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

And seeing they who carry and dispense the Word are in Scripture emblematically expressed by Clouds (Isa. 60.8. Who are these that flee as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? The Preachers of the Gospel come as so many clouds, and the Prophet tells us, the Word cometh down as rain and snow from heaven (Isa. 55.10.) which supposeth a cloud from whence it cometh; fo•, saith the Lord, So shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please; Seeing, I say, the dispensers of the Word are compared to clouds) let them that sit under the droppings of these clouds take heed they be not unfruitful, or like that ground which drinketh in the rain, yet beareth nothing but briars and thorns, whose end is to be burned. God hath wearied and quite spent many of these thick clouds by continual dropping upon, and watering the souls of men, yet how barren, how fruitless are they! If but one of the clouds of heaven be wearied in watering the earth, we soon after discern the face of the earth refreshed and renewed by it: And shall God weary those heavenly clouds by watering men on earth, and men remain unrefreshed, unrenewed! Clouds of sorrow and ⟨p. 503⟩darkness will at last weary all those with their waterings and droppings upon them, who, when God hath wearied his Clouds by watering them with the word of life from Heaven, yet remain altogether barren and unfruitful. By watering he wearieth the thick Cloud.

And seeing they who carry and dispence the Word are in Scripture emblematically expressed by Clouds (Isa. 60.8. Who are these that flee as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? The Preachers of the Gospel come as so many clouds, and the Prophet tells us, the Word cometh down as rain and snow from heaven (Isa. 55.10.) which supposeth a cloud from whence it cometh; fo•, saith the Lord, So shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please; Seeing, I say, the dispensers of the Word are compared to clouds) let them that sit under the droppings of these clouds take heed they be not unfruitful, or like that ground which drinketh in the rain, yet beareth nothing but briars and thorns, whose end is to be burned. God hath wearied and quite spent many of these thick clouds by continual dropping upon, and watering the souls of men, yet how barren, how fruitless are they! If but one of the clouds of heaven be wearied in watering the earth, we soon after discern the face of the earth refreshed and renewed by it: And shall God weary those hevenly clouds by watering men on earth, and men remain unrefreshed, unrenewed! Clouds of sorrow and