'574 Chap 25`. ,liar L.apofitzen upcn tke Bock of B. Vert-. 19. of Jaccb) refreth the Nations with the trwhs and promifcs of the Goipd. job had the e fwcet heavenly dittillstìo:,na lying all night upon Lis branch ; and he rightly faith all night, hecaufe the dew falls in the nìght,and is exhaled in the n o oirg.Whence the P'o- rhet compares the vanithing goadnrfs of the Jews to the early dew which paffethaway (Hof. 6. 4.)Aod becaufe their good adi- ons were i n that farce but as the dew, therefore the fame Pro- phet threat ens theni,thar their perlons flauuld be !o to (Hof,, a;, 3.)7-hey fin mor rd more,$rc.'Thereforethey [hall beas the morn- :II cloud, and as the early dew which Faffethaway. Thedew (aith 7ob)lay all night uponmy branch. terra Canaan As the root lignifies whxtfoever loth eflablifh and nutria), us rare fecunda_ °r ow efiate,,fo the branch is that which gtoweth out from us. baturmajove Amans branches arc his riches and poflefiìons, his branches are parteanni, cuan his children,and ßìs fervants,his branches are his actions and un- birtanrum in dertakings, hisbranches are his thoughts and meditations, there es pluar,fc.in la,} efpecially in Scripture arecalled branches,becaufc they fhooc uarchefvan, cut from the mind of man as branches from the tree. qua pluviapro- prrè dicitur Again, The word ,which.vve render brancb,fignifies the Har- r Si- veti or gathering in of Corn and ftuits,And fo forne renderhere, van qUeMel' The daw lay all night :span my harvefk. And in the landof Canaan, lotto Druf. p n where there was (as forre affirm) no rain, ufually from the -t qua vox Moneth by us commonly called clay till OFIcber(the rain of this communitèr Moneth being called t..efotmer, and of that the latter rain, I fay meffem denotat the rain coming but at thole times) the dew falling every night pro rands arb°. was a great refrefhing co the branch , and a caul of frtiitf lncfs. runaccipitur. "yob had water for his root, and he had dew for his branches. But what was this water?what was this dew ? they are .both ro be underficod in a fpiritual fence ; the water by his toot, and the dew that lay all night uponhisbrañch,were the favour and good will of God to him: As he had grace in his heart, fo a blefling up- on all hetook in hand. fob was in a profperous condition, and he had good reafon to hope his profperity would continue, becaufe he had this water nigh his roor, and this dew upon his branch. Hence obferve, It it the blefling and favour of God that makes as and all we have to profper. He that bath the blcfñiog 'of God, bath a river by his root' and
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