Not any mere creature not any man or set of men it is not in the power of any, either men or angels, to restrain or let loose the winds at pleasure nor has Satan, though called the prince of the power of the air, that is, of the devils in the air, any such command of them none but he that made them can command them to blow, or be still even he who brings them out of his treasures, and his own son, whom the wind and seas obeyed see ( Psalms 135:7 ) ( Matthew 8:26 Matthew 8:27 ) ( 14:32 ) The Heathens F23 themselves are so sensible of this, that the power of the winds only belongs to God, that they have framed a deity they call Aeolus whom the supreme Being has made a kind of steward or store keeper of the winds, and given him a power to still or raise them as he pleases F24 who hath bound the waters in a garment?Įither the waters above, which are bound in the thick clouds as in a garment which hold them from pouring out or the waters of the sea, which are as easily managed by the Lord as an infant by its parent, and is wrapped about with a swaddling band, ( Job 26:8 ) ( Job 37:8 Job 37:9 ). And, properly speaking, there never was any besides him, whose names are Ithiel and Ucal, that ever did this: he lay in the bosom of the Father, and was privy to his whole mind and will he descended from heaven to earth not by local motion, but, by assumption of nature and when he had made known his Father's will, and done his work, he ascended far above all heavens, and received gifts for men to fill his churches and ministers with them, in order to communicate and improve spiritual and divine knowledge and therefore, with great propriety and pertinence, he applies these words to himself, ( John 3:13 ) who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Enoch was taken up to heaven before this time: and Elijah, as is very probable, after but neither of them returned again, to inform mortals what was to be seen, known, and enjoyed there: since, the Apostle Paul was caught up into the third heaven, and came back again but then the things he heard were such as it was not lawful for a man to utter: and indeed, since the coming of Christ there is no need of any further revelation to be made nor of any such expedition, in order to obtain it, ( Romans 10:6-8 ). &c.] That has been thither to fetch knowledge of God and divine things, and has returned to communicate it. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?
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