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

That's another elegant word, implying the manner in which the rain comes or falls, it is as by a distillation. Here also 'tis expressed for whose use or sake principally the rain is sent. The Clouds (saith the Text) drop and distil upon man, yet we know men get themselves out of the rain as soon and as fast as they can. The rain falls upon the earth, and abides there; yet 'tis said to distil upon man, because the rain distils at mans request, and for mans sake: That other creatures are cherished by the rain, is not for themselves, but for man, as man is not cherished and maintained by those creatures for himself, but for God. As the rain distils chiefly for the glory of God, so nextly for the relief and comfort of man; and for man it distils Abundantly.

That's another elegant word, implying the manner in which the rain comes or falls, it is as by a distillation. Here also 'tis expressed for whose use or sake principally the rain is sent. The Clouds (saith the Text) drop and distill upon man, yet we know men get themselves out of the rain as soon and as fast as they can. The rain falls upon the earth, and abides there; yet 'tis said to distil upon man, because the rain distils at mans request, and for mans sake: That other creatures are cherished by the rain, is not for themselves, but for man, as man is not cherished and maintained by those creatures for himself, but for God. As the rain distills chiefly for the glory of God, so nextly for the relief and comfort of man; and for man it distills Abundantly.

¹There is a double reading of this word. Some take it as an Adjective to the Substantive man, rendering thus, it distils upon many men; we take it adverbially, Which distil, upon man plentifully, that is, in great plenty upon man. We may take in both readings without strain to the Text, or departure from the matter in hand. For as the rain alls or distils upon man abundantly, so upon abundance of men; the rain, we know, falls sometimes very plentifully, and at times, or one time or other all the world over, watering every mans ground, and serving every mans turn or occasions. ⟨p. 397⟩