An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

And (he also) covereth the bottom of the Sea. That is, by and by,¹ he makes it very dark by the gathering of thick clouds; even as dark as the bottom of the Sea, whither the light cannot come, or dark to the bottom of the Sea.² The original is, the roots of the Sea, that is, the lowest parts of the Sea, which we significantly translate, the bottom of the Sea. Some explicate the whole verse, He spreads his light upon the face of the whole heavens, and spreads the waters over the Ocean, so that no bottom▪ can be seen, scarcely found. Mr. Broughton, by the roots of the Sea, understands the earth. Another saith, he makes mention of the roots of the Sea, because the waters of the Sea, are as it were the roots of the Clouds, they chiefly supplying the matter of which they are made. Vapours drawn from the waters of the Sea, by the heat of the Sun, become Clouds, and these Clouds cover both Earth and Sea, far and near. Thus 'tis matter of wonder to see such great and sudden changes in the air; that the same Sun with its beams should exhale those vapours which are condensed into Clouds, and that soon after, those Sun-beams should scatter and dissolve those Clouds; or tha• now the heavens should be so masked with Clouds as to make all dark, and in a little space, all return to its former brightness and b••uty.

And (he also) covereth the bottom of the Sea. That is, by and by,¹ he makes it very dark by the gathering of thick clouds; even as dark as the bottom of the Sea, whither the light cannot come, or dark to the bottom of the Sea.² The original is, the roots of the Sea, that is, the lowest parts of the Sea, which we significa•tly translate, the bottom of the Sea. Some explicate the whole ve•se, He spreads his light upon the face of the whole heavens, and spreads the waters over the Ocean, so that no bottom▪ can be seen, scarcely found. Mr. Broughton, by the roots of the Sea, understands the earth. Another saith, he makes mention of the roots of the Sea, because the waters of the Sea, are as it were the roots of the Clouds, they chiefly supplying the matter of which they are made. Vapours drawn from the waters of the Sea, by the heat of the Sun, become Clouds, and these Clouds cover both Earth and Sea, far and near. Thus 'tis matter of wonder to see such great and sudden changes in the air; that the same Sun with its beames should exhale those vapours which are condensed into Clouds, and that soon after, those Sun-beams should scatter and dissolve those Clouds; or tha now the heavens should be so masked with Clouds as to make all dark, and in a little space, all return to its former brightness and buty.