A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part DE · Entry 287 – Entry 289
Dew]
;;A water, or small rain, which softly drop ping and filling upon the ground every morning, doth keep it moist, and make it fruitful, Cant. 5. 2. And by resem blance or likeness, it doth signifie and set forth the things following.
;;1. …, as it is a means to make the earth furitful, so it cannot be given but of God, Jer. 4. 22. And the withholding of it is a curse, 2 Sam. 1. 21.
;;2. The fruitfulness of good doctrine, and of the Word of God. Deut. 32. 2. My … shall still as the dew. A Metaphor. It signifieth both the Doctrine and Graces of the Gospel, and the Spirit of Christ upon men. Isa. 45. 8. & 26. 19. Hos. 14. 6, 7. Psal. 133. 3.
;;3. The profit and commodity which comes of Brotherly love, or of the Communion of Saints. Psal. 133. 3. As the dew of Hermon.
;;4. Innumerable multitudes of the elect, plentifully gathered into the Church of Christ, as the dew that drops from heaven, Psal. 110. 3.
;;5. The short continuance, and sudden vanishing of the goodness which is in Hypocrites, Hos. 6. 4. Your goodness goeth away as the morning dew.
6. Christs spiritual blessings, or asflictions endured for his Church, Cant. 5. 2.
7. Great refreshment, Isa. 18. 4.
8. Gods reviving power, Isa. 26. 19.
9. The heavenly influences of the Sun, Moon, Stars, &c. whereby the ground …, Gen. 27. 28. Hereunto the Word is compared, in respect of its fruitfulness, Deut. 32. 2. The invading, assaulting, or falling upon an enemy, in respect of the suddenness thereof, or danger every way, 2 Sam. 17. 12. Brotherly love in respect of the profit and utility ensuing thereupon, Psal. 133. 3. The Kings favour, Prov. 19. 12. The goodness of the Jews, as which did not continue, Hos. 6. 4. Gods blessing in respect of the profit thereof, Hos. 14. 5. The Churches pious labour among the Gentiles, Mic. 5. 7.
As the dew of herbs]
;;That as the dew of heaven bringeth forth hearbs and fruit, out of the seed corrupted in the earth: so the lives and souls of the Jews should be quickened of God wonderfully; which was fulfilled at the deliverance both from the Babylonians, and shall be also in their restoring by the Gospel, where their raising up shall be as life from the dead. Isa. 26. 19. Thy dew shall be as the dew of herbs. Rom. 11. 15.
Dew]
;;The inconveniences and discommodities, even all pains and …, which Christ did undergo for the love of his Spouse, Cant. 5. 2. For mine head is full of Dew, and my Locks with the drops of the night. There was inconvenience or evill so great, which could hold back Christ from expressing his love unto his Church.
Yea not only in his own person … he was on earth, did he suffer for her; but in his servants who are often troubled on … side, perplexed, persecuted, cast down, alwayes bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, &c. 2 Cor. 4. 8, 9, 10. Thus Christ cometh in the dark night of affliction to awake her, and to communicate himself and his graces with her, for a man to be wet with the dew of heaven is a sign of misery, Dan. 4. 25. So is rain where there is no covert, Isa. 4. 6. and drops, or droppings, likewise signifie troubles, Amos 6. 11. But dew and rain upon the land maketh it fruitful, so is Christ by his doctrine to his Church, Deut. 32. 2. Psal. 7. 2. 6. Hos. 14. 5. And in this sense some take it here as if Christ came unto her, full of the dew of blessings to enrich her. Aynsw. So in effect the Annotations.