upon the Epiflle of JAM B s. the Hebrew terrri by which 'twas expre{fed: And fo aVo •cis kept in the New Tefiament, ~tvet®- a-~.8ct(~9, as by Paul, Ror;-J.9•27· arid by Jmnes in this place; not religiouOy, out of any myfier y in che fyllables (as Jerom fuppofeth,) but becaufe this appelbtion ofGod was fo familiar among the Jews,and fo eafily known to theNations that converfed with them. Now the Lord is called the Lord of Sabbath, or L (ird of Hofls, becaufe all his creatures are ratike.d in fuch an order, that they are always .ready to ferve and accornpl ilh his Will. The Note is, That the 'Lord ua Lo1·d of HoHs, Com– mander in Chiefof all the Creamres,Angels, Men, Thunders, Lighc– enings, Storms, Showrs, Lions;Feavors, &c. they are all at his bed<, waiting for his word: He can fend Lightenings, that they mayg"; they f ay Utito him, Here We are, rob 38. 350 that is, Lord, whither fuall we go? ,herewe are,ready to fulfil thy\\ ord. t ·rwere ea'fie f SchcM1 .r Bur: · · r • 'A b b f · h hb ro:te s 11s Lorcs to e:x:~a.C'tate m 10 coptous an rgument ; .ut ecau e tt ,at een vf Hofij ; And handled by others,.I Chall but touch·upon thmgs. Gods Command Dr cl~appel on reacheth from the highefl Angel to the lowefl- creatures: The Plal.1o3 .a.l• eA~gelsare principally calledGods Hoft; fee I K i11g. 11. 9· Lu~. 2..14· And ot what power are they, ·fince 'one Angel dcfl:royed in a night an hundred fourfcore and five th'oufand·? 2 K tit g. 19.35. Then the Heavens are intended; Ifai. 34·9· viflllhe H'ojh of tbe :Stars foa/1 be aiffolved: That which Peter .calleth ~·TOJ)(6i'<t-, the Ele-- ments, the Prophet calleth the Hofls: So 'cis fa id, Jiidg. 5. 20. TIJ'c Stars in their courfe.rfought agqinft Sifera ·; that is, by their influence ancl efl,icacy upon· the Clouds and Meteors: For g {ofephm, g ]6fephu~ lib: fpea:king of that Battel, faith, 'That·there fudrlenlyfe!l a florm vi.i'x- 5.~nti<Ju· Ju• ed with hail, Which the Wind•drove agteins'1 the faces of the Cana- dliCar,( 01p,6 • anites, ~tndtoo/z.away their fight, ~tnd.benummed their hands, t/;;at thel could not hold their targets, orJltng their darts; but beating upon the back.! ofthe Ifraelites, it emboldend.J them the more. So alfo men are called Gods Hofts; as Ifrael, Exod. 12; 41. And 'cis faid, He!fJHj}ereth. theHoJloft~e B~tttel, I[ai.q.9. Nay lower . t.reatures,Locufts are called Gods Army, roe! i. and God is faid to refer'i¥e the [now and hail againfl the day of battel, Job 38. it, 2 2. AgainO: Eg1pt he {ent Armies ofFrogs, and Lice 1 and Flies ; :;jgain£1: the idolatrous people Artnies bf·Lions, ~King. 17. Nay God can · arm the htltbours of thy body againfi thee, caufe thine own paffions and thoaghfs to fan upon thee likeio many armed men : He needeth no forces from without ; there is enough to overwhelm man in the Yy y _2 refleCtions
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