S22 Chap. 38. efrn Etpofition upon the Boeh,of J o B. Verf. 2$, the word as here exp;effect, in which the Metaphor of, or theAf- lufion to a Father is fill continued. who bath begotten The drops of dew? The Lord doth not askwhobath begotten theDe w,but the drops of Den'? Drops are very (mall things ; yet the great God who made the mighty waters of the Sea, makes alto the fmall drops of 1738 Gutaas Dew. Some derive the O.iginal word which we render drops, tantum hic ere- from a Root that liignifies a flood, as implying, `that though the tat. Sunt qui a p , a, , a ,7a eeponunt Dew falleth in tingle drops, yet being fallen there ismuch of ir, quofaflualus ; even a floodof ir. Others deriving the word from, at leaf+, judge gum! in magma ing it bath near alliance with a word fignifying a drinking Cup, or a uune marenos a Vial, render, whohath begotten the Caps or !Vials of .Dew ? e,ffundaturo&c. We heard of the Dew at the 9th verte of the 29th Chapter, Mere. where job (to fet forth the profpertty of his former condition) Rosofivaporis Paid, The Dew layall night apses my branches, Vapoursdrawn up terra propinqui from theearth in the day by the heat of the Sun, are returned in noEqúq; refrige- Dew by the moderate coolnefsand hitnefs ofthe night. The re- in aquam mote efficient caufe ofDew is the heat of Heaven railing concretío. a vapours from the earth. The next efficient cattle ofDew is the tempe- rate coolnefs and quietnefs of the night ; for if the night be win- dy the Dew falls not ; and if the night be very cold, the vapours are congealedand hardned into a frofl. 'Tis only in temperate feafons, that we find chafe d: ops of Dew hanging like fomany Orient Pearls upon the grafs,leaves and Flowers, at once adorn- Vapores fereno ilia and refrefhtng them. We may cake notice of two things in amperemedi- the falling of the Dew. regio- ens tern fienden- Firf+, It falls very filently ; Secondly, very abundantly. No res refolvuntur man hears the Dew.fall, nor can any number the drops ofDew jrigore ingut- whichfall. Hufhal ufedboth thefeallufions, in that pieceof loyal tad. tenues. counfel which he gave for the defeatingof the counfel of Achito- Ari(i. 1. de phel (2Sam. sr. r r, ) where he adviìed Abfalom, tegather all round. e. s. Ifrael from Dan to Beerfheba, as thefand which is by the [ea for 'lin.l.a.c.6c. multitude ; and fo, faith he, we will light upon him at the 'Dewfal- leth upon theground; thrat is, we will come fo filently oponhim, and in filchnumbers(even as the drops of Dew upon the ground) that he (hall not be able to avoyd us, no more than he can avoyd the Dew, which in one and the fame ïnt}ant falls upon the field air Countryall over. An Army comes withan intent to fall upon the
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