396 Verf.28. effn E.tpofîtion úpon the Bookof J o B. Chip. 36, in proportion to what hinafelf purpofech they Ihall pour down. Thus we fee, how God by the Sun draws out the moiflure and fap ofthe Earth,to return it backwith advantage. Drawing up the troiflure makes the Earth ianguitïi, and her fruits wither ; fend- ing it down again,rnakes the Earth green, flourifhing and fruitful. 7hey poor downrain, &c. And what more ? Elihu anfwers Verf. eS. Which the Clouds do drop. 'pratt; nunc Here he fpeaks more exprefly, and tells us more clearly than G/um, nano before,;vhat the vapours are made up into, According to thevapour rubes denet;t, thereof, which the Clouds do drop. As Clouds are made of va- a pours, fo they are the receptacles or vefiels of rain, which they earstxs Sub¡íau- tt . Druf: hold (as was Chewed before ) as long as God pleafeth,andwhen he gives the word, then they drop And diftid opon man abundantly. That's another elegant word, implying the manner in which the raincomes or falls, it is as by a diffillation. Here alto 'cis ex- preifed for whole ufe or fake principally the rain is lent. The :'loads (faith the Text) drop and di(tll upon man, yet we know men get themfelves out of the rain as loon and as fall as they can. The rain fills upon the earth, and abides there ; yet °Lis fail to difül upon man, becaufe the rain di(fils at mans requeff, and for mans fake : That other creatures are cherished by the rain, is not for themfelves,but for man, as man is not cherished and maintained by thofe creatures for himfeif, but for God. As the rain difills chiefly for the glory ofGod, fo nexdy for the relief . and comfort of man 3 and for man it diftills Abundantly. 71l718 't1U There is a double reading of this wordSome cake it-as an Ad- Super hemp- je6tive to the Subtantive man, rendring thus, it d.;/iills openmany "'hum, men ; we takeit adverbially, Which dìftill upon man ptentifolly,, vet ofA , that is, in great plentyupon man. We may take inboth readings ter, w Difit without flrain to the Text, or departure.frorn the matter inhand. edvsrbium, For as the rain falls or diftitis opon man abundantly, fo opon abun Suod co minùr dance of men ; the rain, we know, falls fometimes very plentiful- jeprobatmihi, Rab. and at times or one time or other all-the wßrld over, warer- yuia hit y' ' fcriiitur own ing every mans ground,and ferving everymans tumor occafions,,. cámetr. Druf There-
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