Chap. 37. e/n E.vpoftion upon theBake)" J o B. Verf. a g. S t 7 attended to, the next thing they drop is a Rod or CorreEtion He catifethit to come, whether for correffion, Or for his Land. Pion®teen (tuA) For whole Land ? Some refer it to the Cloud, that is, for the alts ad nu Land out of which the Cloudwas made ; for the Vapours which refcrunt, ur di- arife out ofthe Land by the attra&iivepower of the Heavens make tat IYo Terra' Clouds. As if the meaningwere, he caufeth the Cloudto fall #n fu#% ua Drumg ira, down upon that Land out of which it was railed : whereas often- ' tunes a Cloud is made ofVapours railed from one Land or Coun- try, and by thecommand of God iscarryed to another Land or Countryvery far off'. Bur I rather take the Antecedent to his tobe God himfelf Hip "Land, that is, Gods Land, or the Land of God. But then the Qiefiion is, what are the to underfland by Fais Land ? bath God a Land diftin& from others, as thé Princes of the World have ?ale not all Lands his ? i anfwer, Firft, The truth is, all the World is Gods Land;fo that where- foever the Clouds fall they fallupon his Land (Pfai.5o, s 2.) Ïhe World is mine, and the fulnefs of it, faith theLord. God is the great Land-lord of all the World. Secondly, Somtimes in fpecial the habitable part of theWorld is.called the Land of God (Pfal, 24. I.) there being a part of the World fuppofed uninhabitable, or wherein no mandwels. Thirdly, His Land, that is, the Land which God doth pecu- liarly own ( Exod, t 9. g. ) Tou are a peculiar Treafure unto me above allpeople, for all the earth is mine. As the Ifraelites were the Lords peculiar people, fo fore Lands are his peculiars, he fpecially calls them his Land, andentitles himfelf to them beyond pecu1iaritér all other Lands. The Land of Canaan was called The Lords Land, serra Dei vo- becaufe he was known and worf°hipped there ( Hof, 9. 3.) We taw, terra may fay in general, Look in whatfoever Country or place God is taaT a truly knotk n, honour'd,and worfhipped, that is his Land ,and that's rus the Land here chiefly intended ( fay force ) by his Land. He sic nonaixot caufeth it to come, whetherfor correU'ien,. unaquautq;: gent= cut Or for his Land. bene cula. That is, for the good and benefit of that Land wherein his Name is profeffed, and himfelf truly weríhipped. That's a good fence.;,,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=