Psalms 104
COA1655This Psalme is exquisite for loftinesse, and other ornaments,
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with light, as with a garment] Gen. I. 3. 1 Tim. VI. 16. He wholly so shines, as the eyes of any, no not of the Angels, are able to behold the luster and splendor thereof. As neither we, that of the Sunne.
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the beams of his chambers in the waters.] Maketh and distinguisheth the regions of the aire, as into lofts or upper chambers, in and by the watery clouds, ver. 13.
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his Angels spirits] Alledged and interpreted of Angels, Heb. I. 7. useth them being spiritual substances, as speedy, active messingers, ministers, and executors of his will, Heb. I. 14.
his ministers a flaming fire] The Angels such, 2 Kings II. 11. and chap. VI. 17. Or, the flashes of lightnings, and other meteors are his ministers to do his will.
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waters stood above the mountains] At the Creation, Gen. I. 2. And at the Flood, Gen. VII. 20.
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to cover the earth] Job XXXVIII. 8, 10, 11. Jer. V. 22. Gen. IX. 11, 13, 15.
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oile] Psal. XXIII. 5. and XCII. 10. Eccles. IX. 8. Matth. VI. 17.
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her house] In them is her house, Psal. LXXXIV. 4. Job XXIX. 18. Matth. VIII. 20. Luke IX. 58. Dan. IV. 12.
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Conies] Prov. XXX. 24, 26
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in wisdome hast thou made them all] By wisdome here to understand Christ punctualy, is more then the Text yeelds: Or, that Text either Prov. III. 19. though that be a sacred truth, Heb. I. 2.
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Sea] Not that Psal. CXIV. 3. but 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉that; which particle doth distinguish the great Midland Sea, from the other lesser.
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go the ships] See verse 10. Gen. II. 14. Esay XXXIII. 21.
Leviathan] The Whale, Job XLI.
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renewest] By causing new creatures to come in the place of the old, Eccles. I. 4.
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Praise ye the Lord] In the Hebrew, Halelu-jah, Praise ye Jah. This Halelu-jah is kept in the Greek, and in other languages; set sometimes in the beginnings, sometimes in the end of Psalmes. Apoc. XIX. 1, 3, 4, 6.