Chap. 2o. An Expofition upon the Books of 'J GB. Verf 23: 561 Firft, Tonote the fuddeneffe of it : raine ( many times ) comes very unexpeéedly. Secondly, To note the unavoydableneffe ofit : there is no Id{o tef .endi topping ofthe raine, whocan flop the bottles of theclouds P but God himfelfe ? he can flop them up when he leafeth : verbo útau , P P p quia ut p.uvis but all the power onearth cannot. This raine is fuch that vehernentt ê there is no avoyding ofit;we may get out ofthe ordinary raine cato decidenti intoour houles, orunder covert , but the raine ofGods wrath nemo pote(t r- foakes throughevery houle, how ftrongly foever leadedorco- Mec' ttac. vexed ; There is no (better(but Chrift ) againft the ftormcs of divine wrath He is ahiding place from the winde, and acovert from the tempeff (Ifa. 32. z.) but betides himnothing is. Thirdly, He is Paid to raine wrath, to thew the quantitieof it,-there fhall be aboundance, he will powre it dowse on you. Raine is oppofed to dew : it tha{l not onely come as the dew, or as a fewheat drops, but as a foaking fweepingraine. The Prophet exhorts (Hof. I o, I z.) Sow to yourfettles in righteouf- neffe, reap in mercy, breakupyourfallowground : for it is time to fake the Lordtill he raine righteoufneffe, that is, till he fend Chrift, who is made to us of God righteoufneffe in aboun- dance ; or till he powreout hisSpirit upon you, whowill caufe you to bring forth the fruits ofrtghteoufnetfe aboundantly.As the rainingofrighteoufneffe, fo the rainingofwrath, noies a- boundant wrath. It Jhall raineupon him while he is eating. There is a threefold rendring ofthat. For the word which =n1.7 taro; we tranflate eating, lignifies f ejh , eyther that which is eaten,or ptxu friper eras that which doth cate, living or eating flefh mof roperly, etianin cornetts though it elfo fignifiedead flefh,or that which is eaten. So Mr. five corputejlet. Broughton, He willraineupon him intohiefleJZ ; That is, upon his bodie ; and the bodie ; and the bodie by a fynechdoche is put for the whole man, bodie, and foule. Asif he hadPaid, God hath not a quarrell onelywith this mans effete and his goods, but with his fleth, and bones, yea, and with his foule, too ; he will vex him foal and bodie : So that as before he (hewedwhat Godwould doe upon his date, that thouldbeconfumed ; fo now what upon his perfon ; wrath fallsupon his bodie, upon his veryback ; He(hall rains itupon him in hisfiefb. Cc :c c Secondly,
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