- 258 The Red Sea,a vpeof Chríp. i Pfal.' (36.9. 2. That the Lord fhould open a way, and lead Ifrad through thedeepe, as in the rrldernefê ; for their paffage was not over theSea, but through it. Neither did they walke upon the watersas upon the land, which had not beene fo much, for in cold countries it is ordinary for i men and cariages to paffe upon the Ice and congealed water as upon firme land : but they walked in the bot- tome oftheSea as on dry land. Who could deny but it hadbeene a worke of omnipotency for the Lord to have made the fea (on a fudden) a pavement for Ifraell `; (as hard as Chriflall) to have walked firmeupon ? but becaufeevery ftrong frofl congeales the water accor- dingto nature, that had beene leffe glorious, moreque- ftionable. But he provides for the clearneffe ofhis owne glory byeffecting a workeabove (yea againft)thewhole frameofnature. 3. That the waters fhould Band as a folid wall on both fides, which are naturally fluid, and feeingnothing is fohardly contained within bounds as liquid waters,it was exceeding miraculous. And that the bottome of the fea fhould on the fuddaine become firme and dry ground,(Exod. 14.2z) and even as an highway, was not the leaf( of theft miracles. 4. That the fame -fee at the fame time fhould be both calme and tell- pefluous : For the mighty winds and tempefts were fo flrongagainfl the . /Egyptians that it brake their Cha. riot wheeles, and they could hardly moove or flirrea- gaint it;yet all the fame time it was a peaceable calme to 4frael; who werevery Deere them. S The time ofthe ' (landing ofthe waters on fo vatl anheape(whereon lear- nedmen agree not) any way concluded, is moll miracu- lous. Some thinke (as Chytreus) that forfo many thou- (ands, yea hundred thoulands of men women and chil- dren to walke a loft pace, and to drive their cattell fo manymiles , mull needs take them foure or five dayes time, and then the waters to (land fo long, was adrni- 1 rable.Others thinke they went through inone night,(for the
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