Chap. 38. an Expoftion upon the &oo¿,of J o s. Verf. 28. 217 J O B, Chap. 38. Verf. 28, 29, 30. 28. Hath the Rain a Father ? or who bathbegotten the drops ofdew ? 29. out ofwhofeWomb carne the Re. and the hoary frofi of Heaven, who bath gendred it ? 30. The Waters are hid as with alime, andtheface ofthe deep isfrozen. THe Lord havingqueflioned yob in the former context about the courfe of theRain, and the free difpenfation of ir, even to chafe places where no man is, and to the Wildernefs where there is no man ; herehe quef}ions him about the caufe and ori- ginal ofthe Rain, and not only of the Rain, but of the Dew, the Ice, and the Frofi : So then, in thefe three verfes we have four C ?,ef ions. Firtf, about the Rain ; and Secondly,about the Dew,in the zSth verfe : Thirdly, about the Ice ; and Fùurthly,about the Froft, in the z9th verfe; together with the marvelous forceand effeets of it,verf. 3o. Verf. 28. Hath the Rain a Father ? The Inquiry is, who is the Father of the Rain? that is, who is the Author ? what is the caufe of it ? Not as if the cause of that or of the otherMeteors here mentionedcould not at all be known; but to Phew, Fir fl, That much of them all is unknown. There are many things inthis lower Sphear beyond mans Sphear ; even thefe are not propagated altogether according to our underflanding or ap- prehenfions of them. Secondly, To thew that he mull be plentifully flored with all forts of good, who as a Father begets, and as a Mother brings forth fuchufeful and neceffary things, for the prefervation ofliv- ing Creatures. Thirdly, To thew that thefe creatures are not produced by caufes which are confiant and unvariable in nature, but proceed from and daily depend upon- thepower andwill of God, who fomtimes, checks and flops the courfe of Nature, and at other F f times
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