29. 44 Exptitiwa upn the 8»k of J. the extreatneft heat otihedryefl Summer. ' Cis much tobe la- mented,'cis to be lamented wich (-cowers of tears; that chofe fhowers of holy inftru Lion are fo little valued and dcfired ; how much more is it to be lamented, chat many with there might be no more of this rain,that there drops imight drop no more, that chefe heavens over themmight be as brafs,and the botde,s of there Clouds flop for eve. And as many think.we have too much of chis rain, fo others are afraid of it; and therefore they get to flicker, as men do in a rainy day, left they should wet their fine cloaths, or cake cold by it, And whereas, they are molt unwilling to be in the common rain who have their belt cloaths on they only are unwilling to come into this rain who have their watt ; O how loth are Goners (who have nothing on them but the fl- thy garmenrs and rotten raggs of old Adanì) to come into this tain l And 'cis rare CO find or hear of rbs hearers any where, fuch, I mean, as open their mouches wide for holy counfel as for the latter rain. The men of the world are like the land of Egypt from whence the Ifraelites came, of which More: faith (Deut.t t. io,)Thouwatered'ji it with thy fort, that is, by digging channels in the earth, thou didil conveigh water to it ; but the people of God are like the land of Canaan (towhich the Ifraeli_tet were going) of which c *tofet faith at the a tth verfe of the fame Chapter, It drinketh waterof the rain` of heaven, Earthly water will ferve their turn who are earthly, but they who are heavenly, are tobe made heavenly,mufl have water from heaven. I ,-call conclude with thatword,that notable word of the Lord concerning his own word, under this continued Metaphor or Allegoryof rain (Ira; 55. to, c t.) As tkerain cometh down and the Snow from heaven, and returned; not thither, but wareretb the Earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give feed to theforcer and bread to the eater , fo /hall y werdbe that goeth out of my mouth : it¡ball not return unto mevoyd, but it ¡hall ac- complifh that which I pleafe, andlt ¡hall profper'MTh: fthing where- tolTent it. What the Prophet difcourfech and affirmed) here concerning that fpecial word of God, his word of promife for pardonand reconciliation, is true concerning the whole counfel of God revealed to us in his word, it returnech not (as the rain and fnowdo nor) till it bath watered every foul it is fent to
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