Part I. in /;6^ C r e at i o n. 79. 



creeping innumerable^ both [mall and great BeaJiSy 



&c. How doth it exa<5]:ly compofe it lelf to a 



Level, or equal Superficies, and in the Earth 



make up one Spherical Roundnefs? How doth 



it conftantly obferve its Ebbs and Flows, its 



Spring and Nepe-tides, and ftiU retains its Salt- 



nefs^ fo convenient for the Maintenance of its 



Inhabitants, ferving alfo the Ufes of Man for 



Navigation, and the Convenience of Carriage ? 



That it (hould be confined by Shores, and Strands^ 



and Limits, I mean at firft, when it was natural 



to it to overflow and ftand above the Earth. 



All thefe Particulars declare abundance of Wif- 



dom in their Primitive Conftitution. This lafl 



the Pfalmift takes Notice of in the 6th, 7th, 



8th, and 9th Verfes of this Pfalm : Speaking 



of the Earth at the firft Creation, he faith, Thou 



coverdyi it with the Deep as with a Garment^ the 



Waters Jiood above the Mount ai?is: At thy Re-- 



buke they fled^ at the Voice of thy Thunder they 



hajied away (the Mountains afcend^ the Valleys 



dejcend) unto the Place thou haji prepared for 



them. ' Thou haji fet a Bound that they may not 



pafs over: That they turn not again to cover 



the Earth, But what Need was there (may fome 



fay) that the Sea fhould be made fo large, that 



its Superficies fhould equal, if not exceed, that of 



the dry Land ? Where is the Wifdom of the 



Creator in making fo much ufelefs Sea, and fo 



little dry Xand, which would have been far 



more beneficial and ferviceable to Mankind? 



Might not at leaft half the Sea have been fpar'd, 



and added to the Land, for the Entertainment 



2 . and 



