Chap. z6. An ExDofirion ssp-n the Book O B. Verf 5. , 745 onely faid that the waters brought them forth, but the waters brought them forth abotsndantly, implying that fins domultiply and bring forth more then other ceatures ; and therefore when the Spirit ofGod would (hew a great ir,creale of men, 'ci, Paid, They fhall issreafe like fi/h(Gen.48.16. )7c4 bleffing the chfl- (hen of7ofepb, prayed thus ; The Angel which redeemed the from Inter owner be- all vifl,hltfe the !adds and let my name be named on them, and the pas nihil off name cf myfathers, Abraham, and Ifaae, acrd let themgrow into 4 f6ecwndiHsprfci souhitnde in the midf of the eartb.The Original is,Let themgrow bus igrrar tráf or l li a is into a multitude x the na o the earth sr fertnr ad multiply mul- p J k r 'h i i f + tiplicaiíortem let them be as nominal upon the land ae fi/bes are in the Sea. And immenfam. we:find in the tarred Hiftory how the blelfìng and providence of God madegood this Hiftory.For of the ions of 7ofepk,Manaffeb and Ephraim were numbred eighty five thoufand and two hun- dredmen niece for warre(Num: 26. 34. 37.) which exceeded theenc'reafe ofany one Tribe betide. Howwonderfully doth the Lords power appeare, not onely in thole infinite fholes of leffer fifties, but in the greater alto ? Who is able to report the num- ber of theft Sea-inhabitants, or of the fifties who people the Sea? Secondly, Ifwe confider their various kindes,that alto (hew- eth forth the great power of God. Naturalifts obferve that there is no creature upon the earth, but bath (as I may fay) its repre- fentative in theSea, betides thofethat have nothing like them on the earth ; fo various are their kinder. Thirdly, Many of there inhabitants of the watersare wonder- full for the vaftnefTe andgreatneffe of their bodges ; thegreatel ofall livingcreatures are in the Sea ('p[al. tog..25.) Sewskid great and wide Sea, whereinare thingscreeping innumerable: bath faultandgreat beafts: The Pfalmift calleth the fifties beats, and there are (mall beasts in the Sea andgreat bedseven of a Rupen- dious greatneffe. The greateft beafts of the earth are as nothing comparéd to them ; TheElephant is little to the Leviathan. Na torahs have writtenmuch of this fubje&,the numeroufnes,vari- oufnes, and vaftnes of thefewaterInhabitants. So that we may fee much oftheMajefty and power of God,as in thefe things that are formed under the waters, fo in thole that are formed in the waters. lob defcends lower yet in the next words. Ccccc Vetf.6
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