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

He doth not only give us enough for necessity, but for delight and contentment; if we use his boun y well, and turn not his blessings to his dishonour, plenty will be our mercy. The Clouds come sometimes for Correction, God sweeps away even our necessaries, by rains, which are therefore in Scripture called sweeping rains; at other times the Clouds come for mercy, and empty themselves to fill us with the blessings of the earth; that, we both by corrections and favours may be led to repentance, and receive further mercy, not only mercy from the Clouds, but mercy above the Clouds. Thus the words stand in a fair opposition, and one part of the verse illustrates the other.

He doth not only give us enough for necessity, but for delight and contentment; if we use his boun y well, and turn not his blessings to his dishonour, plenty will be our mercy. The Clouds come somtimes for Correction, God sweepes away even our necessaries, by raines, which are therefore in Scriptu•e called sweeping raines; at other times the Clouds come for mercy, and empty themselves to fill us with the blessings of the earth; that, we both by corrections and favours may be led to repentance, and receive further mercy, not only mercy f•om the Clouds, but mercy above the Clouds. Thus the words stand in a fair opposi•ion, and one part of the verse illustrates the other.

Yet I conceive there is somewhat further in these wo•ds, for mercy, or in mercy and free benignity; which may intimate thus much to us, That even the Rain from the Clouds, and fruits of the earth, are not given us of desert, but of free favour and mercy.

Yet I conceive there is somwhat further in these wo•ds, for mercy, or in mercy and free benignity; which may intimate thus much to us, That even the Rain from the Clouds, and fruits of the earth, are not given us of desert, but of free favour and mercy.