111 Il//,//I% G GENESIS L of allthe hcavcnly,lights. By the acconpt of our Astronomers, the Sunne is 166.. times greater, and by the Hebrew DoEtors reckoning about 170. timer greater then the earth :.Mainìony in lefu- dei hatorah, ch. 3. feet. 8. The name of the Sunne, is fpiritually applied unto Chrilt,Mal.4.2.whofe face appeared Bk. the Sun fhiningin hufirengtb, Rev. 1.16. at whole death, this Created Sun was dark - ned at noone day for the (pace of three houses, Amos 8.9. Mat. ?7..45. with him, this fpiritnall Sun, hisChittcliiscloathed, Revel. ra. 1. and (hall .thine alfo as the Sun , in the kingdome of heaven, Mat. 13.43. kfler,] or, little light, that is,tbe Mount; called in Hebrew,of herfaire white - neffe, Lebanab , Song 6.9. and of refrefhing the earth with her cook influences, lareacb, Deut. 33. 14. flames,] which alfo are , for to rule the night, Pfal. 136.6. called fiarresoflight, Pfal. 148.3. Of thefe, fonce are fixed, other Come, wandring fiarres, (or'Planets,) whereunto unfiable men are compared, Jude, vert 13. The [tars dif- fer one from another in gloried Cott 5.41. and are not for man to number, Gen. 15. 5. but God caws thir ?amber and talleth them all by names ,Pfal. 147.4. and with them,he kath by his fpirit,gar- niJ&ed the heavens , Job .26.13. Some of the ftarres or conftellations, have names ïti holy Scripture; as, Afb Cofel, Cimab, and Mazztsrotb, (or Maz- zaloth,) Job 9.9. and 38.31. Amos 5.8. 2 King. 23.5. which wee call by other names, ArePurue, Orion, Penes, Planets , and Signer in the Zodiacke. They might well bee Englifhed, Water- ffarres, Winter flames , Thunder f arres, and -the like : for by their riling and influences,ftormes, tempelts, faite and pleafant weather, &c. doe proceed by the difpofition of God. Confider tltofe places, Job 38. Amos 5. 17 Verf. 17. let] Hebr. gave them ; which word is often ufed, for fitting or putting: as, Have np fpirit,Efa.42.I. that is, I have put it,Mat. 12.18. It fignifieth alfo a firme titling : as, Than haJl given shypeople,i Chro.17.2z.for which in2Sam.7.24. is written, Thou hafr confirmed thy people. Accor- dingly David faith, that God kath firmlyeotjlituted the Moine and Stars, Pfalm. 8.4. Of theStars, with their Orbs and Spheres, the Hebr.Doftors write thus ; The Spheres are called Heavens, and the Omfpredafirmament, &c. and there are nine Spheres; that which ie nearefi unto tir it called the Sphere of the Alcove : and the next above it , es the Sphere wherein is the Starre called Cocab, (or Mercuric.) And the third Sphere u that wherein Noggab (or Venus) W. The fourth Sphere bath in it the Senne: the fill, Maarlim, (or Mars:) the fixt bath in it the Jarre Tfidek (or Jupiter:) the fevemh, Shabthai (or, Saturne :) and the eighth Sphere bath in it all the other flarres that are feme in tl'e firmament. The ninth Sphere , ie that which tus .nth about every day, from the Safi to the Weft; and it compaJth all round about, &e. 7 he fi ernes that are all in that one (eighth) Sphere, although they bee one above another, yet becanfe the Spheres are pure and cleere er Chryfiall , and a Saphire, therefore tie flarres in the eilbth Sfbere atefeme, un- derneath the fini Sphere &e. None -of the Spheres, are either light or beavie , or coloured red or blacke or of any other colour : and whereas we fee them of a blew co- lour, it it only to the appearance of the eyt, by realm of the height oftbe gyre. Alf ,they have neither tafle liar Buell; becaufe theft accidents have no place , but in bodies that are beneath them, Maimony id Mifn. treat. lefisdei hatorah, chap. 3. fe& ì .3. Verf. t 8. over the day] or, as the Greek tranfla- teth,to rule the day : for,by their fucceffive courfes, chc light is difpenfed ofGod, unto theworld,by day and by night, Jer. 31.35. Verf. z o. the moving thing : ] or, as the Greeke tranflateth, creeping things. But the Hebrew, Sbe- rets, is more large then that which wee call the creepingthing, for it conteineth, things moving fwiftly in the waters,as fwimming fifhes,&o. Lev. I a.and on the earth,as running weafels,mife, &c.Lev.t 1.29. and fowles allo flying in the ayre, Levit. t 1.29. Moving things in the waters there are innumerable; one argu1tient of Gods pralle, in Pfaim. 104. 25. Soule,] named in Hebrew, Pl'ephefb,of breathing : and the Scriptures apply this word not only to mankinde, but to all crea- tures that live ; and the breath of then, as here, and in Job41.21. The Hebrewes fay, The fords of all flub u the forme thereof, which G 0 D bathgiven tbereunto Maimony in Iefudeibatorah, chapter 4. fe &ion 3; Verf..ni. Whales] or Dragons : he Hebreiv Tan- 21 nine, is tired, for both. Theft are the greatell crea- tures in the waters; one kinde of them called Leviathan,is defcribed in Job 41. In the belly of a Whale, Iona lived three daies and three nights; Jon. 1.17. And humane writers teltifie, that into the river of Arabia there have come Whales, 600. foot long, and 369. foot broad; Plink, hill. b. 32. C. I. that they are not without caufe, called great Whales. Thefe Whaler and Dragons , are ufed in Scripture to fignifie great Princes, Pfal.74. I3. Ezek. 29.3. creeping:] The Hebrew, remes, which hath the name of treading, is alto largely ufed, for things creeping on the earth , or fwimming in the wa- ters, Levitt 1.44,46.Gen:i.25. Verf. 22. Blefjed:] that is, gave power to con- feree their kinde by generation, and to increafe tonto many : for fo theword bleffing, is often ap- plied unto multiplication, Gen.24.60. Pfal. t 28. 3,4. This word is alto largely ufed,for Gods gra- cious giving of all good things, earthly or hea- venly, Gen.24.35. Deut. 28. Eph.1.3. And when men give thanker therefore unto God, that is cal- led bleffingalto : fee Cfen.14.19, 2o. Ver.24. eattell:] inGreeke it is tranflated, Cure- footedbiefts. The Hebrew,Bebemah, is generally 'dl beaus of the greater fort; wherofthe Elephant is called Behemoth, Job 40. 15. The Apoffle once tranflateth it in Greeke, Theriot, which properly is,eoilde bereft : Heb. t 2.20. fromExod. 19.13. beaP:] or, wilde- beaft; named in Hebrew, of 10, or livebnf ; which is moft feene in the wilde beafts. In Perkei R.Eliezer,chap. I I. the Jew Doors fay, Theft that were treated to of the earth, their fmles and their bakes were of the carob; and when they dye, they return to t be place where they were created, a it it fail 18 20 22 24 ,0/LI APII II11 @Ill//
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