John Gill's Exposition on Job 38:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Hath the rain a father? etc.] None but God; hence the Heathens themselves call God getiov f1315, and ombriov f1316; (see <241422>Jeremiah 14:22); he that is our Father in heaven is the Father of rain, and him only; whatever secondary causes there be, God only is the efficient cause, parent, and producer of it: so the Gospel is not of men but of God, is a gift of his, comes down from heaven, tarries not for men, and is a great blessing, as rain is; or who hath begotten the drops of the dew? which are innumerable; he that is the parent of the rain is of the dew also, and he only f1317; to which sometimes not only the word of God, and his free favour and good will, but the people of God themselves are compared for their number, influence, and use; (see <19B003>Psalm 110:3 <330507>Micah 5:7); and their new birth is similar to the generation of dew, it being not of the will of man, but of God, according to his abundant mercy, free favour, and good will, is from above, from heaven, and is effected silently, secretly, suddenly, at an unawares; (<430113>John 1:13 3:3,5,8).

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