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

The wind passeth. Quest. But what is the wind?

Answ. The wind is a hot and dry exhalation, raised from the Earth by the power of the heavenly bodies, which being repelled or forced back by the coldness of the middle Region, moves obliquely or slantingly, sometimes very violently through the air. The Latin word (ventus) signifying the wind, is derived by some Grammarians ⟨p. 599⟩from a word (vehementia) noting the vehement or forcible motion of it, or as others (a veniendo) from a word signifying to come, because it comes this way and that way, at times every way; or as our blessed Saviour expresseth it (John 3.8.) The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth.

Answ. The wind is a hot and dry exhalation, raised from the Earth by the power of the heavenly bodyes, which being repell'd or forced back by the coldness of the middle Region, moves obl•quely or flantingly, sometimes very violently through the air. The Latine word (ventus) signifying the wind, is derived by some Grammarians ⟨p. 599⟩from a word (vehementia) noting the vehement or forcible motion of it, or as others (a veniendo) from a word signifying to come, because it comes this way and that way, at times every way; or as our blessed Saviour expresseth it (John 3.8.) The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth.