee a man making Or providing himfclf with weightsand tnéa- lures, we cannot but conclude him a. wary man in hi b;(finefs, and
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