Chap. 3. An Expofition upon the BoakofJ OB. Verf. 8. _ . . ___ 369 fiíh the Whale or Leviathan lying at the bottom oftheSea, by the motion of the waters is rouzed and furred up,and fo mounts to the fuperficies or top ofthe water,or appears above it.Thus the winds raife upLeviathan. His fence from both is, that lob fits the Stars and the winds againfl this night, and bids themcombine tomake it troublefom and tempefluous. This Opinion,for the réverence of the Authors name,deferveth to be looked upon with refpee`l ; but I fhouldnot (neither do I) apprehend that to be the meaningof lob in this place. Thirdly, the difficulty is refolvtl bymaking there words an al- lufion to fi(hermen, as if lob here did but defcribe the condition of thofe, or thew what by accident doth befall thole whole trade and art it is to catch Leviathan or the Whale. Thefe take the word Leviathan in the proper fence, for that mighty flub defcribed inChap, 4.1. of this Book of lob, Canff,thon draw out Leviathan with an hook? or his tongue ,with a cord which thou letteJ down ? 6 ce Leviathan is derived fromLavab , which fignifieth joyned or r t17 coupled together ; whence (to note it by theway)the word Levi, Adjunllue, f the name ofthe third fon which lacob had byLeah: She called his status undç name Levi, For now, faith the, will my husbandbe joyned unto me, triIPabam becaufe Ihave born him three font, Gen. 29.34. The farne reafon can a 1so is given, why that dreadful flub is called Leviathan. His defcripti- on clears this, lob 41. 15. Hisfcales are hitpride,fhut up together as with a clofe Peal, one is fonear to another that no air can come be- tween them, they are joynedone to another, they flick together that they cannot be fundred. He .bath his name Leviathan from the clole hu;iifnd joyning or compaCtednefs of the fcales, that cover or harnefs him t,agnorptfces like an impenetrable armour ofproof. Now taking the word thus pfrantur, de properly for the fi(h Leviathan, lob is conceived to allude to the-79"as inva- cuflomof thole who hunt for the Whale;who obferving the night br " reéo to be moll advantagious for that work, are troubled at the ap- q:1211.:do diesit;- proach of light, and therefore the fifhermen, as loonas ever they cipit apporerc, fàw day begin to break,curfed the day,as an enemy to their fucceís maledi::unt di. in purfuingand killing the Whale .That fithing is a bufinefs ofthe oi,qui -) per hoc night, is evident from that fpeech of Peter to our Saviour Chrift, ter ntin` írnnap (Luke 5. 5. ) Mafter we have ftfhed all night andhave taken no- tiitur. Aquir: thing. According to which allufion, the.meaning ofIob mull be; in Le. as if he had Paid, I will not drive any longer for words to eeprefs my paIlfon againfl this night , let itbe blafted with the curie of B b b tfof
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