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

And as 'tis matter of comfort to the faithful Servants of God, that he commandeth the Clouds in the Air, so that he also commands those Clouds which are raised in the hearts of men, or that sit and appear in their faces and foreheads. We often see Clouds gather in the Brows of displeased mortals. As some are clouded with sorrow, so others are clouded with anger and wrath. Those black Clouds in the faces of men are as dreadful as the blackest Clouds in the Air; yet the Lord who commands the Clouds in the Air, commands the Clouds of anger and choler, of wrath and indignation, rising out of the hearts, and appearing in the faces of men, and can blow them over, or blot them out, whensoever he pleaseth.

Thirdly, If the Lord by his commands orders the Clouds, and the Clouds are ready to execute his commands, then let us have high thoughts of the power of God, and of his commands. If men refuse the commands of God, if the stout and hard hearts of men will not stoop to them, the Clouds of Heaven, yea, the clods of the earth will. Whatsoever God commands, he will have it done; not one title, not one Iota (as Christ spake of the Law) shall fall short, or fail, or be unfulfilled. If such and such will not, others shall; if Jews will not, Gentiles shall; if the Jews will ⟨p. 511⟩not carry it like the children of Abraham, God can and will raise up children unto Abraham of the Stones of the street; he will nor want instruments to answer his Counsels, nor to execute his commands. God will shake Heaven and Earth, but he will have his Will done, and his decrees perfected, yea, he will dissolve and ruin them rather than not have his Word fulfilled. That of David (Psal. 136.2.) Thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy Name, is true of the word of command, as well as of the word of promise. God will magnify the word of his promise above all his Name, and he will also magnify the word of his command above all his Name; that is, his Word is as a glass, wherein his Name, that is, his Holiness, his Power, his Goodness, his Faithfulness, his Mercy, his Justice, and his Wrath, are to be seen, and shall be seen in the accomplishments of it towards the children of men. Therefore fear and admire this mighty God, who will find means for the executing of his Word, for the doing of all that he hath spoken; The Clouds shall do whatsoever he commandeth them, upon the face of the World in the earth.