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

Who hath divided a Water-course for the over-flowing of waters?

There is a two-fold division of water. We read of the former in the description of the Creation (Gen. 1.7.) where the Lord divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters that were above the firmament, and it was so. The division here intended is of the waters above; the•e the Lord makes a division of the waters, and gives them their courses. The word rendered Water-courses signifies to ascend,¹ or to be on high, because the course of the water is from above, or from on high; Water moves always from a higher place. Water naturally ⟨p. 203⟩floweth downward; 'tis a heavy body, and cannot ascend naturally; therefore the course of the water is from above.² As men make Aqueducts, Water-courses, or Conveyances for water by artificial pipes of Lead or Wood (as we see in this City) or by Channels cut in the Earth; so the Lord hath his Water-courses above, he hath his Pipes, his Channels in the Clouds. Who hath divided a Water-course For the over-flowing of waters?

There is a two-fold division of water. We read of the former in the description of the Creation (Gen. 1.7.) where the Lord divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters that were above the firmament, and it was so. The division here intended is of the waters above; the•e the Lord makes a division of the waters, and gives them their courses. The word rendred Water-courses signifies to ascend,¹