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…

Lastly (which sense is applied by some interpreters to this text) The word signifies a spring or a fountain, Josh. 15.19. because springs and fountains are as the gathering together of waters: The ⟨p. 107⟩sea is called the gathering together of waters (Gen. 1.) there waters are rolled, and laid as upon a heap: and so proportionably every spring, fountain and river, is a place wherein the waters are rolled or wrapped together. Some translate the word thus, His roots are wrapped about the water, or about the fountain. And that further sets forth the seemingly sure and steadfast estate of the hypocrite, as he hath goodly green branches above, so his roots are wrapped about the fountain, he looks as if he were planted by the waters side, as the flourishing tree described, Psal. 1. A godly man is as a tree planted by the rivers side; so the hypocrite seems to have his roots wrapped about the waters, as if he had an everlasting supply from an everliving fountain, as if his leaves should not wither, or his fruit fall off from him. That's one sense.

Lastly (which sense is applied by some interpreters to this text) The word signifies a spring or a fountain, Josh. 15.19. because springs and fountains are as the gathering together of waters: The ⟨p. 107⟩sea is called the gathering together of waters (Gen. 1.) there waters are rolled, and laid as upon a heap: and so proportionably every spring, fountain and river, is a place wherein the waters are rolled or wrapped together. Some translate the word thus, His roots are wrapped about the water, or about the fountain. And that further sets forth the seemingly sure and stedfast estate of the hypocrite, as he hath goodly green branches above, so his roots are wrapped about the fountain, he looks as if he were planted by the waters side, as the flourishing tree described,