...anticipated this barrier to our natural researches. " He stretcheth out the north over the empty and hangcth the earth upon nothing. " He bindeth up the waters in his thick and the cloud is not rent under them. " He holdeth back the face of his thro spreadeth his cloud upon...

...gives us a most lofty and elegant description of the power and providence of the Creator. He stretched out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the...heaven tremble, and are astonished at his reproof. Lo ! these are parts of his zvays, but hou little a portion is heard of him ? Bui the thunder of his...

...dust of " the earth in a measure, and weighed the " mountains in scales, and the hills in a " balance? He stretcheth out the north " over the empty place, and hangeth the " earth upon nothing." Who said " let " there be light, and there was light" — and to the tempestuous billows, " hitherto...

...8. And yet the earth hath neither bafcs nor pillars ; this the Ycriptures witnefs : " He frretcheth out the north" over -the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing." Job xxv i. 7. • ^ •• • His 'His name Jhall be called Wonderful. His generation has been moft...

...Meditations upon the Works of Go J. 39 " He hath stretched out the heavens over the chaos, end hath hung the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is nut rent under them. His power raiseth the waves of the sea, and his wisdom restraineth their fury.*...

...the mighty waters. 2. The meteors in the hea. vens are under the direction of providence ; He b ndeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them, Job xxvi. 8. amazing it is, that such a body of water should be wrapped up in so thin a garment as...

...these fruits of the divine agency, which are enumerated in the twenty sixth chapter of Job, as thus, " He stretcheth out the north over the empty place,...thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. He hath compassed the waters...

...them," 1 Sam. ii. 8. And yet the earth hath neither bases nor pillars; this the scriptures witness; " He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing," Job xxvi. 7. " His name shall be called Wonderful." His generation has been most faithfully traced...

...they know,. of what is ever before them, of even the visible works of his hands ? How " he spreadeth the North over the empty place, and hangeth the Earth upon nothing ?" How he unites all the parts of this vast machine by a secret chain, which cannot be broken ? So...

...magnificent : Hell, we are told, is naked before God, and de~ Jtruclion hath no covering. He Jlretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the...thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. — He hath compajfed the 'waters 'with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. The pillars...