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ascend from the—earth." Job xxvi. 8. "He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them." And xxxviii. 22, 26." "Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow, and of the hail, which I Have reserved?—Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters—to cause it to rain upon the earth?" Job xxxvii. 11. Eccl. xi. 3. Ps. cxlviii. 4.
Ver. IX. Job xxxviii. 9, 11. "Who shut up the sea with doors—when I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, and brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors; and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further?" And xxvi. 10. " He compassed the sea with bounds." Ps. xxiv. 1. 2. "The earth he founded upon the seas, and established it upon the floods." And cxxxvi. G. "He stretched out the earth above the waters." Ps. civ. 5—9. and xxxiii. 7. Pet. iii. 5. Jer. v. 22. Prov. viii. 19. But the whole globe of earth and it was hung upon nothing, Job. xxvi. 7. The approbation of the second day's work was deferred till the separation of the waters was completed, and we have it in ver. 10.
Ver. XI. Ps. civ. 14, 15. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; that he may bring forth food out of the earth— wine—and oil—and bread." Job xxviii. 5. In this first production the vegetables, the solar heat had no influence, as it was not vet formed; nor had their been any rain. These vegetables have seed in themselves: viz. have a power in their root, branch, leaves, buds, or fruit, to propagate their kinds.
Ver. XIV God now formed more glorious and useful enlighteners of the now well-ordered and adorned earth than had been formed on the first day. The sun is in it- self a very extensive body of light; and the moon, though it hath no light in itself, enlightens our earth, by reflecting the light of the sun; and both are called great lights, since by reason of their nearness, they appear to us much larger than any of the stars. These lights not only form the day and night, but also form or mark out the seasons of mowing, planting, reaping, sailing, travelling, or the like: and are for signs of the weather, and sometimes of remarkable providences. Ps. cxxxvi. 7—9. "God made great.
