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

But how doth God seal up the hand of every man, of every working man or labourer? By the Snow and by the Rain, saith Elihu; because when God sends abundance of Snow upon the earth, or when he sends the great Rain of his strength, men cannot work;¹ in a deep snow, or in a great rain, without doors, Labourers are hindered from their labour: And hence anciently, Winter had this title given it, dull or sluggish Winter; because in the extremity of winter weather, many men are forced to sit (as we say) with their hands in their pockets, or folded under their arms. He sealeth up the hand of every man, that is, by tempestuous and fowl weather, he binds their hands and presseth them together as with a Seal.

But how doth God seal up the hand of every man, of every working man or labourer? By the Snow and by the Rain, saith Elihu; because when God sends abundance of Snow upon the earth, or when he sends the great Rain of his strength, men cannot work;¹ in a deep snow, or in a great rain, without doors, Labourers are hindered from their labour: And hence anciently, Winter had this title given it, dull or sluggish Winter; because in the extreamity of winter weather, many men are forced to sit (as we say) with their hands in their pockets, or folded under their armes. He sealeth up the hand of every man, that is, by tempestuous and fowl weather, he bindes their hands and presseth them together as with a Seal.

1. 1Hiems in•rs dicitur quod homines ••gat desidere inertes & complicatis minibus.Hiems in•rs dicitur quod homines ••gat desidere inertes & complicatis m••ibus.