Chap. . AnEx orrt:onapos the Book of Jon. Verf, t t '10ç Secondly , Of his nation, or vocation, what part he (hall ail in the world, co ferve his generation , or to get his living. He that abides within thcbounds of his calling, abides in his place, thoughhe every day move or re ove from place to place. It is befi tor our felves and for others alto to abide in our decreed pla- ces ; as it is a mercy to us all, that the lea abides where God placed ir. If men break out of their places , they may quickly do milchicf like the breach of the lea : To prevent which Godbrake upfor it his decreedplace, andnot only fo , but as it followeth in the dole of this tenth verfe, Set bars anddoors. In the eighth vet fe we have only doors ; he bath (hut upor an- minted the doors of the lea ; but herewe have bars and doors. It is an allu(ion ro flrong Cities and Cailles, or to great mens Houles, v, hich havenot onlydoors, but doors barred and double Iockr. Bars flrengthen doors, and keep them fail and lure. A fl;ong door, if not well lockt and barred , may quickly be broken open ; therefore the Lord to make all fall , tellsus that when he had put the fea into his decreedplace , that it (houldnomore re- turn to cover the earth at its own pleafure , or according to its natural bent (for there is a d.fire, that is, a natural bent in the fea to be over- flowing all , and to repoffefs the place from which it was at 6r(i with- drawn ; the Lord I fay tellsus that) he then let doors and bars to keep it in , and (hut it up fall enough. And if you enquire what is meant by t hefe doors and bars, with which 'cis ,fkaut in ? Some anfwer , The lands of the fea , others the rocks, clifrs andbanks ; there are bars and doors bywhich the lea is (hut in. But though there things are indeed as bars and doors to keep the fea from returningagain ; yet that which is the great bar and door, is the word of command from God , as appears fully in the next verfe. Vet, at. And faid, hitherto (halt thorn come , and no Etdixi,eirc. farther. profolo;eia.Di. cere deg efju- TheSaying of Cod , is Gods Command and Law ; Andfaid. bere ry eonfli. To whom ? Towhom did the Lord (peak ? He faid it to the fea; tue" qu °d. at, though a fenfelefs creature , a creature wi bout reafon , yea without life , yet the Lord laid it , and he [aid it to the lea, and he
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