The sun is _as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race_. (Ps. 104, v. 19.) _The sun knoweth his going down._ (Eccles. 1, v. 5.) _The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down._ Secondly. The sun, by a miracle, stood still in the time of Joshua. (Joshua, ch. 10, v. 12, 13, 14,) and by a miracle it went back in the time of Hezekiah. (Isa. ch. 38, v. 8.) Thirdly. The earth is said to be _fixed immovably_. (Ps. 93, v. 1.) _The world also is established, that it cannot be moved._ (Ps. 104, v. 5.) _Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever._ (Ps. 119, v. 90, 91.) _Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances._ Fourthly. Neither could birds, which often fly off through an hour's circuit, be able to return to their nests; for in the mean time the earth would move four hundred and fifty of our miles. Fifthly. Whatever flies or is suspended in the air ought [by this theory] to move from west to east; but this is proved not to be true from birds, arrows shot forth, atoms made manifest in the sun, and down floating in the atmosphere." If it be replied to this reasoning that the Scripture, in natural things, speaks according to the common opinion, Turretin answers, "First, that the spirit of God best understands natural things; secondly, that, in giving instruction in religion, he meant these things should be used, not abused; thirdly, that he is not the author of any error; fourthly, neither is he to be corrected on this pretence by our blind reason." If it be replied that birds, the air, and all things are moved with the earth, he answers, "First, that this is a mere fiction, since air is a fluid body; and secondly, if so, by what force would birds be able to go from east to west."--_Compendium Theologicae Didactico-Elencticae_, (Amsterdam, 1695.)