324 Chap. 28. -an Expofirion open the book, ofJ o B. Verf. 25; remember that the Lord can (}ill thofe tempeas with a cart of his eye,or a word fpeaking,He can rebuke the company of fpeare-men, the multitude, of the bulls,with the calves ofthe people ,as David ele- gantly exprefeth the roaring rage and brucifh , folly of the many ( Pfal, 68. 3o.) and deliver his, as David confeffeth God had delivered him (PPE/. 18. 43.) from theflrivirgs of ti e. people. Further, there are three things not only eonfidcrablc but.won- derful in the natural waters.. Firff, their greatnersand valinefs,, theSea isealled the great sleep, and as it is deep,fo'tis large, fo large, that the boundes of it have not been fully meafured nor difcovered to this. day. When yob expoflulaces aboutGods revere dealing withhim , he makes two queries (Chap. 7. 12.) Am ¡a Sea, or a Whale that those fet- tefl a watch over me ? TheSea is the hugefi part except the earth of the inanimate lower creation, and the Whale vvithoutexcepti- on of any, is the greatet.of the animate ; and as there are greaten fo mofi forceable and dangerous,, which is the fpecial reafon why 30adds that thou fettefl a:roatch over me. Secondly, The fcituati -on of the watersis alto wonderful, the .uperficiesor furface of the Sea - ['welling fpherically (as fome Na- turali(ls both dì(pure and affert.), higher then fufface,of the earth, at lean in fome places.. So that as there are waters above our heads, a fes, a vafl Ocean in the ayr wrapt up in clouds which hang and move over us ; So many of chore waters which are be- low, doe (as it were) holdup their heads above the land; or are higher then the fuperficies of the earth : yet the mighty power of Gad more then .. banks and cliffs keeps them within bounds, which they cannot pa.fs to overflow and cover us. Thirdly, The di(fribution or,divifionof the waters bath won- ders in it. God bath cut cut channels for the waters through and about, the whole earth he huh difiributed it into fpriègs under the earth, and by rivers and riveters upon the "face of the earth. (Pf4l.to4.lo.) Hefendeth the fpring.s onto thevalleys., which run among thehills. And he hashevery where made the Sea full of Poresand Creeks and Bayes andHavens fit for the reception aid fafety of (hipping. Lay, take one in(lance more ora divine government over the Natural waters. They are not encreafed or diminifhed in any fpecial place without the.meafuring power and wifdom of God.
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