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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 28-30
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those few of the people of God in the midst of the world wheresoever they are, shall be as Dew upon the g ass; that is, they shall be a great blessing to them. The wo•ld will scarce let that remnant be any where, in some places of the world there are scarce any of them, yet see of what benefit they are to any place, They are as Dew from the Lord. The Apostle useth such an expression concerning himself and other faithful Ministers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 2.15.) We are unto God a sweet favour of Christ in them that are saved, and in them that perish; that is, we are a means of salvation and eternal life to them that are saved, and we offer eternal life and salvation to them that perish. So saith the Prophet concerning all the remnant of Jacob, they shall be in the midst of many people as a dew upon the grass, that waiteth not for man, nor tarrieth for the son of man; they shall be as a Dew from the Lord; that is, there shall be a great multitude of them, and they shall be as a Dew, that is, they shall distil sweetly upon those many people as a Dew from the Lord, and as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth ⟨p. 226⟩not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. The grass in the field is not watered by man, as herbs and flowers in a garden are, and therefore may be said not to tarry, nor to depend upon man, nor upon the sons of men, but upon God for the Dew and Showers of heaven to water it. Thus those many people shall have help and sweet supplies; though men neglect them, yet God will take care of them, and send the remnant of Jacob, some or other that are faithful, to be as a Dew from him upon them, to make them grow and be fruitful.
those few of the people of God in the midst of the world wheresoever they are, shall be as Dew upon the g ass; that is, they shall be a great blessing to them. The wo•ld will scarce let that remnant be any where, in some places of the world there are scarce any of them, yet see of what benefit they are to any place, They are as Dew from the Lord. The Apostle useth such an expression concerning himself and other faithful Ministers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 2.15.) We are unto God a sweet favour of Christ in them that are saved, and in them that perish; that is, we are a means of salvation and eternal life to them that are saved, and we offer eternal life and salvation to them that perish. So saith the Prophet concerning all the remnant of Jacob, they shall be in the midst of many people as a dew upon the grass, that waiteth not for man, nor tarrieth for the son of man; they shall be as a Dew from the Lord; that is, there shall be a great multitude of them, and they shall be as a Dew, that is, they shall distill sweetly upon those many people as a Dew from the Lord, and as the showres upon the grass, that tarrieth