When Christ draws in a Soul to himself he usually raiseth a tempest in that soul.
The word for a tempest in the Originall is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which properly signifies an Earthquake which causeth a shaking of che Earth; The same word is used by the Septuagint in Ezekiel frequently to sig∣nifie a rushing winde, a noise, a shaking: Now then this doth very well fit our pur∣pose to discover this tempest upon a poor soul as drawing in to Christ, which is a kinde of earthquake, a shaking of an ear∣thy heart (whose principles and aims were earthly) as promised by the Lord Christ, Isa. 11.4. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, when he comes in with a rushing, and a noise, like the voice in Ezekiels Vision, Cap. 3.22. when the awakenings and enlightenings of the Word and voice of God fall in (shaking the spirit of a dead sinner) like the noise of many waters, Rev. 11.15, Thus when the fear of a miscarrying soul laies hold upon it, such a kinde of sha∣king