Chap. 5. AnExpofition upon the Book of J O B. Verf. Io. 259 `J O B. Chap. 5. Verf. to. I I, 12, Who giveth rain upon the earth, andfendeth waters upon the fields To fet upon high chafe that be low, that chafe which mourn, may be exalted to fafety. He difappointeth the devices of the crafty, fo that their handscan- not perform their enterpriff, &c. r-rHis context, from the 9. to the 17. verf. containes the feconc argument, by which Eliphaz ffrengthens his exhortation upon fob, to leek unto God. The argument (peaks to thiseffete. He is to be fought ; and unto him our caufe is to be committed, whe is of abfolute power, infinite in wifdome and goodnefs a But fuch is God, 7herefórefeekto him, and commit thy caufe unto hurt. That God is of infinite power, wifdome, etc; was proved in ge- neral at the9. verfe, by thole four adjun&s of his works, Great, unfearchable, marvellous, and without number t And now at the Io. verfe, he begins his proof, by an enumeration of the particular effects of Gods rower, wifedome and goodnefs. The fìrft in(lance is in natural things ; God loth great things and nn- (eare"hable, marvellous things without number And would you know what thofe things are ? You neednot go far to enquire; there are things very near unto us, and very common among us, which yet if they be well looked unto ; will advance the pow- er, wifdome and goodnefs of God ; Every Power of rain drops dawn this truth, that God cloth great things ; He giveth rainup- on the earth, andféñdeth water `upon thefields. Gellert* ns There is not any difficulty about the meaning of thofe word, me" cuf;°d which calls for fray in opening of them. Therefore in briefe, pl+tvtam. NA The Hebrew word for Rain, in our letters (1blat:ir ) is fo neardejunt qui pu- in found to our Englifb, water, that f0tne think it a derivative tom con°tls- nem hábere cü from ít: ;Into By the Rain, weare tounderfland, not the fhowres only which quad oft hum'. fall from Heaven, but all thofe bleffrn g sand benefits for the Cap- vari, òdl2 . port of our natural life, which are the fruits of Rain He fendeth achume£k Fb rain (as it were) onhis errand, to bring or carry the biLfiìngs ofdi/jstvat durc plenty, and to drop fauaefs on the earth. Hegiveth Rain to the Mercer. L earth
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