Chap. 36. an Expatqt-ion.gprn the E,oakof o%B. Verf. 27. 3s, Secondly, The vaffnefs or huge extent of the veffels contain- ing it, which are the clouds of the aire, fpreading .themferves all the Heavens over, v..29. Thirdly , He tells us of the fudden changes and ruccefions of rain and faire weather, of a cloudy and-ferene sky, v.. Fourthly, He fens forth the different Etirpo'fesof God in dif- penfing the rain, which are fometieies for judgement, fometimes for mercy, v. 3r, 3 a. Fifthly , He intimates the Prognofficks of,it, or what are the fignes and forerunnersor foretellers of-ir, V. 3 3. The two verfes under-hand, hold out the find poynr, the for- mation and generation of the rain. Verf. 27. He maketh(mall the drops of water., That is, God ( as it were) coynes and mints out the water in- to drops of rain : As a mighty maffe of gold or raver is minted out into fmall pieces, fo a huge body of water is minted out into final! drops ; that's the fum of there words according toour ren- dring. The Hebrew word rendred, Hemak_eth fmall,hath á two- fold fignificaçion, and that had caufed a three-fold tran(iation of there words. Fir(}, It frgniheth to take away, o-, to withdraw ; according to this fignification of the word, a two-fold power of God is held lr"u adsmir, forth about thedrops of water. fubjlvaxit. Firfl , The power of GocLin drawing the water up from the SafirQ,;.t de_ Earth to make rain, for that in Nature ( as we alai' fee after- rrr f1,11arayar. wards) is the caufe ofrain God- draws tip the water from the =VG: exmaw Earth, which he fends down upon the Earth : he draws up the va- ri flunir.à! pours, and the vapours become a Cloud, and the Cloud is diffol- er£ociriuca: , qu.e fundr.nr ved into rain. ptttvizm ad nu- Secondly, The word may very well expreife , according to bem ofor6. H:1r- other texts of Scripture, the putting.torth of the power ofGod-f(lus z apor ex in flo ins flaying, keeping back and =.ith=holding rain from aq, "2 Cagigas to pp U' nrrbem n.<ede- the earth ; when God bath drawn water from the earth, he can rode fun ltrds hold it from the earth as long as hepleaferh. The ChaldeePa: a- .;a,, Me'1: phrafe faith, He forbids the drops to water the earth, or hefends ai uuer?flit_ forth a prohibition to thecloak that they give no water. The vul- gar Latine (peaks to the fame fence, who takes away drops of rain, Vulg. that is, from the earth. Mr. Broughton renders, he withdraws D d d dropping
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