...the earth was without Form, and void, (that is. it was without regular fhape or ordery and darknefs was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters And God faid, Let there be light, and there was light; and God faw the light that it was good : and...

...was employed. " He spake ; and it was done : he commanded ; and it stood fast. The earth was at first without form, and void ; and darkness was on the face of the deep." The Almighty surveyed the dark ahyss ; and fixed hounds to the several divisions of nature. He said,...

...world. Had any one beheld the earth in its state of chaos ; when the elements lay mixed and confused ; when the earth was without form and void ; and darkness was on the face of the deep ; would he have believed, that it was presently to become so fair and well-ordered a globe as we now...

...employed. " He spake ; and it was done : He commanded, and it stood fast." The earth was, at first, " without form, and void ; and darkness was on the face of the deep." The Almigiity surveyed the dark aj^yss ; and fixed bounds to the several divisions of nature. He said,...

...employed. " He spake ; and it was done : he commanded ; and it stood fast. The earth, was at first without form, and void ; and darkness was on the face of the deop." The Almighty surveyed the dark abyss } and fixed bounds to the several divisions of nature....

...inferior globe : the material mass of earth and waler blended. This mass being thus framed and mixed, ' the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.' The word moved (MERACBEPHETH) signifies a gentle motion, like that of a dove over its nest, to communicate...

...and it was done : he commanded and it stood fast ! The earth, as we learn in holy writ, was at first without form, and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. The Almighty surveyed the dark abyss, and fixed bounds to the several divisions of nature. He said,...

...was employed. " He spake ; and it was done : he commanded ; and it stood fast. The earth was at first without form, and void ; and darkness was on the face of the deep." The Almighty surveyed the dark abyss ; and fixed bounds to the several divisions ot nature. He said,...

...heavens and the earth ;" and then, going on with the details of that creation, states that "the earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep." Then follows the production of light. Then it is added — " And God said, Let there be a firmament...

...repeated no less than thirtyfive times, viz. in the beginning God created the heavens, aud the earth, and the spirit of God moved on the face of the waters, and God said, let there be light, aud God saw the light, &c. &c. But immediately from the beginning...