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

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 (Isa. 3.5.) The Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a Cloud and Smoke by day, and the shining of the flaming Fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And we at this day, may make this spiritual use (according to Scripture) of the Clouds, which we behold, as to mind us how the Lo•d both protected and guided the People of Israel through the wilderness, so to assure us that he will protect and guide us through the World. Christ is this Cloud, a covering protecting Cloud unto his Church; and we may sweetly meditate upon him, not only when we behold the Sun, but as often as we behold the clouds.

Secondly, We find the Lord making use of a Cloud, or using the ministery of a Cloud, in a g•acious 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 P•ophet would assure the Church of guidance and protection, he tells them (Isa. 3.5.) The Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Sion, and upon her assemblies, a Cloud and Smoak by day, and the shining of the flaming Fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And we at this day, may make this spiritual use (accoding to Scripture) of the Clouds, which we behold, as to mind us how the Lod both protected and guided the People of Israel through the wilderness, so to assure us that he will protect and guide us through the World. Christ is this Cloud, a covering protecting Cloud unto his Church; and we may sweetly meditate upon him, not only when we behold the Sun, but as often as we behold the clouds.