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

Common experience teacheth us, that the Northern coasts are cold, yea the coldest coasts: The eoldest freezing winds come out of the No•th, as the strongest out of the South. Here is North and South, and here are the several effects of them; the South breaths warmth, and the North cold.

Hence Note; Cold comes at Gods call.

Now the South wind bloweth, and then 'tis warm, anon the N••th wind blows, and then 'tis cold. God hath his special store-houses for heat and cold, he brings cold out of his North n store-house, and not only heat but whirlwinds out of his store-house in the South. Cold is disposed of by God as heat is, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the hurt of the creature. Cold is both needful and hurtful; cold is needful to the body of man, and cold is needful to the body of the earth; therefore God hath that in his treasure to se•ve the uses of man with. Changes from heat to cold, set forth, First, Gods power; Secondly, His care: If the air were kept always at one rate, or in the same temper, neither windy nor stormy, neither very hot nor very old, we possibly would like it better, but it would be worse for us. Changes in •he air are so useful, that nature could no •be well preserved without them; we would have all things alike, we would have it always warm weather, always fair, but God seeth 'tis best for us, there should be changes in natural things for our natural good. It is also best for our spiritual good to have providential changes. God seeth it needful to leave us sometimes under clouds and da•kness, to bring cold as well as heat out of his treasures, to send us chilling times as well as springing times; cold is as good for our inner man as heat, storms as calms, foul weather as fair. Now for a season (saith the Apostle,