andcome,OSouth. ~. u I ~~~~- mountaines, and every high thing that exalt~ .it fel£e)and Iayes them levell:nay,the Romane and thofe other mighty Empires could not fiand before it. Forthefe refpeCtsand the like, the blowjng of the Spirit is compared to wind. For which end Chrifi here commands the winds to - Blow uponhuGarden. [To hlow,&c.] See here the order,linking and concatination otthingsone under ~mother,to thct profperingofapoore flower er plant inagarden; not only foyle is needfull, but ayre and wind al– fo,and the influence ofHeaven : and God com– manding all, 2s here, the winds to hlowuponhu · Garden. To this end as a wonderfull mercy to his people,it is fJid,Ho[.2. 2 2. vAndit fha/1come topajfe in that day ,I will heare faith theLord,!wi!J hearethe Beavenr ,andtheyjhtt/1heare theearth,ttnd the earthjhall heare the corne, the win~)MJdtheoyle) ttndthey jhail hear.e Iezreel. A.s theCreatures are from God,fo the order and dependanceofcrea– tures onefro~another : tb tea~hus, notonely what topray for,. but alfowhat to pray firly for, Not 0nly to pray fort he dew ofheaven, but aJ– fo for feafonable and cherifhing winds. It unot thefoyle,iut the feafonthat makesftuitfi~U;and that Non ager, fid from feafonable winds and influences. So:inj}t' j;;~~acit 1ituall things ther.e i!~t chaineofCaufes andEffects; Prayercomes fromFaith,Rom:Io. r4.Faith from theHearingofthe Word, Hearing from aPrea– cher; by whom God by his Spirit blowes upon ·the hcan,and aPreacher-from GPds fending. Ifthe God -----·------··----- 1 ' ~ l l
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