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

¹Here is the act, and the extension of the act, to the ends of the earth; the Hebrew is, the wings of the earth, so the word is used (Gen. 1.21.) God created great whales, &c. and every winged fowl. The ends of the earth are called the wings of the earth, because they are the farthest out-stretchings of the earth; as a bird when she flies stretcheth out her wings to the utmost. They are also called, The corners of the earth (Ezek. 7.2.) Thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel: an end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land; the Hebrew is, upon the four wings (or ends) of the earth; as if he had said, an end is come upon the East and West, North and South. These four wings, or extremes of the earth, are the same which Christ called the four winds (Mat. 24.31.) where speaking of the Resurrection at the last Judgment, he shows how all that are raised shall be brought to one place or general Session, and he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his Elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other, that is, from the four ends, corners, skirts, or wings of the earth. The utmost extremity of a garment or of a land, according to the Hebrew, is called, the wing of it. Now forasmuch as Elihu represents God, thus directing both the Thunder and Lightning,

¹Here is the act, and the extention of the act, to the ends of the earth; the Heb•ew is, the wings of the earth, so the word is used (Gen. 1.21.) God created great whales, &c. and every winged fowl. The ends of the earth are called the wings of the earth, because they are the farthest out-stretchings of the earth; as a bird when she flies stretcheth out her wings to the utmost. They are also called, The corners of the earth (Ezek. 7.2.) Thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel: an end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land; the Hebrew is, upon the four wings (or ends) of the earth; as if he had said, an end is come upon the East and West, North and South. These four wings, or extreams of the earth, are the same which Christ called the four winds (