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

We may take notice of several wonderful things in and about the wind; and because Elihu ranks this among the great works of God, who doth marvellous things which we comprehend not, ¹not only in Thunder and Lightning, in Snow and Rain, but in the winds, therefore I will reckon up seven wonders which peculiarly concern the winds.

We may take notice of several wonderfull things in and about the wind; and because Elihu ranks this among the great works of God, who doth marveilous things which we comprehend not, ¹not only in Thunder and Lightning, in Snow and Rain, but in the winds, the•efore I will reckon up seven wonders which peculiarly concern the winds.

1. 1Nulla propemodum regio est, quae aliquem ventum ex se Nascentem, & circa se cadentem non habeat. Sen: l. 5. Nature: quest. c. 17. Plin: l. 1. cap. 47. In jusula Lesbo Oppidum Mytilene magnificè aedifi•atum est, sed imprudentèr positum, quod in ea civitate cum Aaster▪ flat, homines aegrotant. Vitru: l. 1. c. 5.Nulla propemodum regio est, quae aliquem ventum ex se Nascentem, & circa se cadentem non habeat. Sen: l. 5. Natur: quest. c. 17. Plin: l. 1. cap. 47. In iusula Lesbo Oppidum Mytilene magnificè aedifi•atum est, sed imprudentèr positum, quod in ea civitate cum Aaster▪ flat, homines aegrotant. Vitru: l. 1. c. 5.

First, This is considerable, That there is scarce any Country but b•eeds some wind or other, which blows most there, and exerciseth a peculiar force upon it; these are called Provincial Winds. The North-west wind (saith Pliny) is proper to the Athenians, other parts of Greece having little acquaintance with it. The North-east wind afflicts Calabria. And that several other winds, are congenial to other Countries, whereof some are benign and favourable, others vexatious and uncomfortable to them, may be seen in the Authors quoted in the Margin.