An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

The Sun is the light of the day, the stars the light of the night. He sealeth up the stars. Some take it to be a Periphrasis, or a description of night and day, because till the Sun riseth it is night, and ⟨p. 197⟩when day appears, the stars are sealed up, or disappear: The Sun riseth, and the stars are obscured, we see them not: So the former clause, He commandeth the Sun, and it riseth not, is a description of the night; and this later, he sealeth up the stars, is a description of the day. The plain sense of both being this, He maketh both night and day.

The Sunne is the light of the day, the stars the light of the night. He sealeth up the stars. Some take it to be a Periphrasis, or a description of night and day, because till the Sunne riseth it is night, and ⟨p. 197⟩when day appears, the stars are sealed up, or disappear: The Sun riseth, and the stars are obscured, we see them not: So the former clause, He commandeth the Sun, and it riseth not, is a description of the night; and this later, he sealeth up the stars, is a description of the day. The plain sense of both being this, He maketh both night and day.

Secondly (say others) This seal is set upon the Sun, in behalf of the stars, He sealeth up the Sun for the stars; that is,¹ in favour of the stars; that the stars might sometime appear in their lustre and glory to the world; he keepeth the Sun from appearing.

Secondly (say others) This seal is set upon the Sunne, in behalf of the stars, He sealeth up the Sunne for the stars; that is,¹ in favour of the starres; that the starres might sometime appear in their lustre and glory to the world; he keepeth the Sunne from appearing.