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

First, More st ictly; thus God by rain shuts up the hands of men from their wo•k, that they may know, those extraordinary storms of Snow and Rain, which drive them in from their labour, and shut up their hands from working, are his special work. Great Snows & Rains declare to all men the great power of God, who doth not only astonish men by terrible thunder and lightning, but can by Snow and Rain (his much weaker weapons) put them beside their purpose, and stop their work.

First, More st ictly; thus God by rain shuts up the hands of men from their wo•k, that they may know, those extraordinary stormes of Snow and Rain, which drive them in from their labour, and shut up their hands from working, are his special work. Great Snowes & Raines declare to all men the great power of God, who doth not only astonish men by terrible thunder and lightning, but can by Snow and Rain (his much weaker weapons) put them beside their purpose, and stop their work.

Secondly, Take his work more largely; God sealeth up the hands of men, that they having a vacancy from their own work may consider his; he doth as it were force them from what they were doing or intended to do, that so they may have leisure to take notice of what he hath done, That all men may know his work.

Secondly, Take his work more largly; God sealeth up the hands of men, that they having a vacancy from their own work may consider his; he doth as it were force them from what they were doing or intended to do, that so they may have leisure to take notice of what he hath done, That all men may know his work.

Hence note, First; God can hinder or stop any man or all men in their work.