Awake, 0 Noreh-win'tl. 7 wind, to further the fruitfulndfe of his church. The windisnatures fanne, what windsare to the Garden, that the Spirit of chrift, in the u{e of meanes~is to the foule l Fromcomparifan fetcht fromChrifts commanding thewinds;we may in generall obferve., That aOCreaturesJtand in ohe- · ob(ervation dience tochri(i, tU ready~~aword, whenfoerr.:erht ftona chriflr 'P eakes to tbtm. They are all as it were afleep uncomTlfanJzng tbe ~indr. tiB he awakes them.Hecancall for thewindout ofhis trea(ureswhen he pleafes, he holds them in his fifl:. . Whichmaycomf()rt all thofe that are (hrijis) that they are under one that bath all creatures at his becke under him,to doe them fervice,and at his checke todo them no harme. This drew the Vfo. Di(ciples in admiration to fay, WhAt mttnner of M.lt.S :.7. man is this, that even the winds and the Se tU obey ·him?And cQlnnot the fame power fiill the winds and waves ofthechurches andStates,and caufe a ~ fuddencalme,if(asthe Difciples) we awakehim withour prayers. Secondly, we fee here, rh at chriff fpeakes to winds contrary one to another,both in regard ofthe coafis from whc:ncethey blow,and in theirquaIity:but both agree in this,that both areneceffa– ry for theGarden: where we fee, That thecourfes that chrifl takes, and the meanes that he ufes with his church, may' (eemecontrary, but hy .t wifeorde– ring aUagree in the wholfome ijfoe. A profperous and an afflictedconditionare contrary, amilde and afuarpcourfe may feeme to croffe one another. Yet, fweetlythey agree in this,thatasthe B 4' I church Gb(ervatio)J /i'otn thectm. trary bla{lr ofwiltdr.
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