* To make the weight, etc.
God has given an atmosphere to the earth, which, possessing a
certain degree of gravity perfectly suited to the necessities
of all animals, vegetables, and fluids, should be the cause,
in His hands, of preserving animal and vegetable life; for by
it the blood circulates in the veins of animals, and the
juices in the tubes of vegetables. Without this atmospheric
pressure there could be no respiration; and the elasticity of
the particles of air in animal and vegetable bodies, would
rupture the vessels in which they are contained, and destroy
both kinds of life.
Ps 135:7 Isa 40:12
* he weigheth.
He has exactly proportioned the aqueous surface of the earth
to the terrene parts, for the purpose of evaporation, etc.
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