An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

There are two sorts of wildernesses:

First, Such as are inhabited. John the Baptist went and preached in a wilderness; there were Towns and many Dwellings in that wilderness.

First, Such as are inhabited. John the Baptist went and preached in a wildernesse; there were Towns and many Dwellings in that wilderness.

Secondly, There are also wildernesses uninhabited.¹ God speaks here of a wilderness where there is no man. The Hebrew Word which signifies a Wilderness, signifieth also the Pestilence, and so some translate here, In pestilent places, or in unhealthy places, in places untilled or unmanured, because of the unhealthfulness of them, even in these wildernesses the Lord sends rain.

Secondly, There are also wildernesses uninhabited.¹ God speaks here of a wildernesse where there is no man. The Hebrew Word which signifies a Wildernesse, signifieth also the Pestilence, and so some translate here, In pestilent places, or in unhealthy places, in places untilled or unmanured, because of the unhealthfulnesse of them, even in these wildernesses the Lord sends rain.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] à pest & morte. q. d. etiam in locis pestiferis & incultis curandum praebet se deus providentissimum.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 à peste & morte. q. d. etiam in locis pestiferis & incultis curandum praebet se deus providentissimum.