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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the Book of Job being the substance of XXXV lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed for L. Fawne, 1656
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Chapters o… › Chapter 5 › Verses 10-12
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
By the Rain, we are to understand, not the showers only which fall from Heaven, but all those blessings and benefits for the support of our natural life, which are the fruits of rain: He sendeth rain (as it were) on his errand, to bring or carry the blessings of plenty, and to drop fatness on the earth. He giveth rain to the ⟨p. 260⟩earth, and then the earth giveth her increase. The Rabbins have a saying, that rain is the husband of the earth, because those showers fecundate the earth, and make that great mother of plenty, 1fruitful, in bringing forth all things useful and comfortable for the life of man.
By the Rain, we are to understand, not the showres only which fall from Heaven, but all those blessings and benefits for the support of our naurall life, which are the fruits of raine: He sendeth raine (as it were) on his errand, to bring or carry the blessings of plenty, and to drop fatnes on the earth. He giveth rain to the ⟨p. 260⟩earth, and then the earth giveth her encrease. The Rabbins have a saying, that raine is the husband of the earth, because those showers foecundate the earth, and make that great mother of plenty, 1fruitfull, in bringing forth all things usefull and comfortable for the life of man.
- 1Imber maritus terrae.
He giveth rain upon the face of the earth, (so the letter of the Original) that is upon the earth; as the face of Heaven, and the face of the sea, so the face of the earth, is an Hebraism, for the earth it self.
He giveth raine upon the face of the earth, (so the letter of the Originall) that is upon the earth; as the face of Heaven, and the face of the sea, so the face of the earth, is an Hebraisme, for the earth it selfe.