Matthew 8:27

But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

Ver. 27. Even the winds and the sea obey him] He lays laws upon all creatures, which are his hosts. The winds and sea fought for us apparently in that

" Octogesimus octavus mirabilis annus: " (Beza)

so that the blasphemous Spaniards said, Christ was turned Lutheran. The like was done by the winds for Theodosius, in that famous battle against Maximinus. The soldiers that were then present told us, saith St Augustine (de Civ. Dei, v. 6), that the winds took their darts, as soon as they were out of their hands, and drove them violently upon the enemy. As for those that were cast at us by the enemy, they were with like violence carried back upon their own bodies. Hence sang Claudian the heathen poet in this sort concerning Theodosius,

" O nimium dilecte Deo, cui militat aether,

Et coniurati veniunt ad classica venti. "