Chap. 40. s/1n Expofttion upon the Book of J o B. Verf. t 5. 605 knowledged and adored; theft being loch as man could not rub- due, nor makeany ufe of, unlefs God hadordered and overru- led them for the fervice and benefit of man ; one of themhe bath fubdued to the fervice of man, Behemoth, and the other to the benefit of man, even thegreat Leviathan. Many of the Ancients draw this whole difcourfe about Behe- moth & Leviathan, intoan Allegory,underllandin; by them,Fira, The devil ; Secondly, Antichrilt, together with all the oppref- five and affii&ive powers of this world.But though we may make fome ufe and improvement of the Allegory, yet doubdefs there two creatures are here intended primarily in a proper and literal fenfe ; even as the Lord before in a proper and literal feníe dif- Net illud nos courfed with Job concerning the Lion, the wilde Goat, the wilde yoga in diabo- Aft, the Unicorn, the Horfe, and feveral other creatures, menti- cum L" ditto oticd in the 39th Chapter of this Book. And therefore it was fini° lo well laid byan ancient 'Writer upon this place, We are not igno- ru,n pritttdhi- rant that many have expounded this Scripture in an allegorical wayßoríe danda of the devil ; but we mull fir/ attend the Riflery, and then make ell op fame ufe, for theprofit of the hearer,out of the Allegory, deurttirattfut. The Lord in refenttng this and that other vaft creature to turrcndum au- p ditorts,nec con- job, femur thus to befpeak him , That thou, (O Job) may know rertnenda 'the better how to take meafure of thy felf, and how to keep thydoe .9uagogia, di/ante in /peaking to me (of whichJob hadnot been fo obfervant as Chryfoil, befhould) Ijet before thee twoflupendions creatures, both thtwork of my bands, both at my difpofc and command ; and by thy inabi- lity to deal with them, thou mayft learnhow unable thou art to /rive or contend with me. Or thus, If thou (O Job) doff not yet under- hand what a poor creature thouart, and how uncomely a thing it is for thee to murmur at, andfind fault about my proceedings with, and providences towards thee, in laying theftfore affliEltons upon thee ;. or if thoudoff not yet underhand howuncomely thou haft carried it towards me, in calling me toaccount for my atioses with thee, yet learn.it, at leafs, at thefight, or upon confideration of theft bees. Canfi thoumatch either the Elephant or the Leviathan? Canfi thou firoi,any error in their frame or conftituticn, when thou haft viewed all their parts which Iwill particularly (et out before thee ? Art thou Prong 'mi Behemoth, and mighty as Leviathan ? Canfi thou withftand their (Irnngth ormight? darefï thou contend with them, ©n#andbefore a c them? Ifsot,-howdareff thoucontend with me ? hoar dareff
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