...let him alfo consider, whether when the Prophet HABAK.KUK fays -f", that at the prefence of Deity, " the deep uttered his voice, and » lifted up his hands on high," there is not an amazing vigour arid fublimity in the Profopopeia. " The former part, fays an ingenious...

...Ahdian did tremble. — The mountains faw thec, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water pafTed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. - The fun and moon ftood flill in their habtiation. Thou didft march through th: land in indignation, thou...

..." afraid — The mountains faw thee, and they trembled " — The overflowings of the waters pafled by — The deep " uttered his voice, and lifted up...Scriptures is very different from modern poetry. It is the burft of infpiration. Bold fublimity, and not correct elegance, is its character. The feveral kinds...

...afraid— '" the mountains faw thee, and they trembled.— The overflow'" ing of the water -pafled by ;— the deep uttered his voice, and " lifted up his hands on high." When inquiry is made about the place of wifdom, Job introduces the " Deep, faying, it is not " in me...

...cleave the earth wi-th rivers. The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. The sun and moon stood still m their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining...

...tbre earth 10 with rivers, The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high ; the waters, as if affrighted, lifted up their waves with a great noisr, and rose, like 1 1 a man mho climbs...

...thy chariots of falvation. Thou didft cleave the earth : the mountains faw thee, and they trembled : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. The fun and moon flood ftill in their habitation : at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the fiwning...

...ways are everlast*' ing. The mountains saw thee; and they trembled. The *' overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered his ** voice, and lifted up his hands on high." The noted instance given by Longinus, from Moses, " God " said, Let there be light ; and there was light,"...

...God, and were afraid.... the mountains saw thee, and they trembled....The overflowing of the water passed by ;....the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high." When inquiry is made about the place of wisdom, Job introduces the " Deep, saying, it is not in me...

...figures. The figure, however, which elevates beyond all others the poetical style of the scrip! ures, is personification. The personifications of the inspired...; " the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his bands " on high." The poetry of the scriptures is very different from modern poetry. It is the burst...