A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…

The Waves seem rougher then the Winds: The Waters are moist Bodies, that are with much difficulty contained in their own bounds, especially when the Winds cross them, & contend with them; but he sitteth on the Floods, Psal. 29.11. As a Prince on his Throne, enjoining and forcing Obedience and Submission: He bindeth the Waters in a Garment, Prov. 30.4. As Women their sucking Infants in Mantles, with swaddling-Bands, which they cannot get out of; though the Sea be such a Giant, such a Monster, that it swalloweth up thousands, and burieth them in its Belly, that it maketh all to shake and tremble, when it roareth and rageth; yet to God, it's but a little Infant, which he ordereth as he pleaseth, and can lay to sleep, or make quiet in an instant, when it's never so tempestuous: When I made the Cloud the Garment thereof, and thick Darkness its Swaddling-Band, Job 38.9. Some earthly Princes heated with Passion, and drunk with Pride, have cast Shackles into the Sea, threatening it with bondage, if he did not obey them. ⟨p. 119⟩Xerxes commanded so many strokes to be given the Sea, as a Punishment of its Rebellion against his will; but such actions are the highest folly and madness. Many have had great Command at Sea, but none ever had the Command of the Sea, save God. As tempestuous and outrageous as it is, it's his quiet Prisoner, and stirs not without his leave, nor otherwise then he lengthens its Chain: I set Bars and Doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy proud Waves be stayed, Job 38.10, 11.

The Waves seem rougher then the Winds: The Waters are moist Bodies, that are with much difficulty contained in their own bounds, especially when the Winds cross them, & contend with them; but he sitteth on the Floods, Psal. 29.11. As a Prince on his Throne, enjoyning and forcing Obedience and Submission: He bindeth the Waters in a Garment, Prov. 30.4