QUEST. VII. What k•nde of wind it was which brought the Locusts.

THe Lord brought an East wind. 1. God useth the Ministrie of the wind, not as having any need of it, but that we might know, that when any wind or weather is sent, God is the author of them. 2. This was not a southerly wind, as the Septuag. read; and Philo, to whom Pererius subscribeth, affirmeth the same: but beside that the word ked•m signifieth the East, it is evident by the contrarie wind, which cast them into the red sea, called the West wind, vers 19. that the East wind brought them, Thostatus. And the Latine interpreter, though missing of the sense of the word, calleth it urentem ventum, a searing wind, which best agreeth to the East wind, which is well knowne to seare and wither fruit, and to breed cater∣pillers and wormes. 3. Though it be usuall in those parts for Locusts to be brought with the wind, yet such an infinite number of them, and in so short a time to bee brought, was mircaulous and extraordina∣rie, Simler.