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           בראשית
           א
        
         
           THE
           Creation
           of
           the
           world
           BEING
           An
           Exposition
           on
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           in
           the
           first
           Chapter
           of
           
             Genesis
             .
          
        
         
           As
           it
           was
           Delivered
           at
           Sir
           
             Balthazar
             Gerbiers
          
           Academy
           in
           
             White
             Fryers
             .
          
        
         
           BY
           
             HENRY
             WALKER
             ,
          
           Minister
           of
           Gods
           Word
           at
           
             Knightsbridge
             ,
          
           and
           formerly
           Student
           of
           
             Queens
             Colledge
          
           in
           
             Cambridge
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           Oration
           ,
           Concerning
           the
           First
           Dayes
           WORK
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Imprimatur
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Hen
                     :
                     Scobell
                     ,
                     Cleric
                     :
                     Parliamenti
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Printed
           at
           
             London
          
           for
           
             Robert
             Ibbitson
          
           dwelling
           Smithfield
           neer
           
             Hosier
             Lane
             ,
          
           1649.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           High
           ,
           and
           Supreame
           Power
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           And
           in
           particular
           ,
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           
             William
             Lenthall
          
           Esquire
           ,
           Speaker
           (
           and
           to
           every
           individuall
           Member
           )
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             High
             and
             Honourable
             ,
          
        
         
           UPon
           the
           clear
           demonstrations
           of
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           Sir
           
             Balthazar
             Gerbier
             ,
          
           his
           admired
           love
           to
           this
           Commonwealth
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           as
           happy
           in
           a
           gallant
           Academy
           as
           other
           Nations
           ,
           I
           was
           easily
           perswaded
           to
           offer
           there
           this
           small
           talent
           of
           my
           truest
           and
           dearest
           affections
           ,
           towards
           the
           erecting
           of
           so
           stately
           a
           Fabrick
           ,
           And
           here
           now
           it
           prostrates
           it self
           at
           your
           feet
           .
        
         
           Me
           thinks
           
             Englands
          
           Reformation
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           resembles
           much
           the
           world
           in
           the
           first
           daies
           Creation
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           new
           forme
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           by
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           moulded
           ,
           which
           is
           hoped
           to
           be
           the
           beginning
           of
           a
           new
           heaven
           and
           a
           new
           earth
           .
           The
           ornaments
           of
           this
           State
           are
           not
           yet
           beautified
           in
           perfection
           ,
           nor
           have
           all
           men
           prowesse
           to
           enjoy
           this
           glory
           yet
           ,
           because
           a
           great
           darknesse
           is
           still
           spread
           over
           
             England
             .
          
           But
           were
           
           not
           men
           infatuated
           ;
           they
           would
           see
           and
           acknowledge
           that
           glorious
           worke
           which
           God
           hath
           put
           into
           your
           hands
           ;
           And
           how
           wonderfully
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           moved
           on
           the
           face
           of
           the
           waters
           ;
           hath
           supported
           you
           ,
           and
           wrought
           by
           you
           ;
           The
           Lord
           go
           on
           still
           with
           you
           ,
           untill
           he
           hath
           compleated
           his
           own
           work
           ,
           to
           his
           eternall
           glory
           and
           praise
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           by
           many
           Acts
           so
           by
           your
           late
           Resolutions
           to
           furnish
           all
           parts
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           with
           able
           and
           godly
           Ministers
           to
           preach
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           a
           glorious
           light
           it
           is
           hoped
           ,
           is
           breaking
           forth
           ,
           as
           to
           settle
           ,
           so
           to
           enlighten
           and
           refresh
           the
           soules
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           and
           to
           divide
           between
           light
           and
           darknesse
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           first
           great
           work
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           wherein
           goe
           on
           and
           the
           Lord
           prosper
           you
           .
        
         
           Yet
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           your
           great
           presents
           of
           State
           ,
           be
           pleased
           ,
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
          
           to
           accept
           this
           seasonable
           New
           years
           gift
           ,
           humbly
           tendred
           from
           (
           though
           a
           mean
           hand
           ,
           yet
           )
           a
           cordiall
           heart
           ,
           by
           him
           ,
           who
           can
           think
           himselfe
           happy
           in
           no
           enjoyment
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           sweetned
           by
           your
           prosperity
           ,
           in
           the
           great
           and
           glorious
           workes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           is
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             reall
             servant
             in
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             HENRY
             WALKER
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           Creation
           of
           the
           VVORLD
           .
           BEING
           An
           Exposition
           on
           the
           Hebrew
           in
           
             Genesis
          
           the
           first
           Chapter
           .
        
         
           
             The
             first
             Oration
             ,
             concerning
             the
             first
             Dayes
             Work
             .
          
           
             
               Right
               Honourable
               and
               the
               rest
               ,
               Lovers
               of
               Vertue
               .
            
          
           
             
               MOses
            
             begins
             the
             History
             of
             the
             first
             dayes
             work
             of
             the
             Worlds
             Creation
             thus
             :
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 (
                 bereshith
                 bara
                 elohim
                 eth
                 hashshamajim
                 veeth
                 haarets
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 Genesis
                 1.1
                 .
              
            
             In
             which
             he
             shews
             how
             the
             visible
             world
             sprung
             from
             
             the
             outflowne
             divine
             power
             :
             And
             
               Montanus
            
             translates
             it
             thus
             .
             
               In
               principio
               creavit
               Deus
               ,
               Coelos
               &
               terram
               .
            
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             rendered
             in
             our
             English
             Bible
             as
             followeth
             :
             
               In
               the
               beginning
               God
               created
               the
               Heaven
               and
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             But
             I
             will
             God
             inabling
             mee
             ,
             explaine
             every
             word
             in
             order
             ,
             clearly
             to
             your
             understandings
             ,
             
               The
               Lord
               give
               a
               blessing
               to
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               reshith
            
             )
             
               beginning
            
             ;
             is
             a
             noune
             derivative
             (
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               raash
            
             )
             
               to
               cause
               beginning
               ,
               or
               first
            
             )
             and
             from
             thence
             takes
             its
             signification
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             of
             the
             
               feminine
               gender
               ,
            
             to
             shew
             its
             naturall
             production
             ,
             of
             what
             God
             from
             all
             eternity
             hath
             appointed
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             being
             no
             emphaticall
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               h
            
             )
             for
             its
             prefix
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             properly
             to
             be
             translated
             
               in
               the
               beginning
            
             but
             
               in
               beginning
            
             :
             and
             it
             teacheth
             us
             that
             
               the
               first
               of
               all
               things
               (
               out
               of
               God
               )
               hath
               beginning
            
             :
             God
             ,
             and
             only
             God
             ,
             is
             from
             eternity
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               b
            
             )
             the
             prefix
             signifies
             
               in
               ,
            
             by
             which
             we
             may
             learn
             ,
             That
             all
             
               Gods
               decrees
               are
               accomplished
               in
               his
               own
               time
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               bara
            
             )
             he
             
               created
            
             ;
             It
             is
             the
             root
             it self
             ,
             it
             signifies
             
               to
               make
               of
               nothing
               ,
            
             which
             is
             proper
             only
             to
             God
             :
             All
             Artists
             are
             said
             to
             make
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             severall
             works
             ,
             but
             God
             alone
             createth
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             the
             
               Hebrew
            
             Rabbins
             ,
             have
             delivered
             their
             opinions
             ,
             that
             the
             severall
             Letters
             of
             these
             two
             first
             words
             בראשית
             ברא
             being
             summed
             up
             in
             figures
             ;
             did
             presage
             the
             time
             to
             be
             ,
             in
             how
             many
             years
             after
             he
             creation
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             
               Messias
            
             was
             to
             come
             ,
             as
             thus
             
               
                 
                   א
                
                 
                   ב
                
                 
                   ר
                
                 
                   ש
                
                 
                   ת
                
                 
                   י
                
              
               
                 
                   M.
                   
                
                 
                   MM.
                   
                
                 
                   CC.
                   
                
                 
                   CCC
                   .
                
                 
                   CCCC
                   .
                
                 
                   X.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   1000.
                   
                
                 
                   2000.
                   
                
                 
                   200.
                   
                
                 
                   300.
                   
                
                 
                   400.
                   
                
                 
                   10.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
           
             〈…〉
             to
             3910.
             
             And
             about
             that
             time
             it
             was
             that
             Christ
             came
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               elohim
            
             )
             
               God
               ,
            
             is
             Noune
             derivative
             of
             the
             Masculine
             Gender
             and
             plurall
             number
             ,
             for
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               eloahh
            
             )
             is
             the
             singular
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             is
             a
             great
             controversie
             of
             what
             root
             it
             is
             derived
             .
          
           
             Some
             are
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               ajal
            
             )
             
               to
               strengthen
               ,
            
             and
             so
             it
             signifies
             Gods
             
               omnipotency
            
             ;
             but
             from
             thence
             he
             is
             called
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               el
            
             )
             
               God
               omnipotent
               .
            
          
           
             Others
             say
             it
             comes
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               ala
            
             )
             
               to
               curse
            
             ▪
             and
             so
             it
             signifies
             Gods
             
               wrath
            
             ;
             And
             I
             confesse
             it
             is
             under
             this
             root
             in
             the
             
               Lexicons
               ,
            
             yet
             under
             favour
             ,
             we
             finde
             it
             a
             name
             sweet
             to
             the
             remembrance
             of
             Gods
             people
             ,
             as
             ,
             
               oh
               my
               God
               ,
               our
               God
               ,
            
             is
             frequent
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             joyfull
             expressions
             of
             Gods
             people
             ,
             where
             this
             word
             is
             found
             .
          
           
             It
             takes
             part
             with
             both
             these
             ;
             and
             so
             is
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             omnipotent
             ,
             to
             defend
             his
             people
             ;
             and
             as
             he
             is
             a
             consuming
             fire
             to
             destroy
             his
             enemies
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             it
             is
             a
             noune
             of
             the
             plurall
             number
             ,
             and
             joyned
             with
             a
             Verbe
             of
             the
             singular
             number
             ,
             as
             if
             you
             would
             say
             
               Dii
               Creavit
               ,
            
             (
             an
             unusual
             phrase
             in
             Latine
             )
             yet
             it
             proves
             clearly
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             was
             created
             by
             the
             
               Trinity
               in
               unity
               .
            
          
           
             And
             that
             the
             Eternall
             ,
             Immence
             ,
             Incomprehensible
             unity
             manifesteth
             it self
             in
             it selfe
             ,
             from
             eternity
             ,
             in
             eternity
             ,
             by
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             and
             is
             
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
            
             in
             a
             threefold
             working
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Father
             ,
             by
             the
             Son
             ,
             with
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             in
             unity
             ,
             created
             the
             Heavens
             and
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Hoasts
             of
             them
             .
          
           
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               eth
            
             )
             is
             onely
             a
             signe
             that
             the
             word
             ●●●ing
             is
             to
             follow
             the
             Verbe
             in
             the
             Accusative
             case
             ;
             but
             its
             selfe
             ●●●nifies
             nothing
             at
             all
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               shamajim
            
             )
             
               heaven
               ,
            
             is
             a
             Noune
             derivatives
             of
             the
             duall
             number
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             very
             great
             disputes
             from
             whence
             this
             word
             should
             be
             derived
             .
          
           
             Some
             say
             it
             comes
             from
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               majim
            
             )
             which
             signifies
             
               waters
               ,
            
             taking
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               sh
            
             )
             for
             its
             prefix
             ,
             which
             signifies
             
               which
            
             ;
             as
             if
             one
             should
             say
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             heavens
             is
             meant
             that
             place
             from
             which
             the
             waters
             fall
             ;
             But
             it
             is
             very
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             heavens
             is
             meant
             not
             only
             the
             receptacles
             of
             the
             waters
             above
             ,
             but
             of
             those
             higher
             Heavens
             ,
             where
             the
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             ,
             and
             Stars
             are
             ;
             And
             also
             of
             the
             Heaven
             of
             glory
             ;
             But
             none
             of
             these
             were
             finished
             the
             first
             day
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             ,
             it
             seems
             clear
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             derived
             of
             the
             root
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               shamam
            
             )
             which
             signifies
             
               to
               astonish
            
             ;
             and
             so
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               sham
            
             )
             
               astonishment
               ,
            
             taking
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               a●●m
            
             )
             for
             its
             affix
             ,
             which
             properly
             makes
             it
             the
             duall
             number
             we
             are
             therby
             rightly
             told
             what
             the
             heavens
             are
             ;
             even
             those
             glorious
             manifestations
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             (
             though
             excellent
             discoveries
             thereof
             are
             made
             unto
             us
             yet
             )
             when
             we
             poore
             mortall
             creatures
             have
             pryed
             all
             that
             we
             can
             into
             them
             ,
             even
             then
             ,
             the
             more
             we
             know
             ,
             the
             more
             we
             are
             astonished
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               h
            
             )
             emphaticall
             ,
             here
             put
             for
             the
             prefix
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             said
             ,
             
               these
               heavens
               ,
               those
               heavens
               ,
               the
               heavens
               ,
            
             pointing
             out
             unto
             all
             the
             heavens
             to
             be
             created
             of
             God
             ,
             even
             the
             heaven
             of
             glory
             ,
             for
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             ,
             which
             is
             without
             end
             ,
             was
             not
             without
             beginning
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               erets
            
             )
             
               earth
               ,
            
             is
             a
             noune
             derivative
             ,
             of
             both
             genders
             ,
             
             sometimes
             masculine
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             feminine
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             derived
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               ratsats
            
             )
             and
             so
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               rats
            
             )
             which
             signifies
             to
             
               bruise
            
             ;
             which
             doth
             very
             well
             set
             forth
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             the
             most
             ponderous
             matter
             of
             all
             the
             creation
             .
          
           
             When
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               erets
            
             )
             is
             of
             the
             masculine
             gender
             ,
             it
             signifies
             the
             
               earth
               ,
            
             only
             as
             to
             its
             own
             substance
             ,
             without
             any
             relation
             to
             any
             thing
             flowing
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             unfruitfull
             ,
             and
             unadorned
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             in
             its
             first
             forme
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             is
             since
             spoken
             of
             in
             relation
             to
             its
             self
             only
             ,
             as
             shels
             ,
             potsheards
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             When
             it
             is
             of
             the
             Feminine
             gender
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             as
             being
             the
             wombe
             of
             creatures
             flowing
             from
             it
             ,
             as
             plants
             to
             adorn
             it
             ,
             or
             Inhabitants
             to
             dwell
             upon
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             Earth
             in
             the
             Fields
             ,
             Gardens
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             places
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               h
            
             )
             emphatically
             is
             the
             prefix
             to
             
               earth
            
             here
             ,
             as
             before
             to
             
               heavens
               ,
            
             and
             doth
             teach
             us
             the
             same
             Lesson
             concerning
             things
             below
             :
             That
             the
             first
             forme
             that
             the
             Earth
             received
             ,
             it
             had
             from
             God
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               veeth
            
             )
             
               and
               ,
            
             is
             only
             the
             mark
             again
             of
             the
             accusative
             case
             ,
             taking
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               v
            
             )
             a
             conjunction
             copulative
             for
             its
             prefix
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               eth
               hashshamajim
               veeth
               haarets
            
             )
             
               Coelos
               ,
               &
               terra
               ,
               the
               heavens
               and
               the
               earth
               .
            
             All
             was
             created
             by
             God
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             matter
             ,
             and
             forme
             ,
             together
             ,
             on
             this
             part
             of
             the
             first
             day
             ,
             when
             God
             in
             beginning
             created
             them
             :
             as
             a
             workman
             casteth
             or
             forgeth
             a
             cup
             and
             cover
             both
             together
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             fashions
             and
             beautifies
             it
             ,
             or
             as
             an
             Egge
             ,
             which
             when
             it
             is
             layed
             ,
             hath
             the
             white
             and
             the
             yolke
             ,
             but
             after
             it
             becomes
             a
             chicken
             ,
             receives
             perfection
             of
             bones
             ,
             and
             is
             beautified
             
             with
             feathers
             ,
             and
             other
             adornments
             .
             So
             were
             the
             Heavens
             and
             the
             Earth
             first
             both
             created
             by
             God
             in
             the
             first
             motion
             and
             matter
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             perfected
             in
             beauty
             and
             order
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             whole
             Verse
             ,
             there
             are
             some
             of
             the
             Hebrew
             Rabbins
             have
             been
             curious
             in
             observations
             ,
             (
             for
             they
             were
             strangely
             given
             that
             way
             ,
             as
             appeares
             by
             all
             their
             writings
             )
             some
             of
             their
             conceits
             were
             thus
             :
          
           
             First
             from
             the
             letter
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             which
             is
             as
             much
             ,
             in
             number
             ,
             as
             M.
             with
             us
             .
             That
             because
             in
             this
             Verse
             it
             is
             six
             times
             exprest
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             once
             in
             six
             of
             the
             words
             :
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               hashshamajim
            
             )
             only
             wants
             it
             ,
             that
             therefore
             this
             world
             is
             to
             continue
             from
             the
             creation
             6000
             years
             ,
             And
             some
             since
             have
             called
             the
             seventh
             of
             the
             thousands
             ,
             the
             eternall
             rest
             ,
             and
             therefore
             consealed
             ;
             in
             the
             mystery
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               hashshamajim
            
             )
             in
             which
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             is
             not
             found
             .
          
           
             And
             a
             second
             observation
             is
             from
             the
             number
             of
             these
             seven
             words
             ,
             that
             they
             hold
             forth
             unto
             us
             the
             seven
             dayes
             in
             the
             week
             ,
             in
             six
             of
             which
             God
             created
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             appointed
             to
             labour
             ,
             and
             the
             seventh
             which
             is
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             doth
             signifie
             the
             day
             of
             rest
             .
          
           
             But
             leaving
             the
             Rabbins
             to
             their
             curiosities
             ,
             I
             will
             conclude
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             with
             this
             undeniable
             truth
             :
             
               That
               in
               beginning
               ,
               God
               ,
               who
               is
               Trinity
               in
               Unity
               ,
               and
               Unity
               in
               Trinity
               ,
               created
               the
               heavens
               ,
               and
               the
               Earth
               in
               the
               first
               forme
               thereof
               ,
               of
               nothing
               ;
               and
               this
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               thus
               first
               made
               was
               the
               world
               ,
               though
               not
               yet
               set
               in
               perfect
               order
               ,
               but
               afterward
               beautified
               by
               the
               Ornaments
               of
               the
               six
               daies
               work
               .
            
          
           
             The
             End
             of
             the
             first
             Oration
             ,
             concerning
             the
             first
             dayes
             work
             of
             the
             Creation
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             THE
             Creation
             of
             the
             VVORLD
             .
             BEING
             An
             Exposition
             on
             the
             Hebrew
             in
             
               Genesis
            
             the
             first
             Chapter
             .
             The
             second
             Oration
             ,
             concerning
             the
             first
             Dayes
             Work
             .
          
           
             
               Right
               Honourable
               and
               the
               rest
               ,
               Lovers
               of
               Vertue
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             Shall
             now
             (
             by
             Gods
             assistance
             )
             shew
             you
             how
             the
             grossenesse
             of
             Creation
             ,
             was
             separated
             in
             the
             first
             form
             ,
             from
             the
             spirituall
             nature
             ,
             and
             what
             that
             substance
             in
             its
             beginning
             was
             .
             
               I
               pray
               God
               give
               a
               blessing
               upon
               us
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 (
                 
                   vahaarets
                   hajeta
                   tohu
                   vabohu
                   vehhoshech
                   ghnal-pene
                   te●om
                
                 )
              
               
                 Gen.
                 1.2
                 .
              
            
             which
             
               Montanus
            
             translates
             into
             Latine
             thus
             :
             
               Et
               terra
               erat
               solitudo
               &
               inanitas
               :
               et
               caligo
               super
               facies
               Abyssi
               .
            
             
             And
             in
             our
             English
             Bible
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Geneva
            
             ;
             it
             is
             rendred
             ,
             
               And
               the
               Earth
               was
               without
               form
               ,
               and
               voyd
               ,
               and
               darknesse
               was
               upon
               the
               face
               of
               the
               deepe
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               v
               )
               and
               ,
            
             is
             a
             Conjunction
             Copulative
             ,
             which
             (
             pointing
             to
             the
             insuing
             words
             )
             relates
             what
             the
             Creation
             was
             in
             its
             first
             forme
             ,
             as
             to
             its
             owne
             substance
             ,
             even
             as
             a
             peece
             of
             wood
             cutrough
             out
             of
             the
             timber
             by
             the
             Carver
             ,
             or
             a
             stone-hewed
             out
             of
             the
             rocke
             ,
             by
             the
             Mason
             ,
             intended
             for
             curious
             works
             to
             be
             ingraven
             and
             wrought
             ,
             for
             the
             adorning
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             is
             so
             ,
             in
             its
             own
             rough
             shape
             ,
             and
             first
             forme
             ,
             it
             is
             only
             a
             block
             ,
             or
             a
             stone
             ,
             and
             no
             fashion
             ,
             no
             beauty
             put
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             that
             most
             of
             the
             Interpreters
             upon
             this
             place
             ,
             are
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             these
             words
             which
             I
             have
             taken
             for
             this
             second
             theame
             ,
             do
             relate
             only
             to
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             not
             any
             thing
             at
             all
             to
             those
             places
             where
             the
             Firmament
             or
             Heavens
             now
             are
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             shall
             make
             it
             very
             cleare
             to
             your
             understandings
             ,
             and
             prove
             it
             positively
             out
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             that
             these
             words
             do
             relate
             part
             of
             them
             to
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             them
             to
             the
             Heavens
             .
          
           
             The
             former
             part
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               vahaarets
               hejeta
               tohu
               vabohu
            
             )
             relates
             to
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             next
             words
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               vehhoshech
               ghnal-pene
               tehom
            
             )
             extend
             to
             those
             higher
             Orbes
             whither
             the
             Heavens
             afterwards
             (
             in
             the
             second
             daies
             worke
             )
             expanded
             .
          
           
             
               First
               concerning
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 haarets
                 )
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 Moses
              
               '
               calls
               it
               Earth
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               so
               named
               long
               before
               he
               writ
               the
               Hystory
               ;
               but
               it
               was
               not
               Earth
               this
               first
               day
               ,
               nor
               untill
               God
               
               caused
               the
               waters
               to
               gather
               together
               ,
               and
               the
               dry
               land
               to
               appeare
               ,
               and
               then
               God
               called
               it
               Earth
               ,
               
                 verse
              
               10.
               and
               not
               before
               .
            
             
               Some
               Mountaines
               in
               
                 Arabia
                 ,
              
               are
               called
               sandy
               hills
               ,
               because
               nothing
               but
               sand
               is
               to
               be
               found
               ther
               ,
               yet
               after
               showers
               of
               rain
               ,
               the
               dust
               of
               gold
               is
               sprinkled
               about
               their
               bottomes
               ,
               even
               so
               the
               first
               forme
               of
               the
               Creation
               ,
               had
               not
               that
               glorious
               beauty
               ,
               which
               the
               divine
               showers
               of
               Gods
               
                 fiat
              
               afterwards
               distilled
               from
               it
               .
            
             
               And
               yet
               it
               had
               a
               being
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 hajeta
                 )
                 was
                 .
              
               She
               that
               was
               afterwards
               so
               stately
               adorned
               by
               the
               divine
               workings
               after
               the
               expiration
               of
               six
               dayes
               ,
               had
               (
               even
               in
               the
               first
               day
               of
               her
               barrennesse
               )
               a
               substance
               ,
               a
               forme
               ,
               a
               being
               ,
               for
               so
               the
               root
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 haja
              
               signifies
               ,
               
                 to
                 have
                 being
                 .
              
            
             
               As
               a
               tree
               in
               winter
               that
               hath
               no
               fruit
               ,
               no
               leaves
               ,
               no
               beauty
               ,
               yet
               it
               hath
               both
               a
               root
               in
               the
               ground
               ,
               and
               a
               body
               ,
               and
               branches
               spreading
               towards
               the
               Heavens
               .
            
             
               But
               what
               was
               this
               forme
               that
               it
               now
               had
               ?
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 tohu
                 vabohu
                 )
                 without
                 forme
                 and
                 void
                 ,
              
               saith
               
                 Moses
                 ,
              
               which
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Esay
              
               explaines
               to
               be
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 kav-tohu
                 veachne
                 bohu
                 )
                 the
                 line
                 of
                 confusion
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 stones
                 of
                 emptinesse
                 ,
              
               Esay
               34.11
               .
               The
               line
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 tohu
              
               )
               confusion
               :
               The
               perpendicular
               (
               
                 bohu
              
               )
               stones
               of
               emptinesse
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               shal
               explain
               each
               of
               these
               words
               distinctly
               apart
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 tohu
                 )
                 without
                 forme
                 ,
              
               is
               a
               Noune
               Derivative
               of
               the
               Masculine
               Gender
               ,
               
                 Ierom
                 ,
              
               translates
               it
               to
               signifie
               
                 empty
                 ,
              
               (
               that
               is
               without
               plants
               to
               adorne
               it
               ,
               or
               Inhabitants
               
               to
               dwell
               upon
               it
               .
               )
               The
               
                 Septuagint
                 ,
              
               translate
               it
               
                 invisible
              
               (
               no
               plant
               nor
               creature
               ,
               to
               be
               seen
               upon
               it
               )
               
                 Pagnius
                 ,
              
               understands
               it
               ,
               
                 vast
                 ,
                 solitary
                 ,
              
               And
               some
               of
               the
               Hebrew
               Rabbins
               have
               called
               it
               a
               
                 Chaos
                 ,
              
               as
               some
               remote
               rocky
               Islands
               now
               are
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               nothing
               to
               be
               found
               but
               stones
               ,
               slime
               ,
               and
               rubbish
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               derived
               of
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               to
               be
               
                 solitary
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               it
               signifies
               a
               
                 desolation
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 vast
                 thing
                 ,
              
               without
               plants
               ,
               or
               creatures
               .
            
             
               Yet
               the
               Earth
               was
               not
               absolutely
               without
               a
               form
               ,
               for
               then
               it
               had
               bin
               nothing
               :
               Every
               thing
               that
               is
               ,
               hath
               a
               being
               by
               its
               forme
               ;
               but
               it
               was
               not
               yet
               severed
               from
               the
               waters
               ,
               compact
               ,
               or
               made
               solid
               ,
               adorned
               with
               plants
               to
               beautifie
               it
               ,
               nor
               inhabited
               with
               creatures
               to
               dwell
               upon
               it
               .
               There
               was
               no
               
                 Adam
                 ,
              
               no
               Garden
               of
               
                 Eden
                 ,
              
               with
               pleasant
               and
               delightfull
               trees
               ,
               and
               precious
               stones
               ,
               all
               which
               it
               had
               gloriously
               ,
               when
               the
               Creation
               was
               finished
               .
            
             
               For
               as
               the
               Prophet
               
                 I
                 say
                 ,
              
               saith
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 lo
                 tohu
                 ber
                 aahh
                 )
                 the
                 Lord
                 did
                 not
                 create
                 it
                 to
                 be
              
               (
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 tohu
              
               that
               was
               not
               Gods
               end
               to
               have
               it
               remaine
               so
               )
               
                 vaine
                 ,
                 but
                 afterwards
                 formed
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 inhabited
                 ,
              
               Isa.
               45.18
               .
               And
               it
               was
               looked
               upon
               by
               God
               (
               in
               the
               eternall
               Councell
               of
               the
               Deity
               )
               as
               having
               all
               its
               comely
               Ornaments
               (
               in
               the
               
                 Idea
              
               ;
               )
               All
               things
               are
               in
               eternity
               in
               Gods
               presence
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 bohu
                 )
                 void
                 ,
              
               is
               a
               Noune
               derivative
               of
               the
               masculine
               Gender
               ,
               it
               comes
               of
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 baha
              
               )
               (
               or
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 bubh
              
               )
               both
               which
               signifie
               ,
               
                 to
                 be
                 empty
              
               or
               
                 voyd
                 ,
              
               (
               and
               so
               it
               signifies
               
                 emptinesse
                 ,
              
               or
               a
               
                 vacuity
              
               )
               so
               as
               to
               be
               uncapable
               of
               producing
               plants
               ,
               which
               vertue
               it
               received
               afterwards
               in
               the
               third
               dayes
               work
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               as
               a
               twig
               that
               a
               Gardener
               cuts
               off
               ,
               which
               is
               
               not
               capable
               of
               bearing
               fruit
               ,
               untill
               he
               hath
               ingrafted
               it
               in
               the
               stock
               :
               It
               could
               not
               bring
               forth
               plants
               untill
               God
               joyned
               his
               
                 fiat
              
               with
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
              
               Concerning
               the
               Heavens
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 hhoshech
                 )
                 darknesse
                 ,
              
               is
               a
               noune
               derivative
               of
               the
               masculine
               Gender
               .
               Some
               of
               the
               
                 Rabbins
              
               understood
               it
               to
               meane
               the
               element
               of
               Fire
               ;
               but
               then
               it
               would
               have
               been
               transparent
               .
               Some
               suppose
               it
               to
               be
               that
               which
               wee
               call
               night
               (
               and
               no
               other
               darknesse
               )
               going
               before
               the
               day
               ;
               but
               we
               know
               that
               in
               the
               night
               ,
               there
               is
               (
               when
               it
               is
               darkest
               )
               some
               glimpse
               of
               light
               ,
               from
               the
               influence
               of
               the
               Stars
               at
               least
               .
            
             
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               any
               thing
               created
               ,
               but
               comes
               of
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 hhashach
              
               )
               to
               be
               
                 obscure
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 dark
              
               )
               greater
               then
               the
               darknesse
               of
               the
               night
               ,
               a
               meere
               privation
               of
               light
               .
               It
               is
               a
               maxime
               ,
               both
               in
               
                 Divinity
              
               and
               
                 Philosophy
                 ,
              
               That
               darknesse
               is
               the
               principall
               thing
               in
               the
               very
               essence
               ,
               and
               forme
               of
               the
               Creature
               ,
               untill
               God
               puts
               in
               light
               into
               it
               ;
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 shamajim
                 )
                 the
                 Heavens
              
               (
               saith
               
                 Iob
                 ,
              
               where
               all
               those
               glorious
               bodies
               are
               )
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 lo
                 zaccu
                 )
                 are
                 not
                 clean
                 in
                 his
                 sight
                 ,
              
               Job
               15.15
               .
               They
               were
               all
               (
               even
               the
               Angels
               themselves
               )
               dark
               creatures
               ,
               untill
               God
               put
               light
               into
               them
               :
               And
               yet
               the
               darke
               obscures
               not
               from
               God
               ,
               the
               light
               and
               darknesse
               are
               all
               one
               unto
               him
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               darknesse
               was
               not
               in
               the
               Chaos
               onely
               ,
               but
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 ghnal
              
               )
               upon
               the
               Abisse
               ,
               which
               is
               derived
               of
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 ghnala
              
               )
               to
               
                 assend
              
               or
               
                 rise
                 up
              
               ;
               it
               was
               above
               the
               Chaos
               ,
               but
               within
               the
               Creation
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 pene
                 )
                 the
                 face
                 .
              
               It
               is
               the
               plurall
               number
               ,
               in
               construction
               ,
               
               for
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 penim
                 )
                 faces
                 ,
              
               and
               is
               derived
               of
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 phana
              
               )
               to
               
                 look
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               properly
               signifies
               the
               aspect
               ;
               As
               where
               God
               saith
               in
               the
               second
               Commandement
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 have
                 none
                 other
                 Gods
                 but
                 me
                 .
              
               It
               is
               in
               the
               Hebrew
               ,
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 ghnal
                 panaja
                 )
                 upon
                 my
                 face
              
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 in
                 my
                 sight
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               so
               here
               ,
               this
               darknesse
               did
               extend
               over
               all
               the
               vast
               empty
               
                 Abysse
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 tehom
                 )
                 the
                 deep
                 ,
              
               is
               derived
               of
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 taha
              
               )
               as
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 tohu
              
               is
               )
               onely
               hath
               a
               more
               large
               extent
               ,
               taking
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 m
              
               )
               for
               its
               affix
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               an
               Adverb
               ;
               and
               signifies
               al
               that
               lay
               
                 voydly
                 ,
              
               the
               whole
               solitary
               vacuity
               ,
               the
               great
               
                 Abysse
                 ,
              
               bottomlesse
               emptinesse
               ,
               not
               that
               it
               absolutely
               wanted
               a
               bottome
               ,
               but
               by
               reason
               of
               its
               vastnesse
               .
            
             
               Most
               men
               take
               this
               Deep
               for
               the
               Sea
               ,
               but
               that
               is
               a
               mistake
               ,
               for
               the
               Seas
               were
               not
               yet
               gathered
               into
               their
               place
               :
               And
               
                 Iob
              
               treats
               of
               them
               each
               distinctly
               ,
               as
               severall
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 tehom
                 amar
              
               )
               the
               
                 depth
                 saith
                 ,
              
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 vejam
                 amar
              
               )
               and
               
                 the
                 Sea
                 saith
                 .
              
               Job
               28.14
               .
            
             
               And
               al
               that
               I
               have
               said
               ,
               agrees
               with
               what
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Ieremiah
              
               hath
               written
               in
               the
               holy
               Scripture
               .
               
                 
                   Ier.
                
                 4.23
                 .
              
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 (
                 raiti
                 eth
                 haarets
                 vehinne
                 tohu
                 vabohu
                 veeth-hashshamajim
                 veen
                 oram
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 I
                 beheld
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 lo
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 without
                 forme
                 ,
                 and
                 void
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 Heavens
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 had
                 no
                 light
                 .
              
               That
               which
               
                 Moses
              
               calls
               the
               depth
               ,
               
                 Ieremiah
              
               calls
               the
               
                 Heavens
              
               ;
               and
               that
               which
               is
               called
               
                 darknesse
              
               in
               
                 Genesis
                 ,
              
               is
               here
               called
               
                 no
                 light
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               End
               of
               the
               second
               Oration
               concerning
               the
               first
               dayes
               work
               of
               the
               Creation
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             THE
             Creation
             of
             the
             VVORLD
             .
             BEING
             An
             Exposition
             on
             the
             Hebrew
             in
             
               Genesis
            
             the
             first
             Chapter
             .
             The
             Third
             Oration
             ,
             concerning
             the
             first
             Dayes
             Work
             .
          
           
             
               Right
               Honourable
               and
               the
               rest
               ,
               Lovers
               of
               Vertue
               .
            
          
           
             I
             Shall
             now
             (
             God
             willing
             )
             shew
             you
             how
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               God
            
             supported
             the
             
               unformed
               world
               ,
            
             and
             thereby
             the
             Divine
             power
             working
             upon
             Nature
             ,
             formed
             ,
             and
             brought
             the
             
               Creation
            
             into
             
               figures
               ,
            
             to
             the
             eternall
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             contemplations
             of
             Angels
             and
             Men
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 (
                 
                   veruahh
                   elohim
                   merahhepheth
                   ghnal-pene
                   hammajim
                   .
                
                 )
              
               
                 Genesis
                 1.2
                 .
              
            
             
             Which
             
               Montanus
            
             translates
             ,
             
               Et
               Spiritus
               Dei
               motabat
               super
               facies
               aquarum
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             English
             Bible
             it
             is
             translated
             thus
             :
             
               And
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               moved
               upon
               the
               face
               of
               the
               waters
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               veruahh
               and
               the
               Spirit
            
             ;
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               ruahh
            
             )
             is
             a
             Noun
             derivative
             ,
             and
             is
             sometimes
             in
             the
             Masculine
             gender
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             the
             Feminine
             .
             Interpreters
             doe
             much
             differ
             about
             its
             signification
             in
             this
             place
             .
          
           
             
               Tertullian
               ,
            
             (
             as
             Doctor
             
               Willet
            
             reports
             )
             and
             so
             the
             later
             
               Iews
            
             generally
             also
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             to
             be
             interpreted
             here
             
               wind
               ;
               A
               mighty
               wind
               ,
               or
               the
               wind
               of
               God
               ,
            
             but
             that
             is
             a
             mistake
             ;
             for
             the
             wind
             was
             not
             yet
             created
             .
          
           
             
               Theodoret
               ,
            
             was
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             by
             it
             ,
             is
             meant
             the
             Aire
             ;
             but
             that
             cannot
             be
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             Creation
             was
             in
             the
             first
             forme
             (
             only
             )
             in
             the
             Chaos
             .
          
           
             
               Cajetanus
               ,
            
             translated
             it
             an
             
               Angel
               ,
            
             because
             
               Angels
            
             are
             said
             to
             bee
             Ministring
             spirits
             ;
             but
             that
             is
             absurd
             :
             God
             needed
             not
             the
             helpe
             of
             Angels
             to
             create
             the
             World
             ,
             nor
             to
             sustaine
             it
             ,
             or
             to
             helpe
             to
             garnish
             it
             when
             the
             first
             forme
             was
             created
             :
             And
             besides
             ,
             it
             doth
             not
             seem
             probable
             ,
             that
             the
             Angels
             could
             be
             ,
             before
             the
             Heavens
             were
             created
             ;
             nor
             had
             God
             yet
             created
             the
             Light
             in
             its
             first
             forme
             ,
             much
             lesse
             the
             Angels
             .
          
           
             The
             old
             
               Rabbins
            
             (
             who
             were
             more
             able
             to
             interpret
             )
             say
             it
             signifies
             
               spirit
               ,
            
             or
             
               ghost
               ,
            
             as
             wee
             have
             it
             translated
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             derived
             from
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               ravahh
               )
               to
               breath
               ,
            
             or
             cause
             breath
             ,
             to
             inspire
             ,
             or
             put
             in
             an
             influence
             of
             motion
             ;
             and
             from
             thence
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               ruahh
            
             )
             signifies
             a
             
               breath
               ,
            
             or
             
               spirit
               .
            
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             here
             in
             the
             Feminine
             gender
             ,
             holding
             forth
             
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             bee
             the
             Creatour
             of
             spirits
             ,
             and
             breath
             ;
             which
             is
             testified
             by
             the
             Prophet
             
               Amos.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 (
                 Hinne
                 jot
                 ser
                 harim
                 ubore
                 ruahh
                 )
              
               
                 Lo
                 ,
                 hee
                 that
                 formed
                 the
                 mountains
                 ,
                 and
                 createth
                 the
                 spirit
                 
                   (
                   or
                   wind
                   )
                
              
               
                 
                   Amos
                
                 4.13
                 .
              
            
          
           
             And
             therefore
             the
             Prophet
             
               David
               ,
            
             confesseth
             unto
             God
             in
             the
             hundred
             and
             fourth
             
               Psalm
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 (
                 Teshallahh
                 ruhhacha
                 jibb
                 areun
                 )
              
               
                 Thou
                 sendest
                 forth
                 thy
                 spirit
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 created
                 .
              
            
          
           
             And
             so
             here
             it
             signifies
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               God
            
             the
             Creatour
             :
             And
             therefore
             it
             follows
             ,
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               Elohim
               )
               God
               ,
            
             God
             in
             Trinity
             ;
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               ruahh
               elohim
            
             )
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             of
             God
             in
             Trinity
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             the
             third
             person
             in
             the
             Deity
             .
          
           
             As
             God
             is
             one
             in
             Unity
             ,
             so
             he
             is
             three
             in
             the
             
               Hypostaces
               ,
            
             Father
             ,
             Son
             ,
             and
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           
             The
             Father
             is
             from
             himselfe
             ,
             the
             excellent
             glory
             ,
             enjoying
             himselfe
             in
             his
             eternall
             will
             .
          
           
             The
             Son
             proceedeth
             from
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             brightnesse
             of
             his
             glory
             ,
             and
             the
             expresse
             Image
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
             enjoying
             himself
             in
             the
             eternity
             of
             his
             Fathers
             will
             .
          
           
             The
             Holy
             Ghost
             proceedeth
             from
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Spirit
             of
             glory
             ,
             enjoying
             himself
             in
             the
             eternall
             motion
             ,
             which
             is
             roused
             up
             ,
             and
             stirred
             from
             the
             eternall
             enjoyment
             ,
             which
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             ,
             have
             each
             in
             other
             .
          
           
           
             This
             is
             a
             great
             mystery
             ,
             &
             it
             canot
             be
             fully
             explained
             to
             the
             senses
             of
             mortall
             men
             ;
             but
             we
             may
             see
             Emblems
             of
             the
             Trinity
             in
             the
             Sun
             ;
             there
             is
             the
             illustrious
             body
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             the
             Warmth
             :
             So
             the
             Father
             is
             the
             excellent
             glory
             ,
             the
             Son
             the
             brighnesse
             of
             that
             glory
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             the
             Spirit
             of
             glory
             .
             And
             God
             in
             Trinity
             ,
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             glory
             ,
             created
             and
             beautified
             the
             world
             .
             And
             therefore
             saith
             holy
             
               Iob.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 (
                 Beruhho
                 shamajim
                 shiphra
                 )
              
               
                 By
                 
                   (
                   or
                   in
                   )
                
                 his
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 he
                 garnished
                 the
                 Heaven
                 .
              
            
             And
             so
             here
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 (
                 Veruahh
                 elohim
                 mer
                 ahhepheth
                 ghnal
                 pene
                 hammajim
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 And
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God
                 moved
                 upon
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 the
                 waters
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               Merahhepheth
               )
               moved
               .
            
             There
             are
             very
             great
             controversies
             about
             the
             meaning
             of
             this
             word
             ;
             and
             many
             disputes
             have
             beene
             among
             the
             Learned
             concerning
             it
             :
             As
             for
             example
             :
          
           
             The
             
               Septuagint
            
             translate
             it
             ,
             
               was
               carried
               .
            
             The
             Spirit
             of
             God
             was
             carried
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             waters
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             a
             Bird
             is
             carried
             with
             her
             feathers
             ,
             swimming
             upon
             the
             waters
             ,
             by
             the
             motion
             of
             her
             feet
             .
             But
             this
             is
             far
             fetcht
             .
          
           
             
               Tremellius
            
             translates
             it
             ,
             
               did
               sit
               ,
            
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             did
             sit
             upon
             the
             waters
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             a
             Hen
             sits
             over
             her
             young
             ,
             and
             this
             I
             confesse
             comes
             nearer
             to
             the
             sence
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             latine
             translation
             renders
             it
             
               motaba
               ,
               did
               flutter
               .
            
             The
             spirit
             of
             God
             did
             flutter
             upon
             the
             faces
             of
             the
             
             waters
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             a
             Bird
             fluttereth
             over-her-nest
             to
             warme
             and
             refresh
             her
             young
             .
          
           
             But
             
               Calvin
               ,
            
             in
             his
             Commentary
             upon
             this
             place
             renders
             two
             significations
             ,
             as
             so
             indifferent
             in
             his
             judgement
             ,
             that
             saith
             he
             ,
             the
             Reader
             may
             take
             that
             which
             he
             likes
             best
             .
             It
             may
             be
             understood
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               stirred
               itselfe
               ,
            
             or
             ,
             
               rested
               upon
               .
            
          
           
             1
             That
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             
               stirred
               it selfe
            
             upon
             the
             waters
             (
             to
             exercise
             his
             strength
             .
             )
          
           
             2
             
               Rested
               upon
            
             them
             (
             to
             sustaine
             them
             .
             )
          
           
             The
             root
             from
             which
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               merahhepheth
            
             )
             is
             derived
             is
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               rahhaph
            
             )
             which
             in
             the
             English
             Bible
             ,
             is
             severally
             rendered
             .
          
           
             Sometimes
             it
             is
             translated
             
               to
               shake
               ,
            
             And
             so
             when
             the
             Prophet
             
               Ieremiah
            
             being
             troubled
             at
             the
             peoples
             sinnes
             ,
             said
             .
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
            
             (
             
               rahhaphu
               col-ghnatsmothai
            
             )
             which
             is
             translated
             in
             our
             English
             Bibles
             thus
             ,
             
               all
               my
               bones
               shake
               ,
            
             that
             was
             ,
             through
             the
             influence
             that
             it
             wrought
             upon
             him
             ,
             it
             made
             his
             bones
             to
             stirre
             ,
             and
             move
             within
             him
             ,
             all
             his
             bones
             did
             shake
             .
          
           
             Sometimes
             again
             it
             is
             translated
             to
             
               flutter
               ,
            
             as
             in
             
               Deuteronomie
               ,
            
             where
             
               Moses
            
             sets
             downe
             Gods
             out-flowne
             love
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             under
             the
             similitude
             of
             an
             Eagle
             over
             her
             young
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             the
             
               Hebrew
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
            
             (
             
               ghnal-gozalaiv
               jerahheph
            
             )
             It
             is
             translated
             
               fluttereth
               over
               her
               young
               ,
            
             moves
             ,
             expands
             ,
             spreads
             ,
             puts
             influence
             in
             ,
             by
             resting
             upon
             ,
             as
             the
             sun
             that
             spreads
             its
             beames
             
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             fluttereth
             over
             her
             egges
             ,
             not
             chickens
             ,
             for
             so
             the
             word
             imports
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               gozel
            
             )
             signifies
             the
             young
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             propagated
             and
             brought
             forth
             in
             the
             birth
             ,
             which
             of
             birds
             must
             be
             the
             egges
             &
             nothing
             else
             :
             It
             is
             derived
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               gazal
            
             )
             which
             signifieth
             to
             part
             away
             violently
             ,
             which
             must
             needs
             be
             the
             egge
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             chicken
             .
             So
             that
             this
             fluttering
             (
             of
             the
             Eagle
             )
             over
             her
             young
             ,
             is
             her
             sitting
             upon
             her
             egges
             to
             hatch
             them
             ,
             which
             she
             doth
             by
             that
             warmth
             that
             floweth
             from
             her
             into
             the
             egges
             .
             And
             so
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             is
             said
             to
             sit
             ,
             or
             move
             ,
             here
             .
          
           
             And
             there
             are
             five
             things
             more
             to
             be
             considered
             concerning
             this
             word
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               merahhepheth
               )
               he
               moved
               .
            
          
           
             
               1.
               
               That
               it
               is
               a
               participle
               in
               
                 Benoni
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 moving
                 ,
              
               which
               shewes
               unto
               us
               ,
               that
               all
               creatures
               subsist
               by
               motion
               ,
               the
               Sunne
               ,
               Moone
               ,
               and
               Starres
               are
               preserved
               by
               motion
               ;
               men
               ,
               and
               all
               living
               creatures
               dye
               when
               they
               cease
               to
               breath
               .
               And
               all
               things
               that
               grow
               ,
               are
               in
               perpetuall
               motion
               of
               putting
               forth
               themselves
               ,
               to
               budding
               ,
               or
               ripening
               what
               flowes
               from
               them
               ,
               which
               ceasing
               ,
               they
               dye
               .
            
             
               2
               By
               the
               conjunction
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 v
              
               )
               prefix
               to
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 ruahh
              
               )
               we
               are
               to
               consider
               that
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 hajeta
                 )
                 was
                 ,
              
               is
               to
               be
               understood
               ,
               for
               
                 Moses
              
               now
               spake
               of
               the
               time
               past
               ,
               for
               the
               creation
               was
               long
               before
               he
               was
               .
            
             
               3.
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 merahhepheth
              
               )
               is
               here
               in
               the
               Conjugation
               
                 Pihel
                 ,
              
               (
               though
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 hh
              
               )
               hath
               no
               
                 dagesh
                 ,
              
               for
               it
               is
               one
               of
               those
               Letters
               that
               will
               not
               beare
               it
               ,
               being
               as
               much
               as
               double
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 h
              
               )
               it selfe
               :
               )
               And
               by
               the
               
               Grammar
               rules
               ,
               signifies
               a
               doubling
               of
               the
               sence
               ,
               as
               to
               say
               
                 moved
                 ,
                 moved
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 continually
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 vehemently
                 moved
                 .
              
            
             
               4
               By
               the
               affix
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 th
              
               )
               it
               appeares
               to
               be
               the
               Feminine
               Gender
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               signifie
               such
               a
               motion
               as
               causeth
               production
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               bring
               forth
               ;
               what
               the
               Trinity
               had
               decreed
               .
            
             
               5
               By
               the
               Termination
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 eth
              
               )
               it
               is
               the
               plurall
               number
               ,
               and
               so
               holds
               forth
               the
               severall
               workings
               of
               Gods
               spirit
               herein
               .
               First
               ,
               To
               preserve
               the
               
                 first
              
               Form
               of
               nature
               which
               God
               had
               created
               .
               And
               secondly
               ,
               To
               cause
               that
               Forme
               to
               put
               forth
               it selfe
               to
               production
               ,
               as
               to
               what
               God
               by
               his
               
                 fiat
              
               afterwards
               appointed
               it
               .
            
          
           
             And
             thus
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             is
             said
             to
             move
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             waters
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               ghnal-pene
               )
               upon
               the
               face
               ,
            
             faces
             ,
             or
             rather
             aspects
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               hammajim
               )
               of
               the
               waters
            
             ;
             for
             the
             waters
             then
             were
             higher
             then
             the
             Chaos
             ,
             But
             I
             shall
             refer
             that
             of
             the
             waters
             ,
             untill
             the
             second
             days
             work
             of
             the
             Creation
             .
          
           
             The
             End
             of
             the
             third
             Oration
             ,
             concerning
             the
             first
             days
             work
             of
             the
             Creation
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             fourth
             and
             last
             Oration
             ,
             concerning
             the
             first
             dayes
             worke
             of
             the
             CREATION
             .
          
           
             
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               ,
               Lovers
               of
               Vertue
               :
            
          
           
             COncerning
             the
             
               Light
            
             which
             God
             created
             the
             first
             day
             ,
             
               Moses
            
             saith
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             is
             rendred
             in
             the
             Hebrew
             )
             
               Genesis
            
             1.
             
               verses
            
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             
               
                 3
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 4
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 5
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
            
             
               
                 1
                 (
                 
                   Vajiomer
                   elohim
                   jehi-or
                   :
                   vaihi
                   or
                   .
                
                 )
              
               
                 4
                 
                   Vajiar
                   elohim
                   eth
                   haor
                   ci-tobh
                   :
                   vajiavhdil
                   elohim
                   ben
                   haor
                   uben
                   hahhoshec
                   .
                
              
               
                 5
                 
                   Vajiikra
                   elohim
                   laor
                   jom
                   ,
                   velahhoshec
                   kara
                   laila
                   vaihi-ghnerbh
                   vaihi
                   boker
                   jom
                   ehhadh
                   .
                
                 )
              
            
             Which
             
               Montanus
            
             renders
             in
             Latine
             ,
             
               
                 3
                 Et
                 dixit
                 Deus
                 :
                 sit
                 lux
                 ,
                 &
                 fuit
                 lux
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 Et
                 vidit
                 Deus
                 lucem
                 ,
                 quod
                 bona
                 ;
                 &
                 divisit
                 Deus
                 inter
                 lucem
                 ,
                 &
                 inter
                 tenebras
                 .
              
               
               
                 5
                 Et
                 vocavit
                 Deus
                 lucem
                 diem
                 ,
                 &
                 tenebras
                 vocavit
                 noctem
                 ,
                 &
                 fuit
                 vespera
                 ,
                 &
                 fuit
                 mane
                 ,
                 dies
                 unus
                 .
              
            
             And
             in
             our
             English
             Bibles
             it
             is
             translated
             thus
             :
             
               
                 3
                 And
                 God
                 said
                 ,
                 Let
                 there
                 be
                 light
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 light
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 And
                 God
                 saw
                 the
                 light
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 good
                 ;
                 and
                 God
                 divided
                 the
                 light
                 from
                 the
                 darknesse
                 .
              
               
                 5
                 And
                 God
                 called
                 the
                 light
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 darknesse
                 he
                 called
                 night
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 evening
                 and
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 were
                 the
                 first
                 day
                 .
              
            
          
           
             To
             begin
             with
             the
             third
             Verse
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               Vajjomer
               elohim
               .
               )
               And
               God
               said
               ,
            
             God
             in
             Trinity
             .
             The
             great
             question
             disputed
             amongst
             the
             Learned
             is
             ,
             
               How
               God
               here
               did
               say
               ,
            
             or
             speake
             ,
             seeing
             he
             is
             a
             Spirit
             ?
             To
             which
             I
             answer
             thus
             :
          
           
             There
             are
             seven
             Hebrew
             words
             ,
             which
             I
             finde
             in
             the
             Bible
             all
             translated
             to
             speake
             ;
             but
             they
             differ
             thus
             ,
             1
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               dabhabh
            
             )
             signifies
             to
             speak
             
               in
               wrath
               ,
            
             or
             what
             comes
             from
             anger
             .
             2
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               dabhar
            
             )
             to
             speak
             out
             a
             thing
             by
             
               argument
               ,
            
             or
             alleadging
             reason
             .
             3
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               malal
            
             )
             to
             speak
             with
             
               power
               ,
            
             efficacy
             ,
             or
             majesty
             .
             4
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               ghnana
            
             )
             to
             utter
             with
             the
             mouth
             ,
             
               slowly
               ,
            
             soberly
             ,
             and
             leasurely
             .
             5
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               naam
            
             )
             to
             speake
             pleasantly
             ,
             and
             merrily
             ,
             or
             singing
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             .
             6
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               hagha
            
             )
             to
             speak
             by
             a
             
               groan
               ,
            
             or
             a
             
               sigh
               .
            
             And
             7
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               amar
            
             )
             to
             speake
             by
             any
             way
             of
             manifesting
             what
             is
             in
             the
             
               minde
            
             or
             thought
             ,
             as
             an
             Artist
             that
             ingraves
             ,
             carves
             ,
             or
             paints
             a
             resemblance
             ,
             to
             manifest
             what
             is
             in
             his
             fancy
             .
          
           
           
             We
             expresse
             what
             is
             in
             our
             mindes
             by
             writing
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             by
             words
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             
               Egyptians
            
             did
             the
             like
             by
             
               Hereglifixes
            
             :
             And
             men
             by
             their
             lives
             and
             conversations
             thus
             speake
             what
             is
             in
             their
             hearts
             and
             mindes
             :
             And
             therefore
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             
               David
               ,
               Psal.
            
             94.4
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               jithammeru
               col
               pongale
               aven
            
             )
             which
             our
             English
             Translation
             renders
             thus
             .
             
               All
               the
               workers
               of
               iniquity
               boast
               themselves
               ,
            
             speak
             themselves
             ,
             their
             hearts
             speak
             by
             their
             works
             .
          
           
             And
             therefore
             saith
             
               David
            
             in
             53
             
               Psalme
               ,
            
             and
             the
             1
             
               Verse
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               amar
               nabhal
               belibbo
               en
               elohim
               )
               the
               fool
               hath
               said
               in
               his
               heart
               there
               is
               no
               God
               .
               Corrupt
               are
               they
               ,
               and
               have
               done
               abominable
               iniquity
               ;
            
             That
             is
             ,
             by
             the
             abominable
             iniquity
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             he
             hath
             manifested
             that
             he
             hath
             a
             corrupt
             heart
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             doth
             not
             beleeve
             in
             God
             ;
             he
             hath
             avouched
             it
             by
             his
             conversation
             .
          
           
             And
             where
             
               Moses
            
             saith
             in
             the
             26
             Chapter
             of
             
               Deuteronomy
            
             vers.
             17.
             
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               Eth
               Iehova
               heemarta
               hajjom
               lihjoth
               lecha
               lelohim
               )
            
             which
             is
             rendred
             in
             the
             English
             ,
             
               Thou
               hast
               avouched
               the
               Lord
               this
               day
               to
               be
               thy
               God
               .
            
             And
             verse
             18.
             the
             same
             word
             is
             used
             againe
             ,
             and
             so
             translated
             .
             
               And
               the
               Lord
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               heemirecha
               )
               hath
               avouched
               thee
               this
               day
               to
               be
               his
               peculiar
               people
            
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             hath
             manifested
             what
             is
             in
             his
             minde
             towards
             thee
             .
          
           
           
             
               God
               said
            
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             It
             was
             in
             the
             counsell
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             That
             now
             there
             should
             be
             light
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               johi
               )
               Let
               there
               be
               ,
            
             it
             is
             a
             branch
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               haja
            
             )
             to
             cause
             being
             ,
             and
             is
             in
             the
             Future
             tense
             ,
             and
             third
             person
             singular
             ,
             by
             the
             prefix
             י
             (
             
               j
            
             )
             properly
             
               it
               shall
               be
               ,
            
             light
             shall
             have
             a
             being
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               or
               )
               light
               .
            
             The
             Learned
             (
             both
             primative
             ,
             and
             later
             Fathers
             )
             have
             been
             very
             inquisitive
             to
             finde
             out
             what
             this
             light
             was
             ,
             that
             was
             this
             first
             day
             created
             ,
             and
             have
             much
             differed
             about
             it
             .
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             some
             of
             their
             opinions
             .
          
           
             
               1
               I
               will
               begin
               with
               
                 Austin
                 ,
              
               he
               thought
               it
               was
               a
               
                 spirituall
                 ,
              
               and
               no
               naturall
               ,
               or
               corporeall
               
                 light
              
               ;
               but
               that
               cannot
               be
               ,
               because
               it
               did
               distinguish
               day
               and
               night
               .
            
             
               2
               
                 Catharinus
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               ,
               conceived
               it
               to
               be
               the
               perfect
               light
               of
               the
               
                 Sun
                 ,
              
               now
               made
               this
               first
               day
               ,
               and
               rehearsed
               againe
               the
               fourth
               day
               ;
               but
               that
               is
               directly
               against
               the
               Text
               of
               the
               Scripture
               in
               verse
               16.
               where
               it
               is
               expresly
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 God
                 made
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 the
                 Moon
                 and
                 Stars
                 .
              
            
             
               3
               
                 Nazianzen
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               
                 Theodoret
              
               say
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               such
               a
               
                 bright
                 cloud
                 ,
              
               that
               no
               mortall
               nature
               could
               endure
               to
               look
               upon
               it
               whilst
               it
               was
               whole
               ,
               and
               that
               therefore
               it
               was
               afterwards
               dispersed
               into
               severall
               bodies
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               Moon
               ,
               and
               Stars
               :
               But
               that
               is
               very
               improbable
               ;
               for
               then
               the
               most
               absolute
               glory
               of
               the
               whole
               Creation
               should
               have
               lost
               its
               perfection
               ,
               before
               man
               was
               created
               .
            
             
               4
               
                 Damascene
              
               supposed
               ,
               that
               this
               light
               proceeded
               from
               the
               
                 element
                 of
                 fire
              
               ;
               but
               that
               cannot
               be
               ,
               for
               the
               Element
               of
               fire
               was
               not
               (
               as
               yet
               )
               created
               .
            
             
             
               5
               
                 Basil
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               ,
               hold
               it
               to
               be
               a
               
                 light
                 without
                 a
                 subject
                 ,
              
               afterwards
               fastened
               to
               the
               body
               of
               the
               Sun
               :
               Indeed
               if
               it
               had
               beene
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               
                 maor
              
               )
               there
               had
               been
               some
               ground
               for
               this
               opinion
               ,
               but
               being
               that
               it
               is
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 (
                 or
                 )
                 a
                 body
                 of
                 light
                 ,
              
               that
               appears
               a
               clear
               mistake
               .
            
             
               6
               
                 Thomas
                 Aquinas
                 ,
              
               relates
               this
               light
               to
               be
               the
               
                 Sun
                 ,
              
               but
               as
               yet
               imperfect
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               beautified
               ,
               and
               finished
               .
               If
               he
               had
               onely
               said
               it
               had
               been
               such
               a
               light
               ,
               and
               not
               called
               it
               the
               
                 Sun
                 ,
              
               his
               relation
               had
               been
               more
               probable
               .
            
             
               7
               
                 Beda
                 ,
                 Lyranus
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 Master
                 of
                 sentences
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               ,
               alleadge
               it
               to
               be
               a
               
                 bright
                 lightsome
                 cloud
                 ,
              
               which
               was
               carried
               about
               by
               a
               circular
               motion
               ,
               and
               gave
               light
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               indeed
               this
               is
               something
               to
               the
               purpose
               :
               But
               ,
            
             
               8
               Others
               ,
               together
               with
               those
               quoted
               by
               
                 Piscator
                 ,
              
               say
               ,
               that
               this
               light
               was
               
                 a
                 little
                 cloud
                 that
                 had
                 a
                 glimmering
                 light
                 in
                 it
                 ,
              
               brought
               out
               of
               those
               waters
               ,
               where
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               moved
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               it
               was
               caused
               to
               move
               with
               a
               circular
               motion
               about
               the
               masse
               of
               waters
               ,
               and
               Chaos
               ;
               and
               this
               seems
               to
               be
               most
               probable
               ,
               and
               agreeing
               with
               the
               whole
               History
               .
            
          
           
             And
             yet
             some
             goe
             a
             step
             further
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             that
             this
             little
             light
             was
             afterwards
             translated
             into
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             on
             the
             fourth
             day
             when
             it
             was
             created
             ;
             but
             that
             is
             an
             extream
             curiosity
             .
          
           
             
               Verse
            
             4.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               Vajjar
               elohim
               eth
               haor
               ci-tobh
               .
               )
               And
               God
               saw
               the
               light
               that
               it
               was
               good
               .
            
             The
             exposition
             of
             this
             ,
             I
             shall
             refer
             to
             the
             last
             verse
             of
             the
             Chapter
             .
             It
             follows
             ,
          
           
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               Vajjabhdil
               elohim
               )
               And
               God
               divided
            
             ;
             God
             in
             Trinity
             ,
             made
             the
             light
             to
             be
             morning
             in
             one
             hemisphere
             ,
             whilst
             it
             was
             darknesse
             in
             the
             other
             .
             There
             was
             a
             clear
             distinct
             division
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               ben
               )
               between
               ,
            
             for
             even
             the
             whole
             Chaos
             was
             between
             them
             ;
             and
             what
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               haor
            
             this
             light
             was
             ,
             I
             shewed
             you
             out
             of
             the
             third
             
               verse
               .
            
             And
             what
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               hahhoshec
            
             )
             this
             darknesse
             was
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             second
             
               verse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Verse
            
             5.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               vajjikra
               elohim
               )
               And
               God
               called
            
             ;
             and
             so
             also
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               kara
               )
               He
               called
            
             ;
             they
             are
             both
             one
             word
             ,
             onely
             the
             former
             hath
             the
             conjunction
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               v
            
             )
             and
             so
             is
             formed
             as
             the
             Future
             ,
             but
             is
             the
             Preter
             tense
             ,
             a
             phrase
             usuall
             in
             Hebrew
             in
             this
             manner
             .
             It
             signifies
             such
             a
             calling
             as
             doth
             manifest
             ,
             or
             proclaime
             a
             thing
             ,
             whereby
             the
             nature
             or
             quality
             thereof
             is
             rendred
             :
             And
             thus
             God
             here
             did
             manifest
             ,
             and
             proclaime
             
               (
               laor
               )
               to
               the
               light
               ,
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               velahhoshech
               )
               and
               to
               the
               darknesse
               ,
            
             for
             both
             have
             the
             prefix
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               l
               )
               to
            
             them
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               jom
               )
               day
               ,
            
             the
             light
             is
             very
             properly
             called
             day
             ,
             being
             derived
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               hamam
            
             )
             which
             signifies
             ,
             
               to
               brandish
               ,
               and
               put
               to
               flight
            
             ;
             for
             so
             doth
             the
             brandishing
             lustre
             of
             the
             day
             expell
             the
             darknesse
             of
             the
             night
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               laila
            
             )
             night
             ,
             it
             is
             derived
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               lajal
            
             )
             to
             wander
             about
             ,
             round
             and
             round
             ,
             and
             with
             circumferences
             ,
             as
             one
             that
             goes
             up
             a
             paire
             of
             stairs
             ;
             so
             do
             men
             that
             walk
             in
             the
             night
             .
             And
             so
             doth
             the
             darknesse
             flye
             before
             the
             day
             in
             its
             motion
             also
             .
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               vaihi
               ghnereth
               )
               And
               the
               evening
               was
               ,
            
             it
             is
             derived
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               ghnarabh
            
             )
             to
             
               mix
               ,
            
             and
             when
             the
             evening
             comes
             ,
             it
             mixes
             all
             things
             with
             it selfe
             ,
             in
             one
             conjunction
             of
             darknesse
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               vaihi
               boker
               )
               and
               the
               morning
               was
               .
            
             It
             is
             derived
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               baker
            
             )
             to
             inquire
             or
             aske
             ;
             which
             as
             it
             relates
             what
             men
             then
             begin
             to
             do
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             for
             it
             teaches
             us
             what
             is
             our
             duty
             towards
             God
             ,
             even
             to
             aske
             of
             him
             our
             daily
             bread
             ,
             even
             all
             things
             whereof
             we
             stand
             in
             need
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               vaihi
               )
               was
               ,
            
             expressed
             both
             to
             the
             evening
             and
             to
             the
             morning
             ,
             shewes
             that
             all
             the
             day
             ,
             each
             of
             them
             had
             a
             manifest
             being
             in
             that
             hemisphere
             ,
             (
             wherein
             for
             the
             present
             they
             
               were
            
             each
             of
             them
             but
             )
             a
             part
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               jom
               ehhadh
               )
               the
               first
               day
               ,
            
             properly
             (
             it
             signifies
             )
             one
             day
             .
             It
             is
             not
             usuall
             in
             Hebrew
             to
             call
             any
             thing
             first
             ,
             but
             God
             himselfe
             :
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               '
               ehhadh
            
             )
             is
             derived
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             
               ahhadh
            
             )
             to
             joyne
             together
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             joynt
             motion
             of
             the
             evening
             and
             morning
             made
             one
             day
             ,
             for
             after
             the
             light
             was
             created
             ,
             both
             night
             and
             day
             were
             continually
             ,
             for
             wheresoever
             it
             was
             day
             ,
             it
             was
             at
             that
             present
             ,
             night
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             now
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             Hemisphere
             in
             our
             Antipodes
             .
             But
             the
             evening
             was
             first
             every where
             ,
             untill
             the
             morning
             light
             approached
             .
             And
             some
             thinke
             (
             and
             perhaps
             it
             may
             be
             so
             too
             )
             that
             this
             light
             was
             made
             about
             the
             time
             we
             call
             six
             a
             clocke
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             the
             day
             being
             then
             about
             six
             houres
             long
             :
             And
             yet
             others
             thinke
             ,
             that
             all
             that
             God
             made
             of
             
             the
             Creation
             this
             day
             was
             succinct
             ,
             immediately
             one
             thing
             after
             another
             ,
             about
             the
             time
             we
             call
             midnight
             ,
             And
             so
             the
             whole
             day
             and
             night
             ,
             succeeded
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             in
             order
             after
             .
          
           
             The
             end
             of
             the
             fourth
             and
             last
             Oration
             concerning
             the
             first
             dayes
             worke
             of
             the
             Creation
             .