CAI ip. z6. Aa Expofirion upon the Bookof JOB. VerÍ I ;. brightneffe of it. In the firft d ty of the Creation Godfaid;Let there be light, and therewas light ; but in the fourth day hefail,. let there be lights, that is, let there be feverall veffels,to receive, hold, and containe IiHht, and then to iffue it out among the in. habitants of the earth (Gen. 1.14 )a4 dGodfaid, let therebe lights in the firmament s f the heaven, to divide the dayfrom the night : and let them be for figues, aIdfor feafons,and fGr dayes,and for years,and let them befor lights in the fivmanaent of tieheaven, to give light upon the earth;and it wasfc..And g devade twogreat lights, tbí greater light ro rule the day, and ¡be !err light to rule the night; be made the fiarres alto, and yew them in the firma- ment of the heaven, to give light upon the earth. God in Cr ation did with the light, a's be did with the waters, which being made were divided,the waters above the firmament were divided from the waters under the firmament, and the waters under the heaven he gathered together into one place (Gen: I. 9) God prepared a certain great veffel into which the waters were called andgathe- red that they fhould not fpread over the earth,as they did at fiat, which gathering together of the waters G d called Seas(Gen. I. io) Thus the light which was fpread and fcattered through the po!tbritudo e ayre overall the earth. God gathered into leverai veffefis, and ornamenta cce- the gathering togetheroflig't,t he called Sun, Moore, and Stars, lora fish a flan* ' ficut terra ant which are (as 7,6 here calieth them) the garnifhing r f thehea et plan. yens. ta. Sanít, Wes epitomifeth or briefly fumms up bis larger narrative of the Creation in there words ( Gen: 2 I. ) Thtee the heavens and the earth were ftralbed and all the h`ft ! f them, that is, they were finifhed not only as to theireffer,tials, tut. ornamentals;not only was the foundation laid,the walls and piltars,the beams and raf- ters of that goodly ftruCture lerup and perfcâed,bur all the fur- nitureof it was brought in, and the beauties of it côrnpleated. Now, as-gems, minerals, plants,trees, and all living creatures are the garnifhing of the Earth and the [loft ofGod there, fo the Sunne, Moon, and Starrt, are the garnifhing of heaven, and the bolt of God there:Dovid fçeakethof there difiin l}('lal. 33. 6.).73y the word of¡the Lordwere the heavens made:and all the F.orfl' of them, by the breathof hie mouth, Al! creatures whether placed in heaven or earth, are for their number, t cir ftrength :their or- der,. their rtadineffe at a call or command, the heft of God. Earthly;
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