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

Secondly, The natural use of the Clouds is, to attemper the the heat of the air, and to be as a Curtain, or Screen between us and the Sun. If the Sun should always shine fully upon the earth, we were not able to abide it; but the Clouds coming between, do exceedingly qualify and moderate the heat and fierceness of the Sun. These, besides others, are their natural u•es.

Secondly, The natural use of the Clouds is, to attemper the the heat of the air, and to be as a Curtain, or Screen between us and the Sun. If the Sun should alwayes shine fully upon the earth, we were not able to abide it; but the Clouds coming between, do exceedingly qualifie and moderate the heat and fierceness of the Sun. These, besides others, are their natural u•es.

And if we look into the Scripture, we shall find many spiritual and gracious uses, for which God hath made the Clouds.

First, God hath set his Bow in the Clouds, as a token of his favour unto mankind, as a token of his general favour, that he will not drown the world again (Gen. 9.14, 15.) And it shall come to pass, when I bring a Cloud over the Earth, that the Bow shall be ⟨p. 404⟩seen in the Cloud; and I will remember my Covenant which is between me and you, and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood, to destroy all flesh. This is alluded to by the Prophet (Isa. 54.9.) as a token of the special favour of God to his People, that he will never break Covenant with them. When Believers see his Bow in the Cloud, they may be as well assured, that they shall be freed from a deluge of wrath, as that the world shall not be overwhelmed again with a deluge of waters.