ti 6r 6 Chap. 40. e.,4'n Evpofitionupon the Book, of Jo B. Verf. s c; Thirdly, There words, Imadehim with thee, may be referred to the time of 'Behemoths making, I made him the fame day with thee ; for all the beads of the earth were made upon the fixth day, the fame day in which man was made. Fourthly, Which Imade with thee, that is, I made him to bewith thee ; I did not makeBehemoth as I made Leviathan, to play in the Sea, but I made him to be with thee on the Land, that thou fhouldfi behold him, and take notice of him, or that he fhould be under thy hand ; yea, not only fo, but (contrary to the nature of wilde beafis) to love thy company, and to delire converfe with thee , to be guided by thee , and in many things to a&with a kind of reafon and underfiandtng like thee, or as thy felf and other men do. Fifthly, WhichImade with thee, thatis,for thee ; I made him for thy ufe, I made him toferve thee, Though he be thus great and vafi,yet he will be thy humble fervant.There will be occafion afterwards toPhew further, how ferviceable and ufeful Elephants are ro man. Sixthly, I made himwith thee, that is, I madehim asnigh to theeas any of the unreafonable creatures ; yea, nigher to thee than any of the unreafonable creatures, for I have made him ex- cel them all as thou excellefi him, he is above other irrational creatures, as thou art above all irrationa}t: He (next to Angels and men) is the chief of my wayes. The word, made, may im- port this alfo, and fo it is ufed (r Sam. t a. 6.) The Lord advan- ced(the Hebrew ) cMofes and Aaron. TheLord hath to made the Elephant, that he hath alto advancedhim above all the beafis of the field. I have let him as near the feat of reafon as might be, and not be rational. Iaall thefe refpeEts we may underhand theLord laying top6, concerning Behemoth, Imade him with thee. He is thy fellow- creature; and bowgreat foever'be is -, be isiny,creature. Imade him the fame day that Imadethee , and Imade him toabide in the fameplace with thee, or where thy abode is ; Imade himalfo for thy fervice , and that be might be a meet fervant for thee; I have made him almoft apartaker ofreafon with thee , fo far at leaft a partaker of reafon, that he will very obfe uioufly fubmit to , andfollow the conduct ofthine ; and though hebe the ffrongefthag on earth , yet thou mayeft find bim aping more according to thy reafon than his 'ownforce orfirength, There
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