Chap. 41. an Expoftion upon the Beokof o B. Vetf<r 663 fare we find the river ofEgypt, that is, Mlle and the great fea, diiiin°tly and diffinguitlaingly mentioned (fo/h. i 5. 47. ) 53 then it appears that the Whale is fomewhere meant by Leviathan, And foraftnuch as there is an Emphafis put upon the Leviathan fpoken of in the ?film, he being there called That Leviathan ; as if it had been faid, though there are other Levia- thans, fuch as are Dragons, Crocodiles, in other great waters, yet the chief and great Leviathan of all, is an inhabitantof the great and wide fea:No« feeing the Leviathan,defcribed injob,hath fuch charaeters givenof him, as plainly Phew that he is the chief Levi- athan , it may, with fair probability, be fuppofed,-that he is the Leviathan fpokenof in the Pfalm; and if fo, then the Leviathan in fob cannot be the Crocodile, for the Crocodile is not an inha- bitant of the great and wide fea. Let that be confi3ered as to Fiala & ¡ru- the negative : and what the whole Text in lob holds out for the nice fun° affirmattve , I (hall leave it to confideration, as I pals through the terrogationea, feveral parts of ir. gtræbaueatir Canft thoudraw out Leviathan with ahook ? quingue prieria f'YJ 116r1F1f. The firil thing confiderable in Leviathan, is the greatnefs and -loon viand's of his body, which ( as was laid) is plainly intended in pro .¡t'vrtt7 there words, Canft thou draw out Leviathan witha hook?or hie inrerrogat}- tongue w.eh a cord which thou down ? the sintoe fuJn g f As if Lord had pistar ex col- laid, Thou eanft draw up force great fifhes with a hook and line; latione¡roxi- and if it fhould be told thee,there is a fffh fo big that noman with hook rtèfeluontiura. and line is able to draw him out of the water, thou wouldit fay, that pile' muff needs be a huge fjh ; now filch a one at leaft, is Leviathan. This the Lord would convince job of, in putting this queffion, Canfl thou-draweut Leviathan with a hook? Thou cant}not ; Le- viathan is tooheavy for thydraught. The interrogation is a ne- gation; Canft thou ? thou canti not draw out Leviathan with all thy flrength;if thouhada the ftrength oftenmen,thou could/l nor draw him-out ? Little fifhes, yea, very great fifhes may be drawn out, but Leviathan cannot, he will break all thy tackling. Further, Canft than draw out Leviathan with a .hook and line? No, nor with a cart-rope. As if we fhould fay to a man, canft thouknock down an Oxe with a fillip of thy finger ? No nor with the force of thy fill. Andas this qu,eflion, Canft thou ? &c.implyes that man cannot, fo it teems to intitaiate, that God can as eafily take up this huge Leviathan.
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