An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Secondly, It is a work of divine wisdom. The Lord knowing that the earth cannot digest huge portions of water at once, divides it into little potions, that the earth may gradually receive and let it soak into i•s bosom, for the feeding of Plants, and the supply of all creatures that live upon it.

Secondly, It is a work of divine wisdom. The Lord knowing that the earth cannot digest huge portions of water at once, divides it into little po tions, that the earth may gradually receive and let it soak into i•s bosom, for the feeding of Plants, and the supply of all c•eatu•es that live upon it.

Thirdly, 'Tis a work also of divine Goodness; for if God did not make small the drops of water, if it should come down whole it would drown the earth, instead of comforting and fattening it. Behold then, the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God in making small the drops of water!

Though Philosophers have attempted to find out and assign a reason in Nature, about this falling of the rain in drops, yet they have not fully attained the reason why, nor the manner how, God doth this; we must ascribe it chiefly to the power, wisdom, and goodness of God, in ordering it for the benefit of man, yea of all living creatures.¹ And surely Elihu leads us to consider the wonders of those things which are common and natural, to convince us, that forasmuch as we cannot clearly see the reason of those lesser things, we should take heed of prying into greater and remoter secrets; and he would have Job particularly know, that seeing he could not find out the way of God in these natural things, much less could he find out the way and whole design of God in those his providential dealings with him: He maketh small the drops of water; and then as it followeth in this verse, They pour down rain according to the vapour thereof.