XC INTRODUCTION. 



Apocalypse, to ride upon a White Horse, 

 and the armies which were in heaven to 

 follow him upon white horses ; l by these 

 white horses are meant white clouds, as is 

 evident from other passages of Holy Writ; 

 as where it is said Behold, he cometh with 

 clouds. 2 Again, God's going to execute 

 judgments upon any nation is sometimes 

 represented by his riding upon a cloud. So 

 when the prophet pronounces the burden of 

 Egypt, his exordium is Behold, the Lord 

 rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come 

 into Egypt. 



So immediate is God's action upon the 

 clouds described to be in the Bible, that the 

 thunder is called his voice, as in Job Hear 

 attentively the noise of his voice, and the 

 sound that goeth out of his mouth. He di- 

 recteth it under the whole heaven, and his 



lightning unto the ends of the earth God 



thundereth marvellously with his voice : 3 and 

 when he descended upon Mount Sinai, it was 

 with mighty thunderings. 4 Considering the 

 benefits and blessing that God confers upon 



* Revel, xix. 11, 14. 



2 Ibid. i. 7, comp. Dan. vii. 13. Rev. xiv. 14. Acts, i. 11. 



3 Job, xxxvii. 25. * Exod. ix. 28. 



