Chap. z6. An Expof,tion upon the Book of J OK. Veri. t o 773 Ile holdeth backe from many ofhis precious fervants?how often dothhe fpread a cloud as upon the truths which he (endeth in his Word, foupon the graces which he hath wrought in us by his Spirit? fo that the foul is nor onely hindred from beholding what is without, but what is within, and is fo farre from behold - in the glorious perfeâion ofGod and his works abroad, that it cannot fo much as difcerne any ofthe gracious works of God at home. He fpreadeth hid cloud upon it. Verf. io. He c.mrpajeth the waters with bounds, until! the dey and night come to an end. lob having defcribed marveilous asof divine power in the heavens defcends againe to thew his rnarvailes in or abut the Seas and mighty waters. He compafffetb the waters withhounds. Theword which we render to comp::ffe, fignifieth properly to p,.otrieta,pe= draw a line, or make a circle, as Mathematicians do with a paire cu'iarir verbi ofCompaffes, fo th it it notes the !huttingup or circurnfcribing aft eft lineam any thing to a certain place or meafiare, beyond which it cannot vetcirculam move. And thus God comp_fferh the waters. At the 8. verlc defcr,'berequa ¡ 7ob(hewed howGodcom affeth the upper waters the waters in tattoo. Torre P e eriamin dicatur the ayre, He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds. Here he eldem circum- fheweth,how God by the fame almighty power cornpafleth a dand, verbo u bout the lower waters,the waters ofthe Sea.The Hebrew is,The nom efjiciglobñ face ofthe waters,as in the former verfe The faceof his throne. The reu aqua ar d face of the earth is the upper part of the earth (gen. t. 20.) I idemutrru/q; havegiven you every hearbe bearing(,r feeding) feed,which is upon elementi ejje theface of all the earth. And fo theface of the water,,is the upper cenfrkm. 1'17 part of the waters;hecaufe the upper part of the water,as alto of ned: the earth lyeth open to the eye as the face of a man dorb.And it may therefore be laid that he compaffeth the face of the waters, becaufe(though the whole body and bulk of the waters fwel and rage, yet) the face or upper part of the waters is that which at any times breaketh overand overfloweth;And therefore the face of the waters, onely, as to us, is compafed about with bounds. Theword noteth,a legal bound, a ftatute or decree,and is fre- pm flan,trem quentlyufed in Scripture, efpecially in the i I g. Pfalme, for the conff;rrrrio, de. Law cretrrmi j8nift°
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