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The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
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Verse 2. Spirit of God, giving life, vigour, and motion to things, and preparing the waters for the sacred office of baptism, in which, by the institution of J. Calmet., we must be born again; and, like spiritual fishes, swim amid the tempestuous billows of this world. v. Tert. and so forth Worthington. Bible.—This Spirit is what the Pagan philosophers styled the Soul of the World. Calmet.—If we compare their writings with the books of Moses and the prophets, we shall find that they agree in many points. See Grotius. Bible.
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