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

First, If Clouds do whatsoever God commands them, then surely Christians ought to do whatsoever Christ commands them: Shall the Clouds of God out do the children of God in obedience? We find that admonition often urged in the Scripture of the New Testament, especially in the 13th of Matthew, and in the 1st 2d and 3d Chapters of the Revelation, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. But behold a wonder, they that have no ears hear! The Clouds have no ears, and yet they hear, and more than hear, they do the commands of God. What shall we say, when Clouds hear and obey, and men do neither? Let us learn Duty from the Clouds. We are sent to the School of Nature in holy Scripture, almost throughout. Elihu seems to say, Go to the Clouds, O ye that are either slothful or disobedient, consider their work and be wise; they are continually doing whatsoever the Lord commands them.

First, If Clouds do whatsoever God commands them, then surely Christians ought to do whatsoever Christ commands them: Shall the Clouds of God out do the children of God in obedience? We find that admonition often urged in the Scripture of the New Testament, especially in the 13th of Mathew, and in the 1st 2d and 3d Chapters of the Revelation, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. But behold a wonder, they that have no ears hear! The Clouds have no ears, and yet they hear, and more than hear, they do the commands of God. What shall we say, when Clouds hear and obey, and men do neither? Let us learn Duty from the Clouds. We are sent to the School of Nature in holy Scripture, almost throughout. Elihu seems to say, Go to the Clouds, O ye that are either slothful or disobedient, consider their work and be wise; they are continually doing whatsoever the Lord commands them.

Secondly, If the Clouds do whatsoever God commands them, then here's matter of comfort to all who do what God commands them; surely God will not command the Clouds to do them any ⟨p. 510⟩hurt who are doing his commands. If you can say that you do the commands of God, you may rest assured God will never give the Clouds a command to do you hurt. I do not say but an affliction may drop out of the Clouds upon a man that is doing the commands of God; or, the Clouds may have a command to drop affliction upon him that is doing the commands of God: but the Clouds drop no hurt upon any that do the commands of God. And therefore seeing the Clouds, even those Clouds that carry Storms and Tempests, Thunder and Lightning, Snow, Hail, and Rain, the great Rain of his strength, seeing I say, these Clouds, that are the Treasuries and Magazines of such terrible things, are at the command of God, let not his faithful people fear; for when the Winds are Stormy, when the Clouds are black, and carry, as we think, nothing but wrath and death in them, God will take care of hem, and charge his Clouds to do them no harm. Clouds, whatsoever they are doing, are doing Gods commands, and doubtless he will not give them any commands for their hurt who keep and do his commands.