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A81486	Vox cæli; or, philosophical, historicall, and theological [brace] observations, of thunder. With a more general view of Gods wonderful works. First grounded on Job 26. 14. but now enlarged into this treatise. / By Robert Dingley, M.A. once fellow of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford; now minister of Gods Word at Brixton in the Isle of Wight, and County of Southampton.	Dingley, Robert, 1619-1660.	1658 (1658)	Wing D1502; Thomason E1868_1; ESTC R209723	78,969	218

363. presage many evills to come If so then we have not onely cause to feare in the time of Thunder but after it is gone waiting and preparing for the consequences of it Especially this being the Reason n Mendoza in 1 Reg. 2. p. 358. Vol. 1. saith Mendoza why Thunders are sent ut incantos ad paenitentiam praemoneat to warne the unadvised not to sin against God An obstinate sinner when he looks up should thinke every cloud lined with Thunder Yea that all the clouds and Planets are in travell with a Thunder-bolt to ruine him That so the heart standing in awe of God may not presume to sin against him Duty 4 Fourthly Be not unsensible of this last Winters praeternaturall Thunder It thundred four or five severall dayes with us in the South in November 1657. It is mentioned in our o Stow's Abridgment of Chron. p. 286. Chronicles as a thing very remarkable that in the yeare of our Lord 1563 from the first of December to the 12. there were such continual thundrings and Lightnings that the like had not been seen or heard by any man living These are Proverbial Observations among us Winters Thunder is Summers wonder So also that Winters Thunder Summers Flood Never yet did England good When the frame of Nature seems to be disordered and out of course 't is that which challengeth our observation and fear lest God should be displeased with the Nation Now that Winters Thunder is besides the course of Nature will appear by the testimonies of Learned men Tonitru non fit nisi ex vapore adusto Ideo praecipue fit in Aestate Tempore magni aestus saith Albertus Magnus Thunder proceeds from hot Vapours so is chiefly in Summer and the time of much heat The same p Albertus Magnus Pass Aeris Author saith Winters Thunder presageth a stormy unseasonable and tempestuous yeare following q Magirus Nat. Phil. l. 4. c. 4. Another saith Materiae fulminum non possunt in altum attrahi percoqui inflammari nisi a validissimo calore qui est in aestate The matter of Thunder and Lightning cannot be drawn up from the Earth brought to maturity and kindled in the Aire without the strongest heat which is in Summer time Thunder saith r Zanch. Tom. 3. lib. 3. cap. 3. p. 359. Zanchy is very rare and marvellous in the depth of Winter For then Frigus non sinit elevari vapores calidos The cold forbids hot vapours elevation into the Aire I do not finde any considerable Reason assigned by Philosophers of Winters Thunder They are all puzled more then a little and cannot finde from whence it should proceed unlesse by Exhalations drawn from the Earth and collected in the Ayre by Summers heat which do there abide and remain till dissolved by Winters Thunder Some Prognosticators have guessed at the time of Thunder oftner missing then hitting the marke But Winters Thunder makes the Astrologer to blush because he could not fore-know or fore shew it Ecclipses and things of like nature they may fore-see but not Raine Snow Thunder or blazing Comets Here their skill often failes them Much more when they wil fore-judge of Humane ſ Of the vanity of judicial Astrology consult Aul Gellius lib. 14. cap. 1. Weems vol. 1. lib. 2. K. Iames of Daemonology Dr. Reynolds of Passions p. 544. Also Geering and Rowland of this Subject Actions and Events Cicero hath well observed the imposture of these men in the famous cases of Pompey the Great Cressus and Julius Caesar to all whom the Chaldeans Wizards promised a long and prosperous Life with a quiet and peaceable Death the contrary of which is sufficiently attested by all Histories Thraseus a Sooth-saier having told Busiris that the way to take the drought from Aegypt was to sacrifice a stranger to Jupiter Himselfe being a stranger was presently sacrificed By the t Exo. 22.18 Law such are not to live Exod. 22. And the u Acts 19.19 Magicians being converted to Christ burnt all their Books which would have yielded 600 pound sterling Augustus put these out of Rome Claudius out of Italy and Vitellius out of the World Sad if such men shall be tollerated in a Christian in a Reformed Church These are lying Vanities that will hold no water but sadly with draw us from the fountain of life Let this be one reason then of Winters Thunder to shew Astrologers how little they know of Gods works and w Isa 44.25 in the language of the Prophet to frustrate the tokens of the Lyars to make Diviners mad and their knowledge foolishnesse x Mica 3.7 That the Seers may be ashamed and the Diviners confounded Another reason may be to warn a People of approaching evils Winters Thunder presageth no good to the following Summer All these disorders in Nature are for our sins Let us humble our selves under the mighty hand of God on all such occasions Duty 5 Fifthly Learn to trust this great and All-powerful God Put confidence in Jehovah all yee that feare and serve him for he is able to help and deliver you Note The five wounds of Christ are our five Cites of Refuge in the time of trouble It is not easie saith one to put all the powers of Faith afloat it requires Christs full tide Say with the Apostles Lord encrease our faith Faith saith y Aug. contra Julian lib. 6. cap. 5. Austin sanat vitiatum à reatu statim ab infirmitate paulatim It presently removes guilt but infirmity by degrees Trust not in any thing else besides God Externis Praesidiis utendum non nitendum Rely upon his Power his Promise and his Providence When you z Ex eo quod potens est potest suos corroborare saith Musculus of Thunder Musc in Psalm 29. p. 288. heare him thunder and with his Voice shake the Earthly Globe Thinke what is there which this God cannot doe for me Cui voluisse fecisse est saith a Ambrose de Bon. mor. cap. 12. Ambrose With whom to will and act are the same thing Multum interest inter loqui facere sed hoc apud homines non Deum saith b Bernard de Temp. 11. Bernard to the same effect Every Creature and Meteor is under the awe of Omnipotency Say therefore with the three Children The God whom we serve is able to deliver us King David in Psalm 29. which is a Psal of Thunder speaks of the power of God manifested in that Meteor and how that power will assist and protect his People c Psalm 29.1 4.11 Give unto the Lord glory and strength The voice of the Lord is powerfull The Lord will give strength unto his people So in Job d Job 40.9 Hast thou an arme like God Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him q. d. Though you have not seen his Arme though you do not know his power and what he can do for his People or

against his Enemies yet judge of his Arme by his Voice With the Lord nothing is impossible but to do contradiction to lye and to deceive Surely e Psalm 9.10 Prov. 30.5 Psalm 125.1 They that know his Name will trust in him He is a shield unto his People and they shall be as Mount Sion that cannot be removed Duty 6 Sixthly and lastly Let Gods spirituall and mysticall Thunder by his Word and warnings of his Messengers prevails with you to draw off your hearts from sin Here I will shew you two things First how Ministers are to thunder in their Preaching f Plin. Jun. lib. 3. Epist 1. ad Tacitum Oratio magnifica excelsa tonat fulgurat g Hieron Libr. contra Jovin Jerome faith Demosthenes used to thunder against King Philip. The same h Idem in Apolog ad Pammac Ep. 50. Father writes thus Paulum quotiescunque lego videor mihi non verba audire sed Tonitrua When I read St. Paul methinks I do not hear words but Thunder Pericles is said to Thunder and Lighten all over Greece by his Eloquence Basil was said to Thunder in his doctrine and Lighten in his conversation So James the son of Zebede and John the brother of James were sirnamed by Christ i Mark 3.17 Boanerges which is The sons of Thunder Gregory Nazianzen saith of those brothers k Gregory Nazianzen Orat. 44.1 that by Preaching and Writing for Christ and against sin they thundred all the world over As Thunder awakens the drowzy so good Preaching the secure It spares yielding but breaks stubborn and obstinate sinners Saint Paul l Acts 13.9 set his eyes upon Elymas After the Lightning flew from his eyes the Thunder-clap followed in his reproof Ezekiel was bid to stamp with his feet clama ulula Ezek. 21. cry and howle a-against the Peoples sins How did our Saviour m See Mat. 11 and 23 chap. thunder out woes to the People when he preached on earth 'T is then the duty of Ministers to speak boldly plainly powerfully to the consciences of their People To cry aloud to lift up their voice as a Trumpet and tell Judah of her sins We should n Quintil. be full of Affections our selves if we desire to work upon our hearers and o Nazianzen our authority in preaching is marred by unholy living Sad one day will be the account of blinde seers sleepy watchmen and dumb Dogs that bark not to fright the Wolf or warn the Sheep Many Congregations still continue wast No compassionate to tell them of fire and brimstone from Heaven for their sins And how many shoot off a few Potguns against grosse sins and then lick them whole with ill applied promises But the blood of the People shall be required at their hands Nay the most faithful Messengers of Christ will acknowledge they come short of their duty considering the invaluable worth of soules they have to do with The best of us have stammering Tongues in this great Work and oftentimes wee doe it coldly and by halves Like Polipheme we see but with one eye like Malchus heare but with one eare like the Unicorn push against sin but with one horne like the Benjamites casting stones with one hand and like the Amazons giving suck but with one Breast as one complaineth We do not thunder in the Pulpit as we should nor lighten in our conversation as we might Many times we pray as if we prayed not and preach as if we preached not The good Lord lay not this coldnesse to our charge Caution Let me here lay in a Caution Place not good Preaching in loud speaking Judge of a Minister by his Brains not Lungs by his Heart not Throat and rather by his Matter then Voice or Tone Demosthenes when he heard an Orator bellow with a loud and roaring voice said p Erasmus Non quod magnum est bene est sed quod bene est magnum est I mark rather the goodnesse then loudnesse of an Oration Had the Minister a voice like Stentor or Farellus Yet if his Matter were not grave sollid and judicious his Preaching would amount to Magno conatu nihil discere an expence of much paines in beating the air without saying any thing for Edification So q Stob. Serm. 43. Theocritus saith of Anaximenes that he powred out a flood of words and a drop of Reason 'T is good ut soni magnitudinem pro loci moderemur amplitudine that our voice be no louder then for all the People to heare us r Vossius Inst Orat. lib 6. cap. 10. p 508 saith Vossius Therefore let not the voice be the main thing you esteem in a Minister for as a good Moses may be defective therein so the meanest voice hath some hidden grace and power to attend it Secondly as Ministers should Thunder in their Preaching so people should gladly receive their admonitions be warned and awakened by the Thunder of their reproofs saying as the People once to Moses Speake thou with us and we will heare but let not God speake with us any more by Thunder lest we dye In vooe hominis Tuba Dei The Gospell is Gods Trumpet at mans mouth When St. Paul thundred reasoning of righteousnesse temperance and judgement unhappy Å¿ Asts 24.25 Foelix trembled How shall God hear the Minister praying for you said Gregory to King Ethelbert if you will not heare him speaking from God The Lord saith one might have preacht to you in the flames as once in the Mount Sinai or by the Ministry of Angels and you would not have been able to heare it But now God is not in the Fire nor in the Earth quake but in the voice of a man like your selves he speaks to you by his Ambassadors Will not Love conquer Will you not heare obey and live If you refuse to heare Moses and the Prophets neither would you be convinced if the Dead should arise to warne you if Angels should preach in your Pulpits or the Lord give you vocall and articulate Sermons in Thunder from Heaven Object But what if some what in the lives of Ministers should contradict the word which they preach I answer Solution 1 Blessed be God disorderly Teachers are pretty well purged out 2 If any continue it is the fault of them that do not bring their wickednesse to light that such may be rooted out who make the offering to be abhord The sins of Teachers being teachers of sins 3 Such as feare God should endeavour to reap all the benefit they can from such as preach the Truth but live not accordingly in all things God spake to Moses out of a Bush We must attend to the words of a Minister though himselfe be fruitlesse In which sense we may be said to gather Grapes of Thorns and Figs of Thistles Note Though there be no fire nor heat in the Bellows yet blowing with them may awaken and kindle fire on the

Jupiter but the great and eternall God Therefore although we may conjecture at the naturall causes of Thunder yet 't is safest to ascribe Thunder unto God as the prime Agent and Cause Efficient 2 Though God be the chief Author and Orderer of Thunder There may notwithstanding be other Instrumentall causes thereof all commissionated bounded and limited by the Lord. 1 Good Angels have some Influence on Thunder It is certain e Lawrence of Angels p. 34. saith one they can do any thing which Nature can doe They can move the Heavens They can move all corporall things almost in an instant They can stir Tempests move Waters and Windes They slew the powerful Army of Senacherib They brought Peter and the Apostles out of prison Blesse the Lord all yee f Psal 10.10 Angels which are mighty in strength which do his will They could make a g a Reg. 7.6 sound of many horses to be heard by the King of Assyria to his great amazement And by the same delegated power they can raise storms and tempests and make Thunder-claps in the aire You read in the Epistle to the h Heb. 2.2 Hebrews of the word spoken by Angels i Simler One thus expounds it That the Thunder and Lightning and sound of the Trumpet were caused by the Ministry of good Angels when the Law was given Concerning the great power of Elect Angels I have k In the Deputation of Angels p. 91 92. treated else-where If the l 1 Thes 4.16 voice of an Arch-angel will be so loud and terrible as to awaken all that are in their Graves Then much more have Angels power to move Thunder which is a whisper to that Have the Angels power to raise an Earthquake which the m Mat. 28.2 Gospel affirms then what should hinder but they have power if commissionated by the Lord to shake all the clouds break them asunder and so raise Thunder and Lightnings Nay 2 The fallen Angels if permitted can do it Satan we know hath a Principality in the n Ephes 2 2. Aire the place where these Meteors are ingendred o Mr. Medes Diatribae p. 99. ad 107. Learned Mede thinks it probable that all the Devils have their seat and Mansion there and not in Hell till the day of Judgement Nay p Hieronimus in Eph. 6. Jerome saith it is the Opinion of all the Learned that the Devils have their Mansion and Residence in the space between Heaven and Earth If so then their habitation and abode is in the place where Thunders and Lightnings are hatched and where Thunder-bolts are coyned As also where those Bullets the Haile-stones are moulded Devils have power to shake the Aire and raise mighty gusts of Winde by Land or Sea else the windes could not so commonly be sold by the Laplanders to the Merchants that desire them for Navigation Note Satan could not be Prince of the Aire unlesse he had some power and train in that Element above the other 3 Elements besides q Mr Jenkins on Jude 9. Vol. 2. p. 61. One saith he is hurtfull to men by Tempests Winds and Fires r Zan hius in Ephes 2. Tom. 6. p. 51 Zanchy observes the Devils hover in the aire Inde nos observare tentare invadere animalia homines excitare tempestates Multaque denique mala hominibus dare To watch tempt invade us and other creatures and send many evils on mankinde Neither is the word silent in this particular He Å¿ Psalm 78.48 49. gave up their cattel also to the haile their flocks to hot Thunder-bolts he cast upon them the fiercenesse of his anger wrath indignation and trouble by sending evill Angels among them These evill Angels were instrumentall causes of Blood Locusts Hail Frost Frogs croaking on earth and Thunder ratling in the aire t Iob 1.11.16 18 19. So when Satans Commission against Job was once signed he soon brought a Whirl-winde upon his Children and Fire in all likelihood u Fulgur Maximum Iun. flashes of Lightning on his Cattel and People to their ruine and destruction A Writer on that w Mr. Caryl on Iob Vol. 1. p. 162.176 place tels us Satan the Prince of the Air can do mighty things command much in that Magazine of Heaven where that dreadfull Artillery those fiery Meteors Thunder and Lightning are lodged and stored up Satan let loose by God can do wonders in the Aire Hee can raise storms He can discharge the great Ordnance of Heaven Thunder and Lightning And by his Art he can make them more terrible and dreadfull then they are by Nature He can so inrage them that no man is able to withstand their violence All this they do x Apoc. 7.1 ad 3. not by any absolute power of their own but meerly as Tyrants By the Lords commission saith Bullinger And ut y Zanchius Tom. 2. p. 51. Divinorum judiciorum executores saith Zanchy Barely as the Executioners of Divine Judgements Enquiry 4 Fourthly We proceed to enquire in what Cases especially and on what occasions the Lord Hath manifested or Will discover his own power and glory by Thunder in an extraordinary and supernatural manner I answer chiefly 1 At the Castigation of his and the Churches Enemies in Battell or otherwise 2 At the Delivery of the Morall Law on Mount Sinai 3 At the Promulgation of the Gospell 4 At the grand Assizes and dissolution of all things First 1 At the castigation of the Churches enemies at the Castigation of Gods and the Churches Enemies the bloody Persecutors of the Saints God hath had divers wayes of destroying his Enemies besides potent numerous valiant and well disciplin'd Armies As by Gideous 300 men The sound of Rams horns before Jericho Moses Rod Shamgers Goad Sampsons Jaw-bone and little Davids Sling He can destroy whole hosts of enemies by a z Isa 41.16 Whirlwind nay a a 2 Reg. 19.7 Blast He smiteth the b Psalm 46.9 horse and rider with madnesse breaks the Bow cutteth the speare in sunder and burneth their Charets in the fire saith the Psalmist The e Judg. 5.20 Stars in their course fight against Sisera by their d Annotations in locum Influences raising up storms and Tempests against him and his Host say Commentators The e Iosh 10.11 Lord discomfited the Enemies of Joshuah by Hail-stones from Heaven The like he hath done by THUNDER and LIGHTNING See Exod. 9. The Lord fought against Pharaoh by f Exod 9.23 28. Thunder and Haile the fire ran along upon the ground so there were mighty thundrings and fire mingled with haile very grievous which smote all that was in the field man beast herb and trees Whereupon g Origen in loc Hom. 4. Origen writes thus Vide temperamentum Divinae correptionis Non cum silentio verberat sed dat voces Doctrinam caelitus mittit perquam possit culpam suam mundus agnoscere He did not