524 Chap. 6. An Expofition upon the Book ofJ p B. Verf. 24 ftrudions upon me, and fee if! doe not receive and drink them in. And from this word, all dotrine and initrudion, in the He- brew, is called, Torah, Prov. r 3. t. and Pfal, I. r. And the Jews, by way ofeminency, call the five books ofMoles as alfo all the books ofthe old Teftament )the Torah, that is, the law, or ru?e ofholy dothine, which God rained down from Heaven, and di- ftilled gracioufly upon his people, for their growth in knowtedg and in holinefs : And lo a Teacher, from the fam;root; is called Moreh,Job.36.22.Who teacheth like Him?who raineth like him? there ii no man can dilttil truths, as GodBeth. Mof s(Deut, 32,2, ) elegantly Pets forth his preaching,by an allegory of rain and dew: Mydolirine (hall drop as the rain, my fpeecb /iali diftil as the dew, as the (mall rain upon the tender herb, and as the fhowres upon thegrafs, And the ApoftlePaul,Heb,6.?.8, compares a taught people, to ground that is well wvatered with rain;For the earth which drinketb in the rain, tbat cometh oft upon it,and bring- eth forthfruit, is blefed;but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto curfrng,whofeend is to be burned. A people well infiru6.cd, are like that ground which is under continual (bowers and dews. And doçfrine is fitly compared to rain,and teaching to raining, Frit becaufe all true and holy dotrira comes fromGod,as the rain- doth. The rain is Gods proper gift, (Jet. 14. 22.) Can any of she vanities ofthe. Gentiles give rain? All the men in the world, are not able tomake one drop ofrain ; So we may fay of this figurative rain of truth and holy dóftrine, Can any ofthe vanities of the Gentiles? yea, can any of the molt learned among the Eons of men, give this rain?Can anyman make any one truth, which bath not hill been made above ? Truth like rain comes from Heaven, it drops from beyond the clouds. Art not thou He ?. o Leid our God ? therefore we will wait upon Tbee, fay they of the natural rain, Jer, 14. 22. and fo we mull in regard of the fpi- `t"`P ef' ritual. Ilcnce the word which Mofis ufes ( Deut. 32, 2. ) for dilreprsC dodrine,dropping as therain, fignifies a received learning; Holy r...f,, Truths axe fo called in that language,becaufc thedoarine of Re- i"311 ligion, is received from God, not deviled by men. So the Aponte ph.ralts it (t Cor, r 1.23. ) I receivedof the Lord, that which I .have delivereduntoyou. And Chrill himfelf, As my Father bath taught me. Jo I Jpeak tbefe things, John. 8.28. That which Nico- 148,0J faid ofChrift, is true of every one that teacheth truth, Job
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