ned 0? orwho laid the corner-ſtone thereof p ? Sockers. o This ſtrong and durable Building hath'' go -Fomndations,but in + Heb:
Gods Powerand V Vord which hath marvelleoſly: li it up- 1642 #9
on it ſelf. p By which the ſeveral VValls and parrs oftte Building ſcale
. {| Or then. q Either 1+ The Stars properly ſo called, who are faid to ſing So Gr.
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Gods Praiſes for the Founding of the Earth. not created when the Earth was founded,
. There is no fatisfa&ory reaſon given why all the be called Morn:ng-ſtars, eſpecially when t by that name.
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fequent in thisand ſome other Books 0 ge!s, who may well be called Stars, and particularly Miniſters of Gods Word are caliea, Dan: 8: 10:& 12. 3; Rey: 1: 16, 20. and Morning-Ftars, becauſe of their excellent luſtre and glory, for which they are called Angels of Light, 2 Cor: 11: 14: and Chriit for the ſame reaſon is called the Mornmg-ſtar.Rev: 22; 16» 7 The bleſſ:d Angels ; for Man not being yer made, God had then no other Sons ; and theſeare called the Sons of God, partly becauſe they had their whole beeing from him, and partly becauſe they were made partakers of his divine and glorious Image» And al theſe are ſaid to joyn in this work of praiſing God,probably becauſe none of the Angels were as yetfallen from their firſt eſtate, though they did fall within a very little time after Rejoyced in and bleſe ſed God for his works. Whereby he intimates, that they neither did adviſe or any way affiſt him in his works.nor diſlike or cenfure any of his works'as Job had prefumed to do with the works of his Providence, which are not inferiour to thoſe of Creation. | h $ * Or who ſhut up theſea with doors r, when it brake
| * Genzr:9, S & b | forth « as if it had iſſued out of ths womb.
5 Who was it, thou or 1, that did ſer bounds to the vaſt and ra- ging Ocean,and ſhut ic up as it were with Doors within 1ts proper place and ſtore-houſe, that it might nor overflow the Earth; which without Gods powerful reſtraintir would do? See Pſal_ 33. 7: 104e 9. This ſenſe ſeems moſt proper,and to be confirmed by the follows ing Verſes. « Or, aftcr it had broken forth,to wit, from the womb or bowels cf the Earth; within which tke Waters were for the moſt part contained, Gen'1: 2. Compare 2 Per: 3: «. and out of which thy were by Gods command brought forth into the proper place or channel which God had appointed for tzem.
9 When I made the cloud the ;;arment thereof *,and
the chick darkneſs y a \wadling band for it 2.
x When I covered it with Vapours and Clouds which ariſe out of the $22, and by Gods appointment hover above it, and cover it like a garment. 7 #: e. Black and dark Clouds, called Darknefs by an uſual Metonymy of the Adjun&t. So the ſame thing is repear- ed in other words after the manner. 'z Having compared the Sea to a New-born Infant, he continues in the ſame Metaphor, and makes the Clouds as Swadling-bands to keep the Sea within its bounds; though indeed neither Clouds, nor Air, nor Sands, and Shores, can bound the Sea, but it is God alone who doth it in and with theſe things. ( |
Io And ||* brake up for it my decreed place a,and ſet
!Or, eſis. Þars, and doors b.
| 2 i:e. Made thoſe Vallies or Channels, and hollow places in the Earth, which might ſerve for a Cradle to receive and hold this FJ grear and goodly Infant when it came out of the Womb. See Ger.1 *Ch:26 10 9- 19. Plal; 33; 7. Or, ordained, or eftabliſhed my Decree upon Or con- | cernng it. b 4, e. Fixed its bounds as ſtrongly as if they were fortifi- | +Heb. <ed with Bars and Doors.
the pridee®f xx And ſaid, Hitherto ſhalt thou come, but no tur-
thy waves. ther : and here e ſhall F thy proud waves f be ſtayed.
e To wir, at the Sand and Shore of the Sea, Jer: 5; 22. f Which rage and ſwell as if they would over-whelm all the Earth.
12 Haſt thou commanded the morning g fince thy
days h? and cauſed the day-{pring to know his place z? 'g ie. The Morning-light, or the Sun which is the caule of ir. Diaſt thou create the Sun and appoint the order and ſucceſſion of Day and Night? h Since thou waſt born. This work was not done by thee, but by me, and that long before thou waſt born. 7 To ob- ſerve the punttual rime when, and the point of the Heavens where it ſhould ariſe ; which varies every day. Was this thy contrivance + Heb. or mine? wings. 12 That it might take hold of the + ends of the earth, *Ch:37:3, that the wicked might be {baken out of -it / ?
& That this Morning-light ſhould in a moment ſpread it ſeIf over the Face of the whole Earth, from oneend of the Hemiſphere to the other. I From the Face of the Earth.And this effeft the Morn- light hath upon the wicked, partly becauſe ir diſcovers them, and drives them into their lurking holes ; whereas the darkneſs hides them and draws them forth and gives them opportunity ro execute their Villanies without obſervation, Jeb 24; 15, 16,17. and partly be- cauſe it brings them to condign puniſhment, the Morning being the moſt fit and the moſt uſual time for executing jud gment ; of
'wiichſee Pſal: 101; 8, & Jer. 21: 12. 14 Itmis turned » as clay || tothe ſeal o, and they p
ſtand q as a garment r.
» To wit, the Earth mentioned in the next foregoing Verſe. » Is transformed and changed in its ſhape and appearance.o Or,by the ſeal! which makes a beautiful or valuable impreſſion upon that Clay, which in itſelf hath no form, nor worth, nor comelineſsin it. So the Earth, which in the darkneſs of the Night lies like a confuſed
| heapwithouteither form or beauty, when the light ariſeth and ſhineth'upon it, appears; in excellent order and great glory. p Bj- ther 1. the Inhabitants of the Earth, and particularly the wicked, mentioned both in the. foregoing and following Verſes. Or, 2. more generally, the men and things of the Earth, whether Natur-
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or other Buildings. 9 7:e- Prefent themſelves to our views, for which that poſture of ſtanding is moſt convenient. Or, confi, or a- bide, or are conſtituted. r Wherewith the Earth is in a manner clo< thed and adorned as with a Garment; as the bleſſed God himſelf is ſaid to cover h:mſelf with light as with @ garment, Pal: 104: 2.
15 And s fromthe wicked their lighttis withholden,
and * the high arms « ſhall be broken. s Or, But, for the following words ſeem to be added by way of oppoſition ro what went before. The Earrh,.and the Men, and the
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2. The Scars were