Chap. 41. an Expofstion upon the Book of J o B. Verf. z. givenany help in the doing them, and be (hall be well rewarded for his pains. Both thefe Inferencesor Wes, the Lord confirms by agrand "'Tertian or Maxims, in the doleof the t ath verfe ; wbatfoever is under the whole Heaven, is mine. Ifall bemine, then whocan (land before me ? If all be mine, then xvbohath prevented me, that IMould repay him? This is the Application, thefe the Ules, which the Lord himfelf makes of the doctrine laid down about this creature,the Leviathan: Thefe Ufes dole the third part of the defcription ofLeviathan. The fourth part of his defcriptì- on,contains many particulars concerning his parts,powcr,and pro- portion, as alto the wonderful effeets of his power, all which are fet down in bigheft f rains of divine rhecorick, from the a ieh verfe to the end of the 32. The fecond part of the Chapter I call the concluíon, and it flowsnaturally from the whole foregoing difcourfe, in the two laft verles of it ; Oponearth there is not his like (the Lord Paid concerning Behemoth, Heis thechief of the wayes of God, that is, uponearth ; andhere he faithof Leviathan, Opon earth there is not his like, no, not Behemothhimfeif) he is made without fear, he beholdetb ali high things, he is a Icing over all the children of pride. Thus far concerning the fate and parts of the whole Chapter, in which the Lord bath this general fcope, even to humbleyob yet more. As if he had Paid, That thou, O Job,maifl fee and be convinced of tby prefumption inpleading with me; look upon Leviathan, confider whether thou art able to deal with him ; if not, bow can( thou deal with me who made him, and can both mafler and deftroy himwhen I will ? Thus the Lord makes his tri- umph over creatures mightier in outward force than man, to the intent all men may know, they (hall certainly fall, and be utterly confounded, if they l;ft up themfelves againfl God. All which will appear further, in opening the defcription of this Levia- than. Verf. a. Canfi thou draw out Leviathan with an hook ? For the clearing of there words, and towards the clearing of all that follows, I thew, Firfl, the fignihcation of this word Leviathan, or what it imports. Secondly, what kind of crea- cure this Leviathan is, or is conceived to be. Fppp z The 659
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