A35537:1927
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 12-13
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.
First, For Mercy, that is, for some eminent uses, besides those that are for mere necessity, to water the earth. Rain is sent,
First, For Mercy, that is, for some eminent uses, besides those that are for meer necessity, to water the earth. Rain is sent,
First, To purge; Secondly, to cool the air; Thirdly, to cherish and comfort the fruits of the Earth. But besides these common and ordinary ends of sending rain, somewhat extraordinary seems to be intended, when the Text saith, He causeth it to come for mercy, or favour. What's the favour or special mercy that comes by rain? Surely it is the sending of such a rain and such a blessing with it, as causeth the earth to bring forth abundantly. The Lord can more than supply wants, he can give plenty, he can give as much in one year as may serve for two or three.1 Thus he promised (Levit. 25.21.) Then I will Command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years; the sixth year was the year before the Sabbath-year, for then they were not to till the ground; Now if you carefully observe my Sabbath-year (saith God) you shall have no want, though you do not sow. This is a mercy, when God sends in a double or treble Crop, when he not only sends enough to serve the tu•n or to keep us alive, but abundance and plenty, so that the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil, as the promise is expressed, Joel 2.24.
First, To purge; Secondly, to cool the air; Thirdly, to cherish and comfort the fruits of the Earth. But besides these common and ordinary ends of sending rain, somewhat extraordinary seems to be intended, when the Text saith, He causeth it to come for mercy, or favour. What's the favour or special me•cy that comes by rain? Surely it is the sending of such a rain and such a blessing with it, as causeth the earth to bring forth abundantly. The Lord can more than supply wants, he can give plenty, he can give as much in one year as may serve for two or three.