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who praiſe Him without ceaſing ? 
huſe him Sun and Moon, preiſe' hins-all-ye Sears 
10. But the Benefits and Advantages 
mich the moſt wiſe Gall 2 222 
lieſe Motions of the Zun and Moon, and what ,,,. ;, vfrom 
ewe may make of them by way of ſpiritual he Heavenly 
5 take natiee de The 3 Bodies. 
1 have ſpoken briefiy of the 'Magnitnde. 
Courſes, and Operations tif the heavenly” ies. 
ud (1.) as ta their 'Operationz We muſt 
low, that they are as it were the Treafuries of 
ert) God, from hence he wonderfull; 
peules many and wonderful Bleſſings 
Nth to Man and Beaſt, And here I think it 
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Their Opera- , wonderful 
tions and Im ©. Heavens: declare the Glory of Gad and the f 


preſſons; 


chat celebrated Gu Fh Ph 
racelſus, "in his Bock of A tronomy, wien def 


AP. oY he, 


For therefore has God hidden theſt feet n: 
ftural Powers in the 


s Inſtruments through which the heavenly. Bc 


1 — by the Stars . are brought into Light 
iin their 


Aſtronomer, who has ſpent 
conſidering the Nature] of the Stars, than! 


in this Senſe, the ane, Wnt the 2 


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der. His Opinion is this. 75. That Mt toe m 
© tural Art, Skill or {Canning that's Mitt as 
_ . this World, is derived from the Stars, or che 
. « AſtrabSpiritthat aQtuares/them-)-Hende, falt 
e all the famous inventers and! 
0 wow of uſeful Arts and Sciences tehdin 
< to the Gloryrof God, and Benefit of Mankind 


that in his di 
c time He may diſcover: N 
2 and how Hepleaſerh, . 

F. In And by cbelt ben by: he 
and, 1 t! 


© mament' ſheweth 'his handy Work, Pfal. xix 
« whichz ays he, is done not only by the great 
neſs and vaſt compaſsi of Heaven; and the 

© tain-and regular Courſe of the Stars; bi 
© more: rly by their Heno 
* aroſe-all»the no Artiſts; not that the 
© were really Inventers; but only Veſſels 


dies conv their natural Powers .impreſlec 
upon the 7 — ated: in them by G00 


« as the Trees produce their particular” Frait 
Seaſon. Therefore the tn 
his Time more it 


c © Arithmetical Calculations, : eaſily::knows t 
roper/ Seaſon. of every Star, as well as of t 
Plants and Flowers in his own-Garden,”Al 


© God, and the Sirens bis H 
« eke 2 0524. Fun male = Wi 


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« whereas they are no more th * 


ſupernatural. 


« truments' of Conveyance: Neither i 1s, 
10 Gloryiat. thoſk Inventions dne e the, 

being no- 
« thing but a great Store - houſe 9g Treaſury in 
« which the Maſter of the Hoy lays up his, 
Goods, for the Uſe of thoſe Children that, 
erg kel und every; g iſe pomer 
every good "and every Gift. cometh. 
3 from aboue from the Father of Lights, 
( as St. James faith, Chap. i, 17. ad Feclus. 
i. 1. All Wiſdom cometh from the Lord, 
© and was with Him far eyer,. Who after- 
« wards communicates it to Men, either medi- 
ately by natural Means, or immediately by 


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F. 13. Hence then deſcendeth all natural 
© Wiſdom, Wit, and Cunning; ſuch as Philo- 
ſophy, Politicks, and Phyſick. Hence ariſe 
' the famous Poets, ſweet Muſicians, prudent 
© Orators, and cunning Artihcers in Wood, 
Metals, or Stones. Hence come the Sage Ma- 
giſtrate, and the daring, Soldier, and all Kinds 


of natural Qualities and Endow ments. But as 


for thoſe whom God ſupernaturally furniſhed 
© with Wiſdom from above, ſuch as thoſe Ar- 
' tiſts, Judges, and Kings, that we read of in the 
© old Teſtament:thels I ay, come under ano- 
ther Conſideration. How Þ we obſerve ſome 
© Men drawn as it were by a particular ĩnſtinct 
© and propenſity of Nature, to ſuch a particular 
Study, which they proſecute with the molt in- 
 defatigable Induſtry. - For as the Body of 
Man cannot ſubſiſt but by thoſe Elements out 


of which it is compoſed; ſo alſo the Senſes, 


Ppaſſions, and Reaſon of a Man, take their firſt 
Motion and Byaſs from that Aſtral We 
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5 1 if to this L Nature 
125 Light be added by ks be Hol vi 
e the maehen Sodl, then are 


OR Exalted ti xn higher des degree of Ne 
y this the Polſeſlors of them perde De. 
s bf ehe new Heaveti, from n 
« 1 4'more ſublite ard ecellen 
Er beg, 1 Beet Roy 2 
r are en ned ana in 
. + Him ; their Fart are the Bled 
< as it is ex d in the Ruin: Thi 
© exalted above the Influences of the 
6 © Heavens: „ and the Works that We wrewhti . 
them, ate not the Influences ofthe Stars, but 
© the Operations of God. Such were the bol Fe 
© triarchs and Prophets bf old, Jet, ie, 
© and Daniel, of whom it is re chat 
© exceeded rhe Fgybrim and: Pry Magi, in 
e all the Wiſe-Men of the Fa; rn 
© was no mote thin a mefe rabihed Know! 
. derived from the natural Heavens, 
* which, Moſes, Joſeph, TIE pon: and Sl 
8 1 1 had alſo the. al Gifts, * 
ng from God the Farher 15 che Sth Fun- 
8 tara of Wildom. go the Apöftles were'tn- 
© dued with the Hely Ghoſt, with Light nd 
© Power from on High; elk ape Dl ent 0 
© teach the Scletices or Vion 
© or as Profeſſors” of P Spode 
© tures upon the in ata P 2 
ks Wk the 


1 tural Heavens, a. of 808 
which non 
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eternal Wisdom of 
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b ere Ao 
115 Tb is te vf dhe abdves 
Amed i4; philoſopher; of Which Very Man muſt 
& judpe for bimſriß But h we die not 
Miſe ti idle Pretenders to logical Pre- 
tions, as prec:ſety limited ape & 
al: ; yet there art fon Parti of this Science 
tat deſerve a particolarConſideration. The Fit 
n That; and Sw - 
hs. The Sevondy: The Sight of Heaven, both da- 
Wil and fupernatavalc' The Third; The Operas 
fins of Hrdvehr. To each of which 1 füll peak 
lefty. Fr then me muſt conſider, that the 
Wlan of che ee is, by the All- wiſe 


Creator; LN us the OR df Time ; 
u which appear the. ty tons Provis 
tence, Oeconom 2 Wiſdom of God +; eſpe- 


al, if we care fil pon ſiderethe amazing Har- 
joy that is between the Writings of the 
Fophets, a n e ee 
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bu in Daniel hd! the 3 with other 
things of the ſame Nature, which wonder 
tnfirm and illuſtrate the Providence and W 
tom of God. And whereas our ga vlour tells 
bs, Ad. i. 7. That it it not for us to know > 
Times and the Seaſons which the Father hath. 
M own Power; that is to be underſtood o duch | 
| Knowledge only: as was foreign to the 
an Apoſtle, not Terving either to the Ai fica- 
tion of the Churchs or the Proþagation of the 
+ wy The Words alſo may bear another 
viz. that no Time or Place. ought to, be 
reſertbed to our bleſſed Lord for the Breet ich 
i Eſtabliſhing of his gion 5 of 3 


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our beſt to promote it, leaving the Tin 
| Seaſons to God alone. Moreover, the Diſciple 
at that Time, had ſuch wrong Notions of 1,8 
Nature and Defign of his Kingdom, that h 
Words may be only loched upon as a proved. 
RNebuke of their erroncons-Mpimions abet 
Of Times and F. 17. And as for dhe Ties u Stafons.c 
Seq/ons. our worldly Affairs, even thoſe are under ith 
Diſpoſal and Direction of Gad, whenſoever we 
devoutly oſſer up our Concerns to. Himy bes 
ging his Direction and Aſſiſtanca, as plainly api 
pears in the Story of Abraham's Servant, wha 
prayed to God, that He would ſend him ga 
ſpeed that Day, Gen. xxiv. na re 8 
Signrof the S. 18. Secondly,” We malt Know, that W 
Times, Natural Heavens have certain fu Ti 
which they naturally diſcover before they ON 
rate at all. Thus our bleſſed Saviour ac 
5 with tlie Jem from thoſe very Tokens in "th 
Heavens which the common Experience of tao 
Times had remarked, Mut. XVI. 2, and; 
Xii. 54. thereby leading them to Obſervation 
3 of an higher Nature, and put them in Mind 
| thoſe noſticks which were to;uſher.. 
and attend the - Appear 


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ance of the - Me 
— NW Words hy, EY a, 
"theſe: In the Evening y it will be fair We 
ther; for the S ako 2 in 1 9 2 
it will be foul Meather to day, for the Shy 
and louring. Ie Hypocrites, ye can diſcern #1 
Face of the Sky, but can ye not diſcern the Sg 
the Times? 80 that our: Saviour's |. conchult 
runs thus: If ye attend to the an 
Signs, and by the Face of the Sky can ng 
rightly of the Weather; why do ze 166 
tend to the Signs of the preſent Time, a 
cConcludthat the Times of the nnn 


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1 there combrh # Shower, a % ut 53 

oben ye ſee; the Sou h- wind blow; je ſay there 

= ha lc the Per ae ly and N 


J of TheShy and of 168 Earth, 
Ie i it that y d not diſsern hi Time ?- d 
that our e 5 
nal Signs of Heaven, ye judge rig f | 
Macher, becauſe ye Tee the Effect n 
bythe Signs and Miracles which ye Tee; ye 
jt to be convinced; that the Mf is real. 
wine. But Hy pborites ds" ye are ye retain 
one, and neglect the other, though of the 
Importance to you. Which however ſhews 
tour Lord did not diſapprove of thoſe na” 
i] Obſervations * upon” the Signs of Hea- 
"= AFR 2 RET VE OG mags 49 By | 
20. We come next to thoſe Sigus which Premonitery 
generally looked upon as 'Premanitory'1of Sign, 
de ſignal Event to follow. ere we muſt 
Ader, that God does not puniſh of a ſudden, 
does firſt warn us by Signs and Prodigies ok 
approaching Evils. Which are not to be 
ted, though st the ſame Time, not to be 
red by the pious "Chriſtian, as God tells us, 
. 2. Such a'one'may aſſure himſelf, that 
atever happens, He it ſafe” under the  Protec» 
and Defence of the moſt high, Pſal. xci. 1. 
F 21, Thirdly, As to the Operations of Hea- Suptrnatuta! 
, we muſt obſerve firſt of all, of the Super? Operation of 
ral, that the Heavens do nothing of them eheſeHeaven* 
les, nor have an thing in their ownh Nature ) Bodies. 
lignant or hurtful to Mankind, as ſome ig- 
rant Pretenders would perſuade: us ; but that 
ins and Wickedneſs are the true Cauſe 
lf God arms the Creatives unto dengrance, WAY. 
18. and makes uſt of them to puniſti a rebel- 
World, Thus _ puniſhed: the Sins od 
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ut-as the. Zeyþries 90 Romer 91 
the Children of Frau, ( vil 22.) h c 
cepidemical Punjſhments do neverÞurtthe'C 


Aren of God, if they Ive in his Frith aud Fe 
Thus it is ſaid, fal. cxxi. 37 6. Th Ten 
t Defence pan n thathbts 
- not bir the thee 4; neither the Min 
Night; Which is nat ta be underffvod of 
; | natural Heat af the Sun and Moon, but of thi 
fupernaturalPuniſhments which God ſends 1 
on us, by the Means of the heavenly; Bod 
which He uſes as the Rods of his Auger uf 
a rebellious World. To aveid which, th 
Pſalm adviſes us, 16 Hr up ow Eyes to the H 
frem whence cometh our Heh bp, that by why 
and Favour of God: — — ay eſcape them. A 
in this Senſe ſome explain that Paſlage, * 
1. where we are 1013 of the Angel. 
out the Yials. fult of. the laſt. Flut * 

: Earth." 0 A 4: Mor 4 
Aae F. 23. And as God Makes uſe of the H 
2eB;on to rho TERS and heavenly Ba ——. e 

teous, Vengeance again I 3 ſo 
4 — as Means of. Protection 
Bleſſing to 7 2 from 2 hus —_ 
V. 20. em Avtn, 

2241 ir Courſes fin bt 80 \Sifera:y dot um 
to which, is the Story of the EmpRror Tx 


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(ach dean 
SW COD Loni bo 170 98 
beine 4d, Be eee ber, WA | ; 
FF 
een 8 

r of God, he er the Holt of Heaven | 

[Fight in their, Conmiethe Wings at they alarms m 
pron oy IANS e e h Atm. 

J 1 Do ll . ow : 
AP natural peratio atur * 
y, we malt kno; chat the Firmament ofthe vation of he 

ſer World „„ os Hows.” 
for the Badilh Nereſkies of Mankind) 
Abe! muſt ad waniſh che Cheiſtian Raader, . 
e dy the Hearne = 
I . Diſciples, et to. alias . 
all cha At- which I m about 
— are . N gains Halt 
Ihe Star. h Wie Winde en! 
525. Such e. Exſbof all, Ihe Clead: b of Generation of 
ys fon ar 55 2 ſpenketh, 5 Merepre, 
þ this the Tren ar o 
„ 
eth the Clouds e it Miſts. 
irle A which the Stars 256 — 4 — * 
Uurth, Jer. x. 130 Whew. be utterethr HV hier, XA (4971 e 
Ear e — 8 Ul ind 
ceuſeth the V apoars''to fam tbe. E 
te Earth. fal, xvii! 8. Wi chufreth the 
Beavers with Clouds. oh xxvi Y. He Bo 
ct the Face of his Throat, and ſpreadetirhis 
mit. (3.) In its due Lash they 2 — 3. Snow: | 
wo, Ecclus: Xlül. 13. By bis Canmandment: he 
a the Stow to fal hacg. Job xxx viies. 
5 cxlviii. 8. He ſaith td the Sud, Be. thas' mn 
ll Earth, lilewiſe to: the neee the 
Peat Rain of his Strength. | 
Hh 2 | F. 26. 


e Sun 1s chat univerſal al Fire f 
Paetb and-wartheth all chi 

: . 38; T6 cheſe are * 
Without Which the Fa 
485 Deut'\$xviin, vue e 
wh thee i yoo Theafure, 1 2 7 


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re taught, God hast che n 


that He ſends it in his Son, RN 12 
bis Servants Pſali* erlvii, e 
tri there any Mok "the ae of t 80 


the can Cauſe” Or 2 21 Heavens 
mer? Prov. UB SK his Knowledge the 
Depths are” 9 Cloud, drop down 
& Dew. Job xx: . 4 Hub the Rain 4 
Father, or who 1725 begotten the Drops of Dew? 
Lev. xvi. 4. If Ye walk in my Statutes, then I 
II give you Rain in due Seaſon, and the Land 


hull yield their Frust. ſer. v. 24. Let us now 
fur the Lord our God t hat giveth Ruin, both the 
former and the latter in bis Seaſon, he reſerverh un- 
us the appointed Weeks of the Harveſt. Mal. 
fi. 10. J will open the "Windows of Heres: and 


mough to receive its Job” XXXVILLL - 37. Who can 
1% the Bottles of Heaven ? 

F. 29. The next in order 60 is, the Rain- 
Im, Ecclus. xliii. 11, 12. Look upon the 
lun. bow, and praiſe him that made it. V ery 
beautiful it is in the brightneſs thereof, it compaſſeth 
the Heaven about with 4 glorious Circle, and the 
Hand of the moſt High bath” bended it. In a 
Word, the Rainbow is the Witneſs of God in 
the Clouds, a Token of divine Favour, a Me- 
rial of God's Covenant with Mankind, and 
"ith all the Creatures, Pſal. Ixxxix. 38. Gen. 
If. 13. And there was a Rainbow round about the 


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one, © in fi got like unto an Emerald, Rev. iv. 3. 
1 F. 30. 


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al yield her encreaſe, and the Trees of the Feld 


pur you out 4 Bleſſing that there ſhall not be room 


9. The Rain- 
bow. 


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IT. The crib th 2 Winds. Of which Fob peaketh, C | Gard 
Winds. Xxvili. 25. He maketh.a Weight: for thy Wind 3 
and weigheth,the Waters H- meuſure, * And Mal old 

cxxxv. 7. He 1 5 the Winds ont of bis Tre , 


45 ppointed particular Treaſurers, Whoy inOlk 


Worlds. Upon this Foundation it is, Mat th 


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17 nd over theſe Treafuresioff Wind, pla 
ced at the four Quarters of the World, He by 


ieace to the Command, either keep, them. ir 
or let them out, as He bas done by all the.c 
ther Treaſures of Heaven, and the Air 


Prophet Zechariah, Chap. vi, 5. ſpea cen 
paratively of the. Taker Chariot, which the. Ar 
gel 5 of the four Cardinal Winds, "me 
the Prophet underſtands in.a,Jpiritual and 

cal ae Thus, Rev. 2 we eh —— | 
St. John ſaw four An els ſtanding. on the jou 

ners of the pay 2 the Fur Winds of f 
Earth, that the Wind ſhould not blom on the Earth 
nor on the Sea, nor on Tres. Whichjis a5 
militude taken from the Sea, to expreſs and j] 
N 4 prophettenl * to — - 


2 tl Wink beer Dy: | 
e Words of our bleſſed Lord, 


Ul ford: hiv Angels, 
Bet inde 


Fraun to the: ohr. þ 
wy L The, vety Marne of the for 
Uni Winks carry in them certain divine 
urls and Signatures. By the EA, Wind,which 
bet and dry, God dried: up the Red-Sea, Ex- 
Tye 21. Of this alſo; ſpeaks tbe Prophet 
Ros uy xFiits : 15. An' Eaff-Wind ſhall 
3 
Wilderneſs, S come: dry | 
rt ai» ſpall he pic 2 The Sith Wind is 
and moiſt, of this Job ſpeaks, Chap: xxxvit. 
4 Art mt thy Gamo warm aboit vices when 
U Nieren he Nah may the South Min And 
rift Lal. vidi $5+ When ye 
n Wind blows fe 1 will be bode, amd ir 
meth, te fals. "The Weſt: Wind 15:0toift and 
olt ; of this keth, Ex, x. 19. 
fhd the Lord 7 2 Weſt: Mind, 
pich took away: the nid ca thum into the 
u- Sea. The laſt is North. Wind, which 
$ cold and dry. 61 this fpeaketh the Son of 
frech, Ecclus. "ik" 20. The Cold: North: Wind 
ber, and the Mater is congeated into ls. 


bring the Creatures, that the inferior Crea- 


il Nature hangs together as it were in one 
dein. And this connexion of Nature and 
wyidence is finely deſeribed by the Prophet 
Jes, Chap, H. 21, 22 It ſhall comt'to' paſs in 
that . ſaith: the Loni, I will hear the ' Heavens, 

Hh4 434 


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F 33. Thus much of rhe 28 Hauven, Le v ious 
mich God in his due Time di — de of his Product ion: of 
ſreaſures; for the Benefit and Advantage of — 
is lower World; God ſo diſpoſing and or-Vdere 


ares receive the Influences of the ſuperior, and 


42 Of the Sun; Mo at, On 

ce he ſoul bir the Eat ad ET 

bear the Cn, and the Met and the Of ad 

hall bear Jex. reel. In this" Plate e 

beginning at the firſt" Cauley Wien 

_ (faith He) will bear thi en, The. 

the great Drought, the Heaven Wan 

' witheexceſſive: Heat, and che Change of the 
ſtral Iufluences ſhall as it were be'Uried'y 

that tiiey cannot convey fruitful Sean of 

Earth: Then I- will ear the Diſtrek of 

Heavens, 1 will Foyer them with "Cloud 

and make the Stars fruitful in their Seaſbns, 

S. 34. For when the sun and Mooware 

ny ways irregular in their Productions of 

ceſſity the Earth muſt be ſo tod, "And ben 

as the Prophet adds, the Heavens ſhall den 

Earth, that has relation to the ſecondary Cant 

For as the inferior: Parts of the great Word, 

Earth, depend on the füperior, or Heavens, 

follows, that when the Operations of the Hei 

vens are hindred, or are malignant, the Burt 

can produce nothing that is pood,” "And wh 

the Earth is broken or chapped by exceſliveHea 

it does as it were open its Mouth and intre: 

for Rain. Aud the Earth ſhall hear the Corn, «a 

Wine, and Oil; that is, foraſmuch as the Ve 

getables depend upon the Earth fox their rad 

cal juice and Moiſture; therefore whenſveve 

the Earth is dry, and cannot ſupply them wit 

Nouriſhment, the vegetables beg Moiſture of 1 

as a thirſty Infant would from its Mother. 

The Benefits 8. 35. proceed next to the Bene 5 whi 
hence ariſing