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

He covereth or hideth the light, that is, from our eyes,¹ he causeth it to disappear, or not to appear to us: The wo d notes covering as with a garment, or covering with any thing that intercepts and stops the sight; and hence by a Trope it is applied to the pardon of sin (Psal. 32.1.) Blessed is the man whose sin is covered. When the Lord pardons sin, he is said to cover it, because he will not suffer it to appear against the sinner, nor be charged upon him to condemnation. As pardon covers sins, so Clouds cover the Heavens, and when they are covered the light is covered. With Clouds he covereth the light. The Prophet Jeremiah in his Lamentations (Chap. 3.44.) complained sadly, because God (who is light) had covered himself, Thou hast covered thy self with a Cloud, that our prayers should not pass through. As God doth sometimes cover himself, o• hide the light of his Countenance from his people, as with a cloud, that their prayers cannot pass through; so he often hides or cove•s the light of the air with natural o• proper Clouds, that the Sun beams for a time cannot pierce no• pass through; With Clouds he covereth ⟨p. 418⟩The light.

He covereth or hideth the light, that is, from our eyes,¹ he causeth it to disappear, or not to appear to us: The wo d notes covering as with a garment, or covering with any thing that intercepts and stops the sight; and hence by a Trope it is applyed to the pardon of sin (Psal. 32.1.) Blessed is the man whose sin is covered. When the Lord pardons sin, he is said to cover it, because he will not suffer it to appear against the sinner, nor be charged upon him to condemnation. As pardon covers sins, so Clouds cover the Heavens, and when they are covered the light is covered. With Clouds he covereth the light. The Prophet Jeremy in his Lamentations (Chap. 3.44.) complained sadly, because God (who is light) had covered himself, Thou hast covered thy self with a Cloud, that our prayers should not pass through. As God doth sometimes cover himself, o hide the light of his Countenance from his people, as with a cloud, that their prayers cannot pass through; so he ofen hides or coves the light of the aire with natural o proper Clouds, that the Sun beams for a time cannot pierce no pass through; With Clouds he covereth