8. The Lord makes the Wind his §8messengers, Psal. 104. 4. Who maketh his Angels spirits, so it is in your books, but the word translated spirits, signifies Winds, and is to be understood of them; for the scope of the Psalmist is to show the glory of God in his great works of Nature. The word translated Angels, signifies messengers in the Hebrew, as the Greek: But the Apostle in the first of the Hebrews quotes this Scripture, and applies ⟨p. 15⟩it to the Angels, vers. 7. And of the Angels he saith, he maketh his Angels spirits, and his Ministers a flaming fire; to this, Calvin upon the 104. Psalm, justifying the former interpretation, answers, It is not the intent of the Apostle to expound the meaning of the Prophet, but sets out an Analogy or likeness between that obedience the Winds yield unto God, and that which is performed by the Angels; and so the meaning is, that as God useth the Winds his messengers, to go hither and thither, as he pleaseth, for the fulfilling his Word, so he useth the Angels for his service, and they obey accordingly; so that this visible sensible World is, as it were, a glass of that glory the Lord hath in the higher World above in the Heavens, and we may be the rather induced to conceive that the Apostle maketh use only of an Allegorical sense of that Scripture, because we find many times in the New Testament places quoted out of the Old, and applied not according to their proper sense, ⟨p. 16⟩but some according to their typical, and others their allegorical sense, as many might be named, I will only show you one place quoted out of the Psalms, as this is, and that by the same Apostle, the place of the Psalm that is quoted, is Psal. 19. vers. 4. Their line is gone out through the earth, and their words to the end of the World; it is apparent this is spoken concerning the heavens, their line, that is their rule or delineation, which is a means to teach the simple, as Isay 28. 10. or by line is meant a building frame which is made by line and rule; Job. 38. 5. speaking of Gods creating the earth, he hath this expression, Who hath stretched out the line thereof? The Greek Translators translate the word sound, which word the Apostle also useth, quoting this place, Rom. 18. 18.
8. The Lord makes the Wind his §8messengers, Psal. 104. 4. Who maketh his Angels spirits, so it is in your bookes, but the word translated spirits, signifies Winds, and is to be understood of them; for the scope of the Psalmist is to shew the glory of God in his great workes of Nature. The word translated Angels, signifies messengers in the Hebrew, as the Greeke: But the Apostle in the first of the Hebrewes quotes this Scripture, and applies ⟨p. 15⟩it to the Angels, vers. 7. And of the Angels he saith, he maketh his Angels spirits, and his Ministers a flaming fire; to this, Calvin upon the 104. Psalme, justifying the former interpretation, ansvvers, It is not the intent of the Apostle to expound the meaning of the Prophet, but sets out an Analogie or likenesse betvveene that obedience the Winds yeeld unto God, and that vvhich is performed by the Angels; and so the meaning is, that as God useth the Winds his messengers, to goe hither and thither, as he pleaseth, for the fulfilling his Word, so hee useth the Angels for his service, and they obey accordingly; so that this visible sensible World is, as it vvere, a glasse of that glory the Lord hath in the higher World above in the Heavens, and vve may be the rather induced to conceive that the Apostle maketh use onely of an Allegoricall sense of that Scripture, because vvee finde many times in the New Testament places quoted out of the Old, and applyed not according to their proper sense, ⟨p. 16⟩but some according to their typicall, and others their allegoricall sense, as many might be named, I will onely shew you one place quoted out of the Psalmes, as this is, and that by the same Apostle, the place of the Psalme that is quoted, is Psal. 19. vers. 4. Their line is gone out through the earth, and their words to the end of the World; it is apparent this is spoken concerning the heavens, their line, that is their rule or delineation, which is a meanes to teach the simple, as Isay 28. 10. or by line is meant a building frame which is made by line and rule; Job. 38. 5. speaking of Gods creating the earth, hee hath this expression, Who hath stretched out the line therof? The Greeke Translators translate the word sound, which word the Apostle also useth, quoting this place, Rom. 18. 18.
