So0 Veri. I r. e/í% Expofstion upon the lîooltof , o B. Chap. 37. yeeld a drop more. Yet becaufe to water.the earth is the moil proper and natural bufinèfs of the cloud, therefore, Tl;rdly,. A learned Ex4ofitor.conceives, that the cloud is not wearied bywatering or raining upon the earth ; but that on the contrary the cloud is laid tobe wearied or troubled, when, while it is about that work, it is fcattered or difperfed by the Sun or Wind. Fourthly, Others refer this wearying of the cloud, to the com mand which it receives for the watering of very remoteparts of the earth. The Lord faith to this or that cloud, removefar off, 0o: and water fuch a Countrey (it may be a hundred, yea, many hufs- d red similes off the place from whence the vapcu: swere exhaled), and there disburden thy felf, or fall dówn in fhowres. When the Lord fends the cloud a long journey, we may fay, 'cis evenweari- ed, as a man or bean is that hath gone a long journey. Prumentamde- I (hall not trouble the reader with that wide interpretation of perat nukes. the Latine translator, .. rendring thus, The cloud.defirer corn, or the vulg. Cana arborum cloud laboursfor corn, that is, to make the earth fruitful,and bring îanhere°. Plin. forth abundance of corn. Some of the Ancients have taught that )1,7. C . z, there. is a kind of natural marriage, between the earth and the: clouds, or between the clouds and the corn, or any osber fruits of the earth.Rain is the food of the earth,that is,óf Fruits andPlants;, to which the Prophet ( Hof. 2. za. ) makes an elegant ailufion; But I pafa this.. The fecond interpretation I, judge mart congauous to the (-cope of the text, which faith clearly, 14.já by watering he wearieth,the thick cloud. Whence note Thf. creatures which have greatei f ores to gives may quickly have none left togive. Here is cloud and a thick cloud ('Elr'hra caorh not (peak of an ordinary, but of a thick cloudy yet upon the Lords command to give (-how res the cloud is quite (pent and wearied.. Though men have the greaten. affluence, the largeit Hones and Rock-, of wealth or riches, yea Of gifts and graces, yet they nay be wearied, and even drawn dry. The thicken clouds, that is, they whohave the greateft treafures of firength,'of wit, of learning and knowledge, are loon wearied) exhaulled and emptied, unlefs they live in de- pendance
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