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

Hence note; God works like himself, he makes his excellency and his highness appear to the children of men. in the very works of nature.

And doth he not often so it in his works of Providence, whether for the Salvation of his faithful people, or for the Destruction of his enemies? I shall not stay upon this point, having met with matter of the same purport more than once before. He thundereth with the voice of his excellency, ⟨p. 459⟩And he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

And doth he not often so it in his works of Providence, whether for the Salvation of his faithful people, or for the Destruction of his enemies? I shall not stay upon this point, having met with matter of the same purpo•t more than once before. He thundereth with the voice of his excellency, ⟨p. 459⟩And he will not stay them when his voyce is heard.

'Tis questioned, who are meant by them, He will not stay them; ¹Some understand the rain and showers, which usually follow upon, or after a great thunder; and we commonly call them thunder showers. Others understand the Lightning and the Thunder; as if he had said, When Gods purpose is declared that there shall be lightning and thunder, he will not stay them, or take them by the heel, as the word properly signifieth: whence Jacob had his name, because when Esau was coming into the world, Jacob took him by the heel, as if he would have stayed or stopped his birth, at least have got into the world before him; and therefore Esau said (