Chap. z6. AnLxpcfrtion upess the1oektf J O B. Verf 7, ton tranfl st'es thus ; He flretchethout the N;role xp,n the eieop y. And we may conceive 76b ufing this forme of3trects,themore to magnifie and thaw forth the great power of God ; As if he , bad laid, The heavens have nothing ro geese the by hat ass empty place, what can the are beare ? the ;gyre ariít be ere :nothing;;tt eke Lord a ith no fupport for the rofuels heavens bee thra emptyplace. Thirdly, Iconceive that this phrale may be eipoaneled bare. ly of the Creation ; For :Glofes faith (gen. t, a, 2.) In the be- ginning God created the heavensand theearth, and the earth was ariihout forme and voydor empty. It.i; the word Tohu ufed here in lob;over thisTohu orempty place did God at the firh firetch the heavens. And as this was the work ofGod at firft inCreati- on, fo it his worke frill inprovidence ; and therefore the Lord fpeakes ofit, as ofa continued worke (Ifa. 44. 24.) Thin faith the Lord thy redeemer &C. than flretcðforth the heavens aline, and fpreadetb abroad the earth by my felfe. Hence note. As the heavens in creation, fo the heavens in their daily motiin are firetchcd out andordered iv God. (Ifaiah 1.0. 22.) It ie he that fittetb upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereofare aegrafs,hoppees, that firetchetbout the heavens a a certaine, and f oreadeth them rut ad a tent to areel in, The Prophet entitles God ro this with a fpecial ernphxrs.h 1 He tat doth it ; as if he had laid, God dot h it, and none but tie, and in this he eminently declares that He uG d.. Who ever ftretched out fucha curtaine or cariotpy as the heaven?tvho ever pitched fuch a tent todwell it ? This is a tent or a Tabernacle, which though it (hail be changed, vet (as the Prophet (peaks of Sion in her b: auty and glory,/f. 3 3 20 ) Sha net be takex down, not one ofthe fishes thereof(hall ever be removed, neither (hall a, y of the cords thereofbe brcken, Againe, Confider, the heavens have no outward fupport ; They areflretched out ever the empty place; Which demonftration of the power of Godwill be more cleared and hightned in the next word.. And he hangeth theearth upon teething. If any fay heaven is a thin body, there needs no great matter Dddddz trt 755 1
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