The Sea and the Earth
The formation of the earth and sea on the third day. The earth and water form one globe, proved from lunar eclipses, the common center of gravity, and Scripture. The waters were gathered by God causing the water to become denser and salty. On this third day God caused the earth partly to sink and partly to rise, forming mountains and valleys and chasms into which the sea withdrew. The earth was placed in the middle of the universe, held there by God's will and because it is the heaviest of created things.
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 9: Let the waters be gathered together
— The earth and water form one globe, proved from lunar eclipses, the common center of gravity, and Scripture.
"The earth and water form one globe; and consequently the water is not higher than the earth. This is the common opinion of mathematicians"
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Verse 9: Let the waters be gathered together
— The waters were gathered by God causing the water to become denser and salty, contracting itself and occupying less space.
"God caused the fresh water to become for the most part denser, by heaping into it terrestrial exhalations, by which the sea was made salty, both lest it putrefy, and so that it might have nourishment for fish"
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Verse 9: Let the waters be gathered together
— On this third day God caused the earth to sink and rise, forming mountains and valleys, and chasms into which the sea withdrew.
"on this third day of the world God caused the earth partly to sink down and partly to rise up. Whence mountains and valleys were formed: also various chasms and cavities in the earth, into which, as into channels, the sea withdrew."
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Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations
— The earth placed in the middle of the universe, held there by God's will and because it is the heaviest of created things.
"the earth created by God was placed in the middle of the universe, and there it stands firm: both because the will and power of God constantly holds and supports it like a ball suspended in mid-air"