6.  “And God saw that it was good.” Gen. i. 10.  Scripture does not merely wish to say that a pleasing aspect of the sea presented itself to God.  It is not with eyes that the Creator views the beauty of His works.  He contemplates them in His ineffable wisdom.  A fair sight is the sea all bright in a settled calm; fair too, when, ruffled by a light breeze of wind, its surface shows tints of purple and azure,—when, instead of lashing with violence the neighbouring shores, it seems to kiss them with peaceful caresses.  However, it is not in this that Scripture makes God find the goodness and charm of the sea.  Here it is the purpose of the work which makes the goodness.