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     * 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.