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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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Secondly, In the Dew there is an allusion to the word of God preached. The dispensers of the Gospel are compared to Clouds; Moses was a Cloud, and his speech distilled as the dew, (Deut. 32.2.) that is, it came down sweetly and efficaciously. As the manna and the dew fell together (Exod. 16.12, 14.) so the graces, comforts, and powers of the Spirit come with the word; there's dew with the Manna, and Manna with the dew. When the dew of divine doctrine comes down, Christ the Manna comes down too.
Thirdly, It carries in it an allusion to that sweetness of affection that is among brethren (Psal. 133.1.) Behold how good and how pleasant it is, for brethren to dwell together in unity! then follows (vers. 3.) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. Love and unity among brethren is like dew, it refresheth them and makes them fruitful; They who provoke one another to love, will also to good works (Heb. 10.24.) Unity makes a great increase. Small things grow great ⟨p. 227⟩by concord,1 whereas discord dwindleth or reduceth great things to little things, and at last to nothing.
Thirdly, It carries in it an allusion to that sweetness of affection that is among brethren (Psal. 133.1.) Behold how good and how pleasant it is, for brethren to dwel together in unity! then follows (vers. 3.) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. Love and unity among brethren is like dew, it refresheth them and makes them fruitful; They who provoke one another to love, will also to good works (