The water of life, or, A discourse showing the richness and glory of the…The water of life, or, A discourse shewing the richness and glory of the…

For this must be remembered, that as the Herb that is planted, or Seed sown, needs watering with continual Showers of the Mountains; so our Graces implanted in us by the Spirit of Grace, must also be watered by the ⟨p. 75⟩Rain of Heaven. Thou waterest the ¹Ridges thereof abundantly, thou settest the furrow thereof, thou makest it soft with Showers, thou blessest the springing thereof. Hence he says that our Graces shall grow. But how? I will be as the Dew unto Israel, he shall grow as the Lily, and cast forth his Roots as Lebanon. His Branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the Olive Tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his ²shadow shall return, they shall revive as the Corn, and grow as the Vine, the Scent thereof shall be as the Wine of Lebanon: Or as he saith, in another place; The Lord shall guide ³thee continually, and satisfy thy Soul in droughts, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered Garden, and like a Spring of Water whose ⁴Waters fail not.

For this must be remembred, that as the Herb that is planted, or Seed sown, needs watering with continual Showers of the Mountains; so our Graces implanted in us by the Spirit of Grace, must also be watered by the ⟨p. 75⟩Rain of Heaven. Thou waterest the ¹Ridges thereof abundantly, thou settest the furrow thereof, thou makest it soft with Showers, thou blessest the springing thereof. Hence he says that our Graces shall grow. But how? I will be as the Dew unto Israel, he shall grow as the Lily, and cast forth his Roots as Lebanon. His Branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the Olive Tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his ²