244 4. conaant mi- racles to Ifrael in the wilder- nefle. 2. How it difle:. red from other cIou4s. Nées je.)ieve. 3. What was the ttfe ofit. Numb. 14.14. ClouddndF'irc,ype,rofChrifl forty yeares.Thofe fours great miracles were. r. thenot [welling oftheir feet. Deut. 8.4. 2. their apparrells not wearing, or not waxingold, Deut. 8.4. 3.the feedingof themwithdaily Manna!s,ver.3.and 6,and water out of a rock,ver. r s, 4.this Pillar. 2. weft. Was there any difference between this and other Clouds ? eflnfw. Yes in five things, i. thematter, z. the fa- shion, 3. the motion, 4. the properties, S. thedurance. r . Thematter ofit wasnot of vapours as other clOuds, nor apt to engender raine, but framed by the Lord be- fides and above the ordinary courfe ofnature. z. The fafhion:It kept ilia the figureofa Pillar, whereasother clouds continually alter the fhape and figure every mo- ment. 3. The motion : other cloudsaremooved by the winde: this mooved it lelfe, yea though the windes mooved moll firongly, it flood flill. Betides that the motionofit was certaine, and imitable fo as they might follow it, but fo was it never in any other cloud. 4. It had contrary properties , of light and of darkeneffe, being a Pillar ofcloud and fire. S. In durance. For one cloud to continue firme and fiable for forty yeares long mull needs bee miraculous, whereas nothing is fooner difperfed then ordinary clouds bywinde and weather. In allwhich regards it is called the Cloudof the Lord; Numb. 14. 14. Not that all clouds are not his, but be- caufe this was fo after a fpeciall and extraordinary manner. 3. Quefl. What was the ufe ofthis cloudyPillar ? esinfir. Threefold, the firfl in refpec`f ofGod, the fecond in refpe,i of the Ifraelites, the third in refpect of theirenemies, Numb. t4. 4. 1. In refpeel ofGod; It was a fgge and fyrnbole ofthe prefenceofGod and Chrifl. For God often plea- fed to manifeflhis prefence by the clouds: As whenhe Jetshis bowe in the clotrd,a figgeofhis favour God in a ,7,..........
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