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

Sixthly, That the Snow, though it be very cold and chilling, hath in it a fecundating or fattening power, as to the earth, is also wonderful. Snow is a great cherisher and nourisher of Plants and Trees, of Corn and G•ass; and therefore David saith (Psal. 147.15, 16.) He giveth Snow like Wool, and hoary Frost like ashes. There are three things considerable in Snow, for which it is compared to Wool. First, for the whiteness of it. Snow is white as Wool; Snow is so exceeding white, that the whiteness of a Soul cleansed by pardoning Grace, in the blood of Christ, is likened to it (Isa. 1.18.) and the latter part of the same verse intimates, that the whiteness of Snow bears resemblance to that of Wool. The whiteness of Snow is caused by the abundance of ⟨p. 463⟩Air and spirits that are in that pellucid Body,¹ as the Naturalists speak: Any thing that is of a watery substance being frozen or much wrought upon by cold, appears more white. And hence it is that all persons inhabiting cold Climates or Countries, are of a whiter complexion than they who inhabit hot.

Sixthly, That the Snow, though it be very cold and chilling, hath in it a fecundating or fatning power, as to the earth, is also wonde•ful. Snow is a great cherisher and nourisher of Plants and Trees, of Corn and G•ass; and therefore David saith (Psal. 147.15, 16.) He giveth Snow like Wool, and hoary Frost like ashes. There are three things considerable in Snow, for which it is compared to VVool. First, for the whiteness of it. Snow is white as VVool; Snow is so exceeding white, that the whiteness of a Soul cleansed by pardoning Grace, in the blood of Christ, is likened to it (Isa. 1.18.) and the latter part of the same verse intimates, that the whiteness of Snow bears resemblance to that of VVool. The whiteness of Snow is caused by the abundance of