An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

The most cunning and knowing men in the mysteries of nature, cannot either tell how far the clouds will spread, or to what point and part of the world they will convey their water, and (as I may say) unburden themselves. Thus the words refer back to the two former verses. The Clouds are spread as a Curtain, or as a piece of Tapestry, or as a mighty Canopy; Who can understand the spreading of them? The spreading of them; First, as they carry rain; or, Secondly, the spreading of them (as some expound the place) as they convey the Lightening, which the Scripture saith, (Math. 24.27.) Passeth from one end of heaven to the other, from the East to the West; who knoweth how far ⟨p. 401⟩the Lightning will spread in the Clouds? Thus some connect it with the following verse. Who can understand the spreading Of the Clouds?

The most cunning and knowing men in the mysteries of nature, ca•not either tell how far the clouds will spread, or to what poynt and part of the world they will convey their water, and (as I may say) unburden themselves. Thus the words refer back to the two former verses. The Clouds are spread as a Curtain, or as a piece of Tapestry, or as a mighty Canopy; Who can understand the spreading of them? The spreading of them; First, as they carry raine; or, Secondly, the spreading of them (as some expound the place) as they convey the Lightening, which the Scripture saith, (Math. 24.27.) Passeth from one end of heaven to the other, from the East to the West; who knoweth how far ⟨p. 401⟩the Lightning will spread in the Clouds? Thus some connect it with the following verse. Who can understand the spreading Of the Clouds?

There is a special derivation of the word rendered Clouds,