Chap.9. An:Expofition upon the BookofJ O B. Verf:7, a 89 and the movingof that which naturally cannot but hand frill, re- quire a like power: and that which (rands as the earth cloth, or moves as the fun doth, requires an Almighty .power to move or (hay it. Which commandeth the Sun,andit rifeth not. Which commandeththe Sun.] He defcribes God in the poflure and languageofa King, giving out commands, He commandeth, God it the Soveraign of the Sun. Yet the word in the Hebrew ï s Dixir, i(luddi. no more, but hefaith, or he£peaks to the Sun ; fo Mr. Broughton telloie irnFéa tranfiates, He(peaks to the Sun" that it .rifeth not; We, clearly to randi, the fenfe,Hecommandeth theS'tn,Becaufe the Word of God to the creature, is a Law or a Command upon the creature. Hecommandeth the Sun and it rifeth not. The phrafe impliesan ordinary, or a common event,But when was there fuch a thing as this ? How rare are fuch events ? I may ask, Did the Lord ever command the Sun that it should not rife? Or did ever any day appear,when the Sun didnot appear?we may anfwer four or five wayes. Nan ad Firfl, Some conceive Job £peaks ofwhat God can do (as fed ad Dei po. in the former inhance) not ofwhat he ever did : He never adu- tentiam refer. ally gave out his command to the Sun that it fhould not riff, but tur,quijiV'elit, he hath power todoe it, ifhe pleafeth. Many things are fpoken d more r : ofthe power of God as prefcntly .done, which only are things ocmfusfalls poffible for him to do. That's a good interpretation of the rollers, place. Olymp. Secondly, We may carry it further, for when he faith,Zt rifeth not, weneed not take it liriótly , as if the Sun were ftaid from making day at all ; but, it may noteany flopor fudden difappear- ing of theSun. The Suns riling is the Suns appearing ; and when Non orirurfa4 the Sun difappeareth, oriis hidden, it is to us, as if the Sun tan urn e¡l non were not rifen. Thus God hathactually more then once, given apparér' ít met -out a command to the Sun, not to rife. Lavater ' g oarus jolts ap_ (in his comment paririo ciuædact upon this place) reports that in the year 1585. March. a 2th,Cuch -ell, Bold, a darknefs fell upon theearth, that the fowles went to roofl at noon, as ifit had been Sun letting, and all the common people thought the dayof judgement was come. That of the Prophet is true in the letter, as well as in the figure (Amos. 4.13 ..)He maketh the morning darknefs ; And (Chap.5,8.) He turneth theIhadow of death
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