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Matthew Poole and continuators on Nehemiah 9:6

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Nehemiah9:6

6 Thou, even thou art LORD alone, thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are therein, the seas and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all, and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Either 1. The stars, which after their manner worship and praise God, as all the creatures do after their manner, of which, see Psal. 148. or rather 2. The Angels who are so called, as 1 King. 22. 19. Luke 2. 13. who do worship God truly and properly. And it is most usual, and reasonable to understand all words properly, where there is no need of a figurative interpretation. And if this were understood of metaphorical, and objective worshipping of God, there seems to be no reason to appropriate that to the host of Heaven, to wit, the stars, seeing the hosts of sea and earth do in that sense worship God no less than the stars do, namely, in giving Angels and men matter and occasion of worshipping and praising of God.

Marginal references: Gen. 1. 1.; Deut. 10. 14.; Gen. 2. 1.

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