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

In the 9th and 10th verses (I say) he discourseth of the Winds; and though there be four Cardinal or principal Winds, the East, West, North and South, which are subdivided into thirty-two Winds according to the Mariners Compass, yet here Elihu treats by name of two Winds only, the South-Wind, and the North-Wind; which two are often and eminently spoken of in Scripture; which two, as they come from directly contrary Points in the Heavens, so they produce contrary effects, famously known among men, on earth. And therefore, I conceive, Elihu gives instance only about them, as being more generally taken notice of.

In the 9th and 10th verses (I say) he discourseth of the Winds; and though there be four Cardinal or principal VVinds, the East, VVest, North and South, which are subdivided into thirty-two VVinds according to the Mariners Compass, yet here Elihu treats by name of two VVinds only, the South-VVind, and the North-VVind; which two are often and eminently spoken of in Scripture; which two, as they come from directly contrary Points in the Heavens, so they produce contrary effects, famously known among men, on earth. And therefore, I conceive, Elihu gives instance only about them, as being more generally taken notice of.

Vers. 9. Out of the South cometh the Whirlwind, &c.

The word which we render the South, properly signifieth a Chamber, an inner Room, or secret place,¹ a Chamber within a Chamber, which is the most private, retiring Room or Chamber. Gen. 43.30. Judg. 16.9.