Chap. q®. an Expofitionupon the Book.pfJo s. Vetf. 15, 617 There is yet another interpretation of these words givenby Bo- charm , which favours hisopinion , that Behemoth is the Hip- popotame or River Horfe. whom I havemade with thee, or rather Tecum, vtlpo- near thee, or hard by thee ; that is, in thy neighbour-hood , in a titrs junta*e. Countrey which borders upon thine. As if (faith he) God had Paid to Tod , I need not fetcharguments fromfar toprovehow pow- erful Iam, Peeing 1 have them at hand: For among thebeafîs which I made in Nilus , which is near thy CountreyArabia, bowadmira- ble is the Hippopotame ? And that the Hebrew word Loy] fig- rifles by or near , .as well as with , he gives many examples ; 5ofb.7. 2. Yudg. 9.6. Judg. 18. 3.Pielg. tg. t I. 2 Sam. 6. 7, s Sam.zo.8. which the Reader may perufeand confider. Thus the Elephant was made with man. But how lives he ? how feeds he ? Not like man. He eatetb grafe as an Oxe. From these words alto the Authour gall mentioned Bolles an argument for the flrengtheningof his interpretation. The On and Elephant (faith he) are alike labouring beafls , and therefore no wonder if they feed alike, or live upon the fame kind of food; but that theHippopotame, which is an oquatical Animal,and abides for themoil part in the bottom of Nilus, should eat rafle like an Oxe, this is flrange , andmatter of wonderment. Nor is it for nothing, that he is compared to the Qxc, whom he refembles not only inhis food , but in the bigneffe of his body, and in the shape of his head and feet ; whence the Italians call himBoma- rim, that is, the Sea-Ore. Yet thefe words may very well be applied to the Elephant, It beingnot only true, that his food isgraff , but a mèrciful won- der that it is fo ; For did this vall creature live uponpreyor the fpoil of other beafis , what havock , yea devaflation , would he make to fatisfe his hunger'. So that thefe words, lle eatetb graffe as an,Oxe, may carry this fenfe: As if the Lord had faid, ThoughIhave made this beaff fogreat andflrong, yet he is no dam geraus, no ravenous beafl'; he loth not live by pr eying upon other baaffs,by tearing and worrying (beep and Lambs,ac Lions;a..dBears, andWolves do; thisgreat and mighty creature tat, grafftIke an Ore. Thus God would have job takenotice what way he hat h provided for the fubLfleace of the Elephant, He eatèch graf f e Kkkk
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