. Beeing or Exiſtence, his eternal Power and God-head, as it is particue larly expreſſed, Rom: 1: 20. his infinite Wiſdom and Goodneſs. All which are ſo viſible to them, thart it is Ridiculous to deny or doubt of them,as it is eſteemedRidiculous to think of far meanerworks of Art,asanHouſe or aBookz&c.that they were made withour anArrtiſt, or without an Hand. &d Or the Expanſion, 7. e Allthis vaſt ſpace ex» tended from the Earth to the higheſt Heavens, with all its goodly Furniture, che ſame thing which he called Heavens, e The Excel- lency of the work diſcovers who was the Aur hor of it, that it did not come by chance, nor ſpring of it telf, but was made by the Lord God Almighty, - *'. -. © 5 2 Day unto day f uttereth g ſpeech þ, and night unto nighc ſheweth knowledge: © I x f Or. rather, after ( as the Hebrew Lamed oft ſignifies, as Exod: 16s 1. and 29. 38 2'Chron: 3o. 21+ Pſal: 96: 2. ) Day ; For the Day doth nor utter this to the Day, but ro us upon the Day. The Senſe is, Either, r, That orderly, and conſtant, and uſeful Succeſſion of Days and Nighrs one after another,declare this. Burof the Courſe of the Sun, the effec & whereof this Succeſſion is, he ſpeaks, v. 5. Or rather 2. Every Day and'Night renews or repeats theſe Docu- ments and Demonſtrations of Gods glory: He that negleQs them one day, may learn them the next day: g Or, poureth forth, to wit conſtantly and abundantly & forcibly,as a Fountain doth Water,as ' this Hebrew Verb ſignifies. h Or the Word, or Dilcourle, To wit, Concerning God. Ithath as it were a' Tengue to ſpeak the Praiſcs | of irs Maker ; 7: e- Ir gives men eccaſion to Magnifie and adore him. #7 i: e, Gives us aclear and certain Knowledge or Diſcovery cf - » ----.. their Author; IT, HE; , .10 WOOY 3 There is no ſpeech nor language || F where their V7
une ont theſe voice is not heard &. ' © their woice
k Or underſtood, as the Verb oft ſignifies, as Gor 11: 7, and 42- 55 beard, | 23. 2 Kings 18, 26. 1 Cor. 14+ 2+ for the hearing of it, would have + Heb.
force of the Argumentlyes. The Senſe is, there are diyerſe Nati- ;hejr woes ons in the World, which have ſeveral Languages, fo that one caii- ppard, nor diſcourſe with, or be underſtood by another, but the Heavens are fuchan univerſal and admirable Teacher, that they can ſpeak to all people under them, and be clearly underſtood by all. ' Ne Natior or People, ſaith that wiſe and learned Heathen, Tuly, is ſo barbarous and ſortiſh, as, whin they Iook up to the Heavens, not to perceive that there i5 alzod,or to imagines that thoſe things are the Effet of blind Chanceywhich are made with ſuch wonderful Art and Wiſdom,that he requires extraerdina« ry Art to underſtand their excellent Orders and Courſe ? Bur this Verſe is by diverſe Learn<d Men otherwiſe Tranſlated, not without an ele- gant Gradation, as ſome cbſerve. They have no Speech nor Word, nor is any Yoyce or ſound heard, in or from them. Then follows the nexr Verle by way of Oppoſition, yer their line, &c. Or thus, They have no Speech, nor Words, ( which is ſuppoſed ro be here faid by way of Prelepſis, ro ſoften and explain his former Exprefſions of the Hea=s vens, declaring and ſpeaking ) yer ( or, but without them )} their Poyce 5s heard or unaerſtood. : 536 7 SIP
4 * |] Their line /is gone out through all the earth =, and their works o tothe end of the world:in them hath Aqansog he ſet a tabernacle p for the ſun q. 4 $0764 5056 20
[ Either 1. Their admirable ftruQure made exaQlyzand as it were 2,4, Or, by line : fee Job 38; 5. Zech. 1. 16. Or, 2. Their lines, the fingu- y;re0n, gular number being put for the plural, for the line anſwereth to che Words in the next Clauſe. . And by line or lines he may underſtand cheir writing, as this very Word is raken,1ſs: 28: 10, which is made* up of ſeveral lines. Andthis Expreflion may ſeemro be very firand' proper, becauſe the Heavens do not teach men audibly,or by ſpeak-' ing to their Ears,but viſibly by propounding things to their Eyes," which is done in lines or writings.” z: e. Is ſpread abroad br drawn forth, » Soas tobe ſeen and Read, by all the Inhabitants of the ' Earth. 0 7- e. Their magnificent Strufture, and their exquiſite Or« der. and moſt regular Courſe, by which they declare their Author, - no leſs than if they uſed many Words,or long Diſcourſes to thar purpoſe, or no leſs than men diſcover their Minds by their Words, See more concerning this Verſe, upon Rom: re: 18. where it is ape ' plied co the preaching of the Goſpel by the Apoſtles, in the ſeveral partsof the World, p Which is a moveable Habitation,and therefore titly applied to the Sun; which is here deſcribed, tobe in conſtanr and perpezrual- Motion, v: 5,6. q Which being che moſt Illuſtrious” and uſeful of all the H:avenly Bodies, 1s here particuiarly mentions 5 Which 3sas a bridegroom r coming out of his cham- »-- - ber s ; and * rejoyceti asa ſtrong man #to run a race. +p.4, '# Gloriouſly adorned with Light as with a beautiful Garment,and _ ſmiling upon the Tower World with a ple:ſant Countenance. 5 In. which he is Poetically ſuppoſed to have reſted all Night,& thence ' to break forth as it were on a ſudden, as both Sacred and profane Poets repreſent the Matter. # Who being Conſcious, and Confident - ofhis own ſtrength,and promiſing to himſelt Victory and the Glory
which afcends it, ſets upon bis Work with gre at Pleaſure.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, ard his circuit unto the endsof itu: and there is noching hid from the heat thereof x. Yet
u His Courſe is conſtant from Eaſt ro Weſt, and thence to the Eaſt again- x There is no part ofche Exrth which doth not one time or other feel che Comfort and Benefic of its Eight and Heat.
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f | 5.The | Jaw of the LORD 7 4s perfet &, || convert-
ing the ſoul : the teſtimony of the LORD f is * ſure LO yi. e. The Dodtrine delivered by God to his Church, whethier ring,
by 4fſes or by other Prophers, and holy men of God after him : Ruch 4-5;
for the Title of Law is given not only to the Ten Commandments, Hebi *Pt,
' for the Moral Law, as itis, Rom. 2: 23, 25,77, 31:but allo to the 1197140,