794 Chap. 26. ,-4n Expofïtäon upon the Bool{rt 10 B serf. I2. gant) without any ftrainc or troubleare applicable to it The onely difficulty lyeth in this,becaufe it is not agreed uponby any Chronologers, who have fearched ftriebly, and critically into thole times; that lob lived after the departure of the peopleof Flee accipere I reel out of Egypt, yea Tome affirme that u dedecemplagít / dyP ,) b dyed that very Egyptivxper- yeare when the 1[raclites departed out of Egypt, and if to, then town trot Jo- he could nor make infhnce fo many years before he dyed(unlefs bi, vein rto,- prophetically) concerning that miraculous divifion of the red tmarnwant et Sea, and the deftruffiion of the Egyptians. B fides this another uenoqutrm Ira e us r lled ed to invalidate this inter 1 pre-ation elite eg.e r äÿ ment is g becaufe all runt ex Fgypto. along 7,b inflarueth in the general works of God, what he doth Di of in this heavens, in the earth, in the ayre, and-'here in the Sea, lE Nvnplait hie that it Both not feenne probable that lob fhould defcend to the tirette ad di mention ofthat particular providenceof God -to the //rat/lies; v?(renern marls cabri in bgypr, though that may ferve for a glorious proofe and illuftrration of Ifrae/na,gga th poynr upon which 74 h. th fo long infifled. The wo'kes of qa a ante God in ordrrir.g,the works of nature, beare the refemblance of illrd :e?:;t ere his works amont the children of men; his re rcfn g the raging dimtu faifeJob tl'generah,èr of the Sea looketh like his reprelíing the rage of the wicked. who Po tar logailur are like the trotahlea Sta. at dei opetibur. Hedivideth the Sea by hie.power. Met c. We anal t. ke that act two wayes ; either, firft, es dividing is ufed in an ordinary fente, to cut out and part one thing or one perce ofa thing from another. It is a great and powerful! work of God, ro divide theSea, or the whole bulk of waters to leve- ral parts of theworld, and for the accommodation of feverall Countries. At frrft the waters covered the whole earth,alt was a great deepe,and the Spirit ofGodmovedupon the fast ofthe waters, (Gen.I.a.) No.hing was to be feene, 'or there was no faceof any thingbut water.And therefore as it is laid (Gen. r: 7.) that the Lord leparated or divided the waters which were under the fir- mamentfrom the waters which. were above the firmaneent.S®(Gen. I: 9-) God[aid let the waters tender the heavens be gathered toge- ther into one place, and let the dry land appeare, and it wag-[o, and Gadcalled the dry land earth,andthe gathering,together of waters . ke calledSea. And as that Scripture in Genefis fhewerh that the Seals the Gathering together of waters;fo other Scriptures flhew. that the waters of the Seaare divided or run out in feveral fions. The 104. Pfalme is a continued. meditationof the mighty power
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