An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

¹By the morning, the Lord means the morning light. As if he had said, Hast th u raised the Sun out of its bed, and brought forth the morning? hast thou, like the Master or Lord of this great family, the World, called up thy servants, and set up thy light for them to work by? hast thou commanded the morning, that is, caused the Sun to rise, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race (Psal. 19.5.) No, saith the Lord, it was not, 'tis not thou that commandest the morning, it is I that command the morning. I commanded the first morning (Gen. 1.5.) I said, Let there be light, and there was light; and the evening and morning were the first day. It was I, who the fourth day, said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons, for days and for years. It was I that made two great lights (the Sun and Moon) the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, (Gen. 1.14, 15, 16.) The first morning, and all the mornings, ⟨p. 115⟩the light-bearer, or the light-bringer, came forth and appeared at my command, not at thine. Hast thou commanded the morning Since thy days.

¹By the morning, the Lord means the morning light. As if he had said, Hast th u raised the Sun out of its bed, and brought forth the morning? hast thou, like the Master or Lord of this great family, the World, called up thy servants, and set up thy light for them to work by? hast thou commanded the morning, that is, caused the Sun to rise, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoyceth as a strong man to run a race (Psal. 19.5.) No, saith the Lord, it was not, 'tis not thou that commandest the morning, it is I that command the morning. I commanded the first morning (Gen. 1.5