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John Trapp on Job 37:9

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Job37:9

Verſe 9. Out of the South cometh the whirl-wind] Which is a wonderful wind indeed; [non-Latin text not transcribed], the Greeks call it (as they do a like wind at ſea, [non-Latin text not transcribed], the Marriners miſchief) the Latines Vorter, becauſe it turnes up trees by the roots, houſes by the foundation, Job. 1. And Turbo, as breeding great trouble; for which cauſe alſo Pope Ʋrban was called Turban. It ſuddenly ariſeth, and as ſuddenly ceaſeth, but doth much miſchief, and eſpecially in ſtrait and narrow places. In alluſion whereunto the Apoſtle would not have people to be wherried and whirled about, with every wind of Doctrine, Eph. 4.14. as unſtable ſouls uſe to be. Illebius for inſtance; who of a Proteſtant, firſt turned Antinomian, and afterwards a Papiſt. So the old Illuminates, boaſting at firſt of a certain Angelical purity, fell ſuddenly to the very counterpoint of juſtifying beaſtiality. For prevention of this pernicious lightneſſe,Spec. Europ. It is good (ſaith the Apoſtle) that the heart be eſtabliſhed with grace, Hebr. 13.9. That men be ſound in the faith, well principled, bottomed and ballaſted.

And cold out of the North] Heb. Out of the ſcattered winds. North-winds ſcatter the clouds, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Hom. Odyſſ. clear the Skie, and ſo bring on faire cold weather. By Mezeri[illegible: 1 letter] here ſome underſtand certain Stars toward the North-Pole; Arcturus the Vulgar Latine rendreth it.

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