Chap, 37 4Arn Expofation upon the Book of J o a. Verf. 3. Likewife to the fr,vall rain, &c, 471. That is, he faith to the [maid Rain, do thou defcend upon the earth. Byfmall Rain is meant any gentle Rain, foftly and fWeetly dropping and deflilling out of the Clcuds-. Now as God orders thi ¡Mad Rain, fo likewife, as it followeth, . Thegreat Rainofhis frengtb; The whole O. iáinal Texr, which we render the/mall Rain and D OW thegreat Rain of hits frength, batha greatElegancy in it, word for t1t2t word thus, Hefaith to the fhowre ofRain, and to thefbewree fRìtins Et imbriplu- . ofhisftrength. The word Rain in both is the fame,, only the for- vi'e&imbri mer is in the fngular, and the latter in the plural number, which pluaiarupo- hightensor encreafeth the fence, as Criticks and Grammarians Hnetræ ejzrs. tell us, and therefore we render fruadt Rain and great Rain ; to Im6er eft ag- which Elihu gives this further, addition in the dole of the verfe, menc1ofdium: Thegreat Rain aquarum pluviarum. Of bis jrength. Nonius. Coaaervatie Of whole flrength ? furely of the firength ofGod ; as if God herenominum. did in fume Rain put forth his mighty ftrength, and make bare his etgenitivai ï!tc own Arm in the fhowrs which he fends upon the earths Thegreat P leural m'JO/)O Rain ofhis f#rength is that violent Rain which comes forth from ybreceUofum. God and (hews forth to us the greatfirength of God : For neither imbremJtgn j. of thofe twoEpithete's (mall andgreat areexprefly inf`heTexr,yet ear Mere. both the fcope andGrammaticalconfiru&ion of the words jutlife Cum duonomi-` that Tranflarion, A fhowre of Rain in the fingular number imply- idem ere frgni- ing amild gentle Rain, or,as we call it, afneall Rain ; and a fhowre ficontiaquoruns: ofRains in the plural number implying a continued,, vehement, pofderius poni- fierce Rain,or aswe call k, great Rain, efpecially having that tar lots adjefli remarkable adjun& following, of his flrength. When the Lord vi alterumde p-omifed togive fhowres of Rain for the asking (Zach. i o. r.) he ter Ï i u* meant aplentiful fkrongRain ; by which alío he intended to fig- ENtìuoteri erir nifie the abundance of.fpirltualgifts andgraces, which he would fuportativ.i pour down upon the Church. So much for the bpening of this f8niheationis verfe, For he faith to the Snow, be thou on the Earth, likewifeto the Bold. lutberpluvia- fmail Rain, and to thegreat Rain ofhis flrength. rum, quaff ex Firfl, From the cau!al particle, for, which referred; to the for- multit pluviir , wet words, god deth marveilous.things which we cannot compre- corn, ins.Deuf..,, bend,,
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