1til . 1 1 h í III ID / /// GENESIS 1. ruæ ton. death in the fame day , the firft of the week,Mar.i6 1,2. and he is the true light, which lighteth every man that cômeth into the world, J oh. i .9.No man perfe&ly knos4eth the nature of this excellent creature, as Job 38. 19. whereis the way whore light dwelleth ? &c. how mach leffe of the Creator who dwelletb in the light that no man can approach unto, t Timoth. 6. 16. 4 Ver.4.it was good] that is, agreeable to thewill of God, and fo,as it might draw the liking of the creatures thereto. Abfolutely there ís nonegeod but Gad, Mark. i o.18. who is good of himfelfe,with- out dependanceon others, and without limitati- on. But every creature,fo far as in the being thereof it agreeth with thewil ofthe creator,is alfo good by participation of Gods goodnelfe, Gen. 1.31. t Tim.4.4. And the Hebrew word is largely ex- tended alfo to that which is goodly,faire,fweet, pleating, profitable or commodious, and caufing joy; 1 Sam. 9.2. Gen.24. t 6. Song 1.2. and ..1 o. Dent. 6. t 1, 18. Hefter e. lo. So that which one Evangel ift calleth good, Marke 9. 42. another cal. 12th profitable Luke 17. 2. and goodneflk y- heart is oppofed to farrow, Efay 65. 14 And of light in fpeciall, Solomen faith it is fweet, Eerier.' t.7. and lght is ufed for comfars and joy; Heller 8.16. PG11m. 97. i r. and 152.4. feparatedbetweene:] that is, divided the light from the darkneffè,that alwaies naturally, the one expelleth the other, and in courfe of day and night doe fitcceed each other : as is (hewed in 2 Gor. 6.14. Pfalm. 104. 20, 22. Gen.S. 22. Jerem. 33.20. The Hebrew phrafe is, he feparatedbetween the light , andbetween thedark; nef b. So after nfually. 5 Ver. 5.Ligbt,Day:] Hereupon one of thefe words is put for another,the day(hall declare it,i Çor.3.13. that is,the liglet,Eph.5.13.So the A oftle applying this to our fpirituall ettate,called ns both children ofthe light, andaftbe day, not oftbe night, norofdarknes, 1 Thef. 5.5. The names which Uodgave in He- brew,are now in other languages changed:as that which he called Iom, we englilh, Day, and Lailab, we call Night: yea , the realòn of there names7 is not alwaies underftood; fo great punifhntent doe we killable by that confufion of tongttes,Gen.i t. Howbeit,by affinity with otherwords,itfeemeth the Day was named Ion, of the tumult, ftirre, and bnfineffe in it; and the Night,Lailah,of the yelling er howling of wilde beaus therein. Experience alto confirmeth this, 2nd the Scripture accord - et h , Pf 1. 104.20,25,22,23. the evening war, and themorning : ] The evening, which is the begin- ning of the Nigh;,and the morning,which is the be- ginning of the Day , are here nlèd for the whole time of the light and darkneffe in one frtcceeding courfe ; which is with ns,the fpace of z4.houres, which a11ò in a more large fenfe, is here called a D.9.; as the time while light fhineth , is the Day ítrilily taken,in which fenfe Chrift faith,there are twelve homes in the day, Joh. 11.9. From the phrafe here pied, a large day is called glate eb-baker; that is ' an ezcmng- morning,Dan.1. t 4. and Paul in Greek calleth it Nàchthémeron, a Night-day, that is, a day comprehending the night alfo,2 Cori 1.25. And becattfe darkneffe was in time before the light therefore is the evening fet before the morning, and fo among the Jewes,they began their large day at evening; as Lev. 23.32. from evening to evening, you (hall reflyyour Sabbath. At the faute time, the Athe- nians alla began the day : but the Chaldean, counted the beginning at Sun rifing; the IEgyp- tians at noose; and the Romans ; at midnight. This later, our Wefterne nations follow : coun- ting frommidnight,one of the clock in the mor- ning; and fo forward. fire"! day] Hebr. one day: whereupon the Hebrewes often fay one for firil : Gen. 8.5. Num. 29.1. Dan.9.1. which phrafe the Apoftles ufe alto in Greek, Mat. 28.1. Joh. 20.1. 19. t Cor. 16. 2. Verf.6. Outfpred firmamem:] This name is of the Hebrew Ralliagh which fignifieth a thingfJcreda- broad, and of the Greeke ffereoma, which fignifieth a firmament, or fail thing : for the heavens are ffretebed out at a curtain, and fpred out at a Teno to dwell in, Praia 04.2. Efa.4o.22. the skies are alto firme andfaft,and ar ajnolten looting- glaß,Job 37./8 Prov. 8.28. Thefe tell Gods glory,and thew his handy worke, Pfalm. t 9. 2. for in the heavens be buildeth his florics, (or Spheres) Amos 9.6. and planteth hie legs in the waters, Pfa. t 04.3. and firetch- eth forth the North , over the emplie place , Job 26. y. and in sillons ofGods glory,the firmament is men- tioned,Ezek.i.and to. And as his poorer is fheived in makingthe earth, fo is his prudencie in ((retching out the heavens, Jer. o.' 3. Pfal.136.5. And under the name firmament is comprehended the aire,and all that is to be feene above the earth : for the fowl,'., fie, and the Sun, Moony, andStarres, are fetin the firmament ofthe heavens, Gen.t. 16,17, 20. in the nridit of the waters,] namely, of the Dupe forementioned ; part whereof was lifted up into the aire, fpred abroad into thin vapours, Pfalnt. 135. 7. bound up in tbicie clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them, Job 26. 8. the otherpart was ga- thered into one place, the Sea, Genlis ;.9. feparate,] or, let it be fparating, that is, let it con- tinually feparate, or divide. Ar like phrafe is in Efay 59. 2. VerL 7. and the waters,] Hebr. and between the waters. which were above] to weet , in the ayre, above the lowell region whereof, the waters are. So elfewhere they are faid to be above the heavens, Pfalm. 148.4. meaning thofe heavens, and that firmament, wherein the birds flye: for, above that, are the watry clouds. As every part of the water, is called water : fo every part of the heaven and firmsenent ,is called by the name of the whole. VerL. 8. Heavens] in Hebrew, Shamajim: fo called, as is thought, of Sham, There, and Majim, waters, which are removed,or heavedup from us. And fo thewhole,hath the name of a part therof. The word Heavens, is put for the aire, wherein windes, clouds, and focales doe fly¢, Dan. 7. 2, 13. Pfa1.8.9. and for the upper firmament,where the Sunné, Moone , and Star, es are kt, Gen. 1. 16, 17. and for the high places, where Angels dwell, Mat. 22. 30. Hereupon Pattu mentioneth the third hea- ven, 2 Cor. 12. 2. And Heatm is called Gods throne, 6 7 8
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