A35537:1735
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 37 › Verses 6-8
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.
Of whose strength? surely of the strength of God; as if God did in some Rain put forth his mighty strength, and make bare his own Arm in the showers which he sends upon the earth. The great Rain of his strength is that violent Rain which comes forth from God and shows forth to us the great strength of God: For neither of those two Epithets sm••• and great are expressly in the Text, yet b•th the scope and Grammatical construction of the words justify that Translation, A shower of Rain in th• singular number implying a mild gent Rain, or, as we call it, a small Rain; and a shower of Rains in the plural number implying a continued, vehement, fierce Rain, or as well call it, a great Rain, especially having that remarkable adjunct following, of his strength. When the Lord p omised to give showers of Rain for the a king (Zach. 10.1.) he meant a plentiful strong Rain; by which also he intended to signify the abundance of spiritual gifts and graces, which he would pour down upon the Church. So much for the opening of this verse, For he saith to the Snow, be thou on the Earth, likewise to the small Rain, and to the great Rain of his strength.
Of whose strength? surely of the strength of God; as if God did in som• Rain put forth his mighty st•ength, and make bare his own Arm in the showrs which he sends upon the earth. The great Rain of his strength is that violent Rain which comes forth from God and shews forth to us the great strength of God: For neither of those two Epithetes sm••• and great are expresly in the Tex•, yet b•th the scope and Grammatical const•uction of the words justifie that Translation, A showre of Rain in th• singular number implying a mild gente Rain, or, as we call it, a small Rain; and a showre of Rains in the plural number implying a continued, vehement, fierce Rain, or as well call it, a great Rain, especially having that remarkable adjunct following, of his strength. When the Lord p omised to give showres of Rain for the a king (