Chap. 36. ateExpofition upon the Book of J a B. Verf.27. 3 7 eth upon this comparifon, when he would 'let forth that great ditiance between God and man. Man is but a dryp to God. But are not all drops fiend?,why then doth he fay,He makethfmalt the drops? The reafon is becaufe, though all drops are ftn2ll, yet force drops are fmaller than others, and we read ofgreat drops to theGofpel Hitiory,of Otitis agony in the Garden, which was an immediate fuffering in his foul, fromthe hand of his Father,p of ,fing him with that weight of wrath, which was due for our ftnS (Lake 22.44.:) Heffivcat, as ix were, great dropsof blood. As God made Chrift fweat great drops of blood for our fins, fo he makes theClouds to fweat (mall drops of water for our comfort. He mabethfmall The drop ofrain. DUS The Verb of this SubRantive is ufed ( Joel 3. 18. ) In chofe Gutaavi°' Pt- elayes it (hall come to pafs, that the mowocaines (hall drop down new tJtrxuxft. wine; bywhich we are to underhand, the plentiful effu(ion of , the Spi: it promifed in thelatter Bayes. David defcribing the Lords glorious march thorow the wildernefs, faith ('Pfal. 68. 4, 9.) The earthfhook, the heavens alfo dropped at the prefence of the Lord; thon, O God, didiffend a plentifoil rain, whereby thons.. didft confirm thine inheritance when it was weary. Which Scrip- tureprincipally intends the fpiritual rain,which drops downupon believers, and refreflaeth their wearied fouls And therefore by a Metaphor, this phrafe, todrop, lignifies, to prophetic or preach the word o1G?d ; becaufe that,like rain, falls filently, and as it --t-st b:ndo were in drops upon the hearer, it falls in at the ear, and folks Pveecep=.um ark- down to the heart, it (oaks quire thoró , as Mofes fpake ( Dent. 1ulis line i4- 2re . 32.2.) Mydoúranefhall drop as the rain, andmy (peat,^ tall def¢il sto. xoratL memcn b. as the dew. And as tige word is tiled in Prophefies of mercy and r. Ep, s, inflruEion,foof judgment and defolation.Thus theLord charged his Prophet (Ezek. 2©.46.) Son cftaon,fet thy face towards the (oath, and drop thywords towards theforth, and propese'"e agairfl the - foreßt of thefinchfield: Again (Ezek`,. 2 r.. 2.) Son ofman, fat thy face towards ferufalem, and d op thy words towards the holy place, and prophefie againfi the land of I(rael; Once more (Amos 7.16. ) Dropnot thy word againg the hou/of Ifaac. So tha', T fay, this d-opping is tired frequently, as in anaural,fo in a fpiritual fence. He taiaketh fund! the drops D-d d a Of
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