as under the waters ; this being obſerved as a remarkable Work of God's Providence, that the waters of the Sea, which are higher than the Earth, do not overwhelm ie. and from under (which may be re- peated out of the former Clauſe of the Verſe, after the manner o the Hebrews) the Inhabitants thereof; 1- & either of the Waters which are Fiſhes, or of the Earth, which are Men- Or father 2. Ofthe Gti. ants of the old World, which were Men of great Renoun whilſt they lived, Gen.6-3+ and the remem'rance of them and of their ex- emplary deſtruQion was now itt ſome ſort freſh and famous : who once carried themſelves intolently towards God and: Men,but were quickly ſubdued by the Divine Power, and drowned with 2 Deluge and now mw4rn or groan from under the waters wheie they were buried, and from under the preſent Þhabitants thereof, as before. Or % Of vait and gigantick Fiſhes or Minfters of the Sea, who by God's infinite Power were f.rmed or brought forth under the waters, with the other Ir hab:tants thereof ; To wit, of the waters, the leſſer Fiſhes. Or 4. Of aead men, and of the worſt ſort of them, ſuch as dicd in their fins and afrer death were condemned to further miferies; for of ſuch this very word ſeems to be uſed, Pro. 2.18. and 9. 18- who are here ſaid to mourn or groan from under the waters ; i. & from the lower parts of the Earth, or from under thoſe ſubterranean Seas of Waters, which are by Scripture and by Philoſophers ſuppoſed to be within ' and under the Earth, of which ſee Derr. 8: 7. Jobs 28 4, 19. Pſalm 33+ 7o and from under the Inhabitants thereof; 1. e. either of the Wa- ters or of the Earth, under which theſe Waters are, or with the other Inhabitmits thereof ; 1. e. of that place under the Waters, to wit, the Apoſtare Spicits- So the ſenſe is, rhat God's Dominion is over all men, yea even the dead, and the worſt of them, who though they wou!d not own God,nor his Providence,whilſt they lived, yet now are forced to acknowledge and feel that power which they deipiſed, and bitterly mourn under the fad effe&s of it in their ſubterraneal and infernal Habit.tions, of which the next Verſe ſpeaks more plainly. And this ſenſe teemes to be favoured by the Conrextand Scope of th2 place, wherein Jo begins his Diſcourſe of God's Pow- er and Piovidence at the lowermolt and hidden parts of the World, and thence proceeds to thole parts whict ate higher and viſible. Nor is it ſtrange that job ſpeaks of th:ſe matrers, ſerng ir is evident, that Job, and others of the holy Patriarchs and Prophets of old, did know and telteve the Dofrine of the future Life, and of its ſeveral Recompenccs to g-od and bad men. Others und rſtanid this of the Reſurre&ion of tie dead ; The deadjhall be born (as this word is uſed Pjalm 2 7. Prov. $. 24, 25-1.e. ſhall be raiſed, which is a kind of Re« gencration, or ſecond Birth, and is fo called, Mar. 19. 28. As 13. 33+) from under the waters (ts ee. even thoſe of them that lye in the waters, Rev. 20.13. that were drowned and buricd in the Sea, and devoured by Fiſhes,c. whoſe cafe may ſeem to be moſt deſperate, and rher:fo1e they only arc here mentioned) and (or, even, this Par-
ticle being oft uted expolitively) the Inhabitants thereof, 1. e. thioſe dead Corps which Iye, or have long lain there.
hath no covering /.
ſo it ſeems to be explained by the following word deftruZion, i. e. the place of leſtru&tion, which Interpreters generally underſtand of He11l, or the place of the Damned. Others :he Grave, the mnt ſecret and obſcure places and things. ri. e. Itis in his Preſence,and under his Providence. 5o far am I from imagining that God c nnort ſee through a dark Cloud, as you traduced me, Chapter 22. 13. thar I very we!l know, that even Hell ir ſelf, thar place of utter darkneſs, is not hide trom his fight. & 1. e« The place of deſtruction, as it is allo uſed. Prov. 15- 11. by a Metonymy of the Adjun&. I To wit, ſucis as to keep it our of his ſrghe.
7 * tic firercheth our the north m2 over the ce place #, and h:ngeth the earth upon nothing 0.
mM 1. &, Tic Northern Pole, or part 6f rhe Heavens, which he Par- ticularly mentions,and puts for the whole viſible Heaven, becauſe Job and fs Friends lived in a Northern Climate, and were acquaint- <d only with ti1- part of the Heavens, the Sourhern Pole and Parts near it being whoijy unknown to them. - The Heavens are oft and fitly ſaid to be ſpread ors &retched out like a Courtain or Tent,to which they are reſembled. » To wir, the Air, ſo calted, not Philoſophi- cally, as if1t were wholly empty, but popularly, becauſe it ſeems ro be fo, and is generally void of ſolid and viſible Bodies * o Up-/N
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its own Gentcr, which 1s butan imaginzey thing, and in truth Nos thing: Or upon no Props or Pillars, but his own Power ar £10« vidence: Which isjultly celzbrated as a wonderful Wort of God, both un Soripru {: BReathe Authors.
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ap. XXVL $ He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them p. :
p This alſo is a miraculous Work of God, conſidering the na- ture of theſe Waters, which are fluid and heavy, and preſſing downward, eſpecially being oft-times there in great abundance : And withal, the quality of the Clouds, which are thin and looſe bodies of the ſame nature with Fogs and Miſts upon the Face of the Earth, and therefore of themſelves utterly unable to bear that weight, and to keep up thoſe waters from falling ſuddenly and vio- lently upon the Earth.
9 He holdeth back q the face of his throne 7,