Chap. 29. An Expofition ;Apostle Bookof j o B. Vers, r 9. 573 leaf ago ¡hall not wither, that is, (as the next words expofrnd it) wbatfoever be doth fball profper. Here was Job., reafon why he should not wither , Vic. He was as a treeplanted by the rivers fide. ¡The Prophet infi(s upon the fame Gmiluude(fer.I7.8.) Bleffed is the man that trufaeth in the Lord ; why ? He (hall be as a tree planted by thewaters,: hat fpreadetbout ber root by the ravers, and ¡hall not fee when heat cometh ; that is, (hall not feel any annoyance by the heat ; when it is very hot and dry weather, if a tree have a river by it, it is not damaged,his leaf is green, and fruit plentiful,fuch a tree isjnor afraid in the yearof drought, cr of adry fummr.Thoughthe heavens be as bratsover ir, yet while the earth under it isnot as iron, there's no fear but it will hold its own, and yield its fruit. The ProphetEzekiel(Chap 47.12.) (peaking of the fpiritual flourishing of the Church, faith, And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this fide, and on that fide, (halt grow all trees for meat, whofe leaf(hall not fade, neither ¡hall the fruit thereof be confirmed ; itpall bring forth newfruit,accordingto. its months, becaufe their waters they iffued out of the Santtuary, . and the fruit thereof (hall he for meat, . and the leaf, thereof for ma- dicine.The Prophet affects the fruitfulnefs of there myflical trees, becaufe they were planted upon thebank of the river, and had the waters of the Spirit gulag out of the Sanauary, to ncurith and refresh them. My root(faith Job) was fpread out by the wa- ters , And the dew lay all night upon my branch. As trees are watered below at the root by raines or rivers, fo xot eß hum(- they are watered above and from above,by dews. The dew is a dumtutdésere moyfiure drawn upby the Sun in the day, and gently falling in niiareconcre the night. My fpeech (faith Mofes, Deut. 32,2.) (hall diflill as tut minutatint the dew. The grace of regeneration is compared to the dew laberas 0[41.110. 3.) In the beauties ofholinefs, from the womb of the morning thouhall thedew of thy youth. Paralel to which is that of the Prophet (t_.Micab 5.7.) And the remnant of Jacob ¡hall be among manypeople ; as a dewfrom the Lord', a; (bowers upon the graft, that tarriethnot for man, nor wesiteth for the fans of men: God will encreafe his people as the dew, which is wonderfully multiplyed ; and as that falls down in innumerable drops for the refreshingof the earth, fo {hail the Church (called the rerun ant- of'
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