79/ Chap. 26, AnSxpoftion upon theBookof J OB. Verf. t 2. Verf. 12. He divideth the fea byhis power, and by his sarder- fI.endixg hefmsteth through the proud. The gencrali fcope and fenfe of this verfe, is an illuftrationof the power and wild in of God by a twofold effeet;firft b; di-. viding and vexing the mighty waters of the fea with boyfterous winds and ftorms , feconaly, by !topping and .rppeafÏrig them when they are in their higheft rage and proudeft fury, as if they were fimitten to death. F.rft, He divideth thefeaby hie power. y'1 rnovit The word which we render to divide, bath a twofold fignifi- c r r no= cation, in a contrariety, as is frequent in the Hebrew ; Firft, to vii, per Ani move and rouf to (tir u and trouble, as the waters and waves phrafrnuievi'. , P, , of theSea are by the winds; which doe fo move and fir them as that they feeme to divide and cut them afunder, and caufe them todafhone againft another, & fo it is applicable to the Sea in a T;'irrure jedatiir ftorm 2Iy, it figcifies to quiet & appeafe, and fo it is applicable mare. Sept: to the Sea in a calsne.The leventy render it, fo here,He bath ap- Virtute ejus pealed the Sea by his power:& a learned Hebriciangives the fame quiefcit mare. fence, B3 his power the Sea ù quiet. And 'ris indeed an a& of the Vatabl: fame power to quiet the Sea, to hufh the winds, and command a calme, as toradé ftorms upon the Sea,orto put the Sea into a ftorm;but I !hall not profecute that fenfe in this firft part ofthe verfe, becaufe the latter parc of it fpeakes rather ofthat pointas will appearein-theopening of it; And fo the wholeverfe giveth us a cotnpleate defcription of the mighty power of God upon the mighty waters;firft,incaufing their rageand fary;fecondly,in caufing them to be !till, and quiet. T he exercife ofwhich two powers carry a compkat Empire and Dominion over the Seas. He divideth the Sea. There is a general interpretationof the verf which I !hall touch before i pitch upon that which I.conceive moil proper.T'bio di- vif<ae of the Sea,& fmiting through the proud,is fuppofed to bea defcriptionof Gods dealing with Pharoaband his e'Egyptians, when he brought the people of Ifrael out of Egypt, at which tirne(theHiftory telleth us that)he divideth thefea by hispeer, and"
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