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

That is, he saith to the small Rain, do thou descend upon the earth. By small Rain is meant any gentle Rain, softly and sweetly dropping and de•tilling out of the Clouds. Now as God orders this small Rain, so likewise, as it followeth, The great Rain of his strength.

The whole O iginal Text,¹ which we render the small Rain and the great Rain of •is strength, hath a great Elegance in it, word for word thus, He saith to the shower of Rain, and to the shower of Rains of his strength. The word Rain in both is the same, only the former is in the singular, and the latter in the plural number, which heightens or increaseth the sense, as Critics and Grammarians tell us, and therefore we render small Rain and great Rain; to which Elihu gives this further addition in the clo•e of the verse, The great Rain Of his strength.

The whole O iginal Text,¹ which we render the small Rain and the great Rain of •is strength, hath a great Elegancy in it, word for word t•us, He saith to the showre of Rain, and to the showre of Rains of his strength. The word Rain in both is the same, only the former is in the singula•, and the latter in the plural number, which hightens or encreaseth the sence, as Criticks and Grammarians tell us, and therefore we render small Rain and great Rain; to which Elihu gives this further addition in the clo•e of the verse, The great Rain Of his strength.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] Et imbri pluviae & imbri pluviarum potentiae ejus. Heb. Imber est agmen coelestium aquarum & pluviarum. Nonius. Coacervatio haec nominum et genitivus ie pluralis vehementissimum & procllosum imbrem, guisicat. Merc. Cum du nomia copulantur idem fere significntia quorum pius ponitur lo o adjectivi alterum determinntu, si fuerit pluralis numeri erit superlativae significationis. Bold. Imber pluviarum, quasi ox multis pluvi constns. Drus.