25676That the Earth may be a Planet.
but declinare, or vacillare, to decline or ſlip
aſide from its natural courſe. Thus it is
uſed by David, Pſal. 17. 5. where he prays,
Hold up my goings in thy Paths, ןטמגלב
that my Foot-ſteps ſlide not. He does
not mean that his feet ſhould not move. So
Pſal. 121. 3. He will not ſuffer thy foot to be
moved. Thus likewiſe, Pſal. 16. 8. Becauſe
the Lord is at my right band, I ſhall not be
moved: which laſt place is tranſlated in the
New Teſtament, by the Greek word {οα-
11Act.2.25. λευω, which ſignifies fluctuare, or vacillare,
to be ſhaken by ſuch an uncertain motion,
as the Waves of the Sea. Now, as David's
feet may have their uſual motion, and yet
in this ſenſe be ſaid not to move, that is,
not to decline or ſlip aſide : ſo neither can
the ſame phraſe, applied to the Earth, prove
it to be immovable.
aſide from its natural courſe. Thus it is
uſed by David, Pſal. 17. 5. where he prays,
Hold up my goings in thy Paths, ןטמגלב
that my Foot-ſteps ſlide not. He does
not mean that his feet ſhould not move. So
Pſal. 121. 3. He will not ſuffer thy foot to be
moved. Thus likewiſe, Pſal. 16. 8. Becauſe
the Lord is at my right band, I ſhall not be
moved: which laſt place is tranſlated in the
New Teſtament, by the Greek word {οα-
11Act.2.25. λευω, which ſignifies fluctuare, or vacillare,
to be ſhaken by ſuch an uncertain motion,
as the Waves of the Sea. Now, as David's
feet may have their uſual motion, and yet
in this ſenſe be ſaid not to move, that is,
not to decline or ſlip aſide : ſo neither can
the ſame phraſe, applied to the Earth, prove
it to be immovable.