A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…

It may easily be proved, that the Sea is higher then the Earth, and why then doth it not over-flow it, and drown its Inhabitants? surely no reason can be given, but the Command the great God hath over it; Psal. 104.6, 7, 8, 9. The Waters stood above the Mountains; At thy rebuke they fled, at the Voice of thy Thunder they hasted away: They go up by the Mountains, they go down by the Valleys, unto the place which thou hast founded for them: Thou hast set a bound, that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the Earth. The Waters did once cover ⟨p. 120⟩the Earth, till God broke up for them his decreed place, Job 38.10. And commanded them into their appointed Channels. They have a propensity and inclination still to cover the Earth again: What doth their constant beating upon their Banks with rage and fury, and now and then encroaching upon the Earth, and getting ground of it signify? but their desire and longing to beat down all before them, and turn the dry Land into a Sea. The only reason why they do not accomplish their ends, is, because the great Governor of the World hath set them their bounds, which they cannot pass.

It may easily be proved, that the Sea is higher then the Earth, and why then doth it not over-flow it, and drown its Inhabitants? surely no reason can be given, but the Command the great God hath over it; Psal. 104.6, 7, 8, 9. The Waters stood above the Mountains; At thy rebuke they fled, at the Voice of thy Thunder they hasted away: They go up by the Mountains, they go down by the Vallies, unto the place which thou hast founded for them: Thou hast set a bound, that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the Earth. The Waters did once cover ⟨p. 120⟩the Earth, till God broke up for them his decreed place, Job 38.10. And commanded them into their appointed Channels. They have a propensity and inclination still to cover the Earth again: What doth their constant beating upon their Banks with rage and fury, and now and then encroaching upon the Earth, and getting ground of it signifie? but their desire and longing to beat down all before them, and turn the dry Land into a Sea. The onely reason why they do not accomplish their ends, is, because the great Governor of the World hath set them their bounds, which they cannot pass.