Part I. P R 0 S 0 P 0 P E 1 A. gj PJal. xix. '· 'I' he Heavens declare the Glory of God, a11d tbe Firmament jhewcth his Handy·work, that is, they exhibit, lhew, and demon!lratc to the Eyes of all Things, a real Teil:imony and ln!l:ruEtton of the glonous Power of God, Verfe z. Day unto Day uttcreth Speech, and Night unto Night jhc·weth Knowledge, that is, by that Succeffion and Viciffitude of Days and Nights, which is fo certain, !o conftant, and fo profitable for Men and other Creatures, the Glory of God the Workman is moft evidently celebrated , See Pfa!. civ. zo, 2 1, 22, 23, 24. Some by a Metonymy underftand Day and Night of thofe Things which are done or happen by Day and Night, that the Senfe may be, that every Day and every Night fome new Thin" is d1lcovered by wh1ch, ro nght Obfervers, the Glory of God may be Illuf– trated, V~rfe 3· '1here is no Speech nor Languange wbcre {heir Voice is not heard, that is, there are no People, though of different Languages, whom that Speech of the Hea– vens, and their real Publication of Praife may not in!lruEt in the Glory and Power of God. See Rom. i. 19, 20. becaufe that which may be known of God, is manifeft in them, or to them, for the invifible Things of him from the Creation of the World are clearly fecn, being underil:ood by the Things that are made even his eternal Power and Godhead, fo that they are without Excufe, Verfc 4· '!'heir Line is gone out thr(Jtlgh all the Earth, and their Words to the End of the World, that is, to the extreameil: Parts of the Earth, that ftately Fabric of celeftial Bodies is feen, as if it were exa({ly done by Line and Square, which ferves inttead of 'Vords, &c. Rom. x. 18. For their Line we read tbeir Sound, becaufe what is faid in the Pfalm of the Motion of the cele!l:ial Bodies, the Apo!1:le elegantly accommodates to the Courfe of evangelical Preaching. Gcnebrard favs, that the Hebrew Word lignilies indeed a Line, but the Scptuagint refpdl: the Senfe, whom the Apoftle followed, (that being the moll: ufed and received Verfion) Verfe 5· 'The going forth of a Bridegroom out of his Chamber, and his rejoicing, is by the fame Metaphor afcribed to the rifing Sun, to his never·ceafing and moll: fwift Courfe. PJal. lxv. n. 'l'he little Hills are* girded with Joy on e·very Side, Verfe 13. 'l'he Paf– tures are clothed with flocks, the Vallies arc a!Jo covered over with Corn, they jhout for Joy, they alfo jing. The Ornaments of the .Earth, which by the Bleillng ot God it every where enjoys, are exprelfed by this Mctapbor. Mathejius fays, that the Metaphor of girding, Verfe I z. is to be expounded of the various and winding Veins of Metals in the Bofom of the Earth. PJal.lxxvii. 16. 'l'he Waters Jaw thee, 0 God, the Waters Jaw thee, they were afraid; the Dtptbs aifo were troubled-he fpeaks of the Red-fea's being d1vided, and the Peo– ple of lfrae/'s marching through the Middle of it, which is defcribed, Exod. xiv. Bur the Senfe of feeing and the Pamon of Fear is attribmed to the Waters by a Profopopeia, for to fee here lignifies to experience-as if he had faid, they have experienced thee, and felt thy Power, when by a ftrong Vlind they were cut, and the Bottom of the Sea became naked, to make a Way, or Palfage for thy People. They are faid to fear, when at the Command of God~ like trembling Perfons, they fled from their Place, a– gainft their Nature, and by the tremendous Omnipotency of God !l:ood as a W all on either Side, as it is faid of the fame Miracle, PJal. cxiv. 3· 'I' he Sea Jaw it, andfled, &c. Verfe 5· What ailed thee, 0 thou Sea, that thou fieddefi? &c. PJal. xcviii. 8. Let the Floods clap their Hands, let the Hillsjing, fo the Hebrew. Thefe Things are afcribed to inanimate Creatures, to ftir up Men to a Defire after the Coming of the Lord. So PJa!. xcvi. I I, 12, &c. More Examples you may fee, Pjal. ciii. 16. with Job vii. 10. and viii. 18. PJal. civ. •9· Cant. i. 16. lfa. iii. 26. with Job i. 20, and ii. I 3· IJa. v. 14. Hell (others trannate it Sepulchre) bath enlarged her Soul, fo the Hebrew, and opened her Mouth without MeaJure. By a ProJopopcia he compares the infatiable · Condition of H ell, or the Grave, with the unfatislied Gluttony, and Luxury of the J ews, and foretells the Punifhment that God in his Wrath will therefore inAiCl: upon them. Jerome in his Commentary upon this Place fays, Hell is faid to have a Soul, not that it is a living Creature, as fome erroneouOy conctit, but becaufe by Words of * Exultalitme eo/Its auinguntur. B b human
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