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

Further, when he saith, Upon the face of the World, his meaning is, upon the outside or uppermost part of the World; and because the Heavens, even the uppermost Heavens are a part of the world, with which the Clouds have nothing to do, their business lying here below, therefore (I conceive) Elihu determines it expressly, in the Earth. The Clouds are not raised or made for the use and service of the world above, but of the world below. They do whatsoever he Commandeth them upon the face of the World in the Earth.

Further, when he saith, Ʋpon the face of the World, his meaning is, upon the outside or uppermost part of the World; and because the Heavens, even the uppermost Heavens are a part of the world, with which the Clouds have nothing to do, their business lying here below, therefore (I conceive) Elihu determines it expresly, in the Earth. The Clouds are not raised or made for the use and service of the world above, but of the world below. They do whatsoever he Commandeth them upon the face of the World in the Earth.

Hence observe, First; The motion of the Clouds is not of themselves, nor merely from any natural cause or power, but of God;

Hence observe, First; The motion of the Clouds is not of themselves, nor meerly from any natural cause or power, but of God;

He as it were by certain Engines and weights, turns them about; they move not unawares, nor by the uncertain changes of ⟨p. 508⟩the Air, but according to his direction and unchangeable purpose; It is turned about by his Counsel. The creatures do not govern themselves, nor are they Masters of their own motions; The way of man is not in himself, surely then the way of the Cloud is not in it self. Clouds take their course according to the order and command which they receive from God.