566, Verf, t$> anE .vpofti¢n upon the Book of J o B. Chap. , 37. Ver.f. 18. Haft thou with- hies_fpread,_ out the Sky, which i fir*ng, and sts a molten l.sking-Glaffe, trpir The word which we render,.and is here tiled as a Verb , to Ponitur pro fpread, beareth an atluion to Metals, which are beaten out by an . preterito ; hoe hammer into ptates.The.Nowne lignifies the Firmament(e n. i.) exipfa fenten- becaufe it is anex'vfi ,orthingfpread our. find the Ve, b is enimfeeteDeus a-ply ed to the work of God upon, the Earth P tl, t,36. v. ) enirnfemetex- ' '` ;? ( f pandit cubs Where the i ï;almi puts this among the praifes' of God ; e; the cum ea crew- things for Which God is to be prat.èd, To him who firerchea t. rer,non expan- the earth. The ítretching or fpreading out cif the earth is, the dib éos aus- , the Pifac work of God, as, well as the fpreading out o Heaven. The earth is a folio opacotis and globous bo;y,yet it is laid to. b,- dret- ched out; becaufe as there is -a roundness in the Earth, fo a riaigh-' ty extent and vatinefs. Tohim that firetched out the earth above the waters, to himgive thanks. But though the Earth be alto í1rer ched out, yet more properly ( of which Elibu here fpeaks ) the Sky. Haft thouwith himfpreadout TJopi117.17 The sky? exhort vel nu- bes vel actin* The word-rendred Sky,is put fomtirties for the Air, foturimes /gnfffcar, undo for the Clóuds,as allo for the Heavens above both the Clouds and a.titui conjun- Air.Sveral of the learned expound it here of the Air , that is, of a omnibus all below the Moon ; others of the Heavens which are above. ;Scutt: Hari thouwith hit*,fpreadout the Sky, or the Heaven ? æli Jiisdiflia This fpreading forth of the Sky may have a three-fold refe- tennitate fub rence. flantie, et ¿ Firft, To the eternal Councel oç Grd before time. As if he valet articu had faid, waft thouwith-God when he decreed or ur o ed to read lure accufativi p p f fp cafres. Pifc: out the Heavens ? Apart Hebras:'. Secondly.,- To the work of God in the beginning of (ime. idemfgniffcant Walt thou withGod; whenhe did a&u<lly fpread out the Sky or shemaiim &. Firmament in the fecond dayes work of C :re tion ?. ( Gen. t. 6.) Schehh.;rn; Thirdly r. its.atud Lati- y, ( which tome inCaftmuch upon ) ro the daily or fie. nos culum & quently renewed woofGod in ordt °iii at,d altering the face . ,either; inter- and motion of the Heavens. As Ube h t.d ïaid; .Haft thosewith him, dim oarmedia when the Sky feeming to be wrapped up- darksoefs, and rent With regimiis ubi thunder andflorins ; haft thou then with himfcattered the dark funtnubes hoc oiomine fi,ni.- nefs, andclearedup the air, making al flrongor wholeagain ? Thus fièatur. Merc: 'he
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