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

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.

Secondly, We find the Lord making use of a Cloud, or using the ministry of a Cloud, in a gracious way, for the conducting of his People out of Egypt quite through the Wilderness unto Canaan. That I grant was more than an ordinary Cloud, and lower and nearer the earth than usually Clouds are, yet it was doubtless of the same nature with other Clouds (Exod. 13.21. Neh. 9.19.) And therefore, when the Prophet would assure the Church of guidance and protection, he tells them (