662 Chap. q.t. 6/1n Expojtion upon the Beak of J o B. Verf.t. Leviathan, as any man can draw up a 1mall, even the fmalleft flh with hook and line, or play with it in the water. Ashe that made Behemoth, can make his fword approach unto him (Chap. 40. 19.) fo hethat made Leviathan,harh a hook to draw him out with. Canfl thou draw out Leviathan with an hook,? Or his tonguewith a cord which thou lcttefi down ? If the fi(h bite,the hook takeshimby the tongue or jaws.The Hebrewword is, Can't thou take himwith a cord which thoudrown. eft ? That which is let downdeep or far into the water, may be faid to be drowned in the water.Unlefs the line or cord of the angle, fink deep into,or be drowned in thewater, the hook is ufe- lefs ; and therefore the Angler bath a lead fafined upon his line tomake it fink deep,as well as a cork orquil to keep it from fink- ing toodeep.Canfl thou drawOut bis tongue with a sord,whicb `thou Brownell or lettetl down ? Vnum hoc ani- The mention of the tongue in this latter part of the verge is mat terreJire madeufe of by force, as an argument to prove that Leviathan tt71gu iifuea- cannot be the Crocodile, who, as Naturalifis write of him, bath set. Pun, i. s. no tongue : his mouth is wide, but tongue-lefs. To this obje- f. 25. ¿`lion, Beza gives one, and Bochartueadds a fecond anfwer. The former faith, it is not f ?tiEtly affirmed in the Text, that Leviathan bath a tongue ; 'cis only denied, that he bath a tongue in which a hook or cordmay be Wined. The latter faith, that the Croco- dile isnot altogether tongue-lefs, but only ( as we fpeak in another fence ) tongue-tied: He bath a tongue, but 'cis an immoveable one, cleaving fat# to his lower jaw. And thisBochartsu confirms by! fo many unqueftionable authorities, as may.eafily remove this objeëtion from weakning his affercion. Canfl thou draw sot bis tongue witha cord Verf. 2. Cant thou put an into his noft, or here bis jaw thorowwitha thorn ? Conjfrijigefnè Some expound this verge only as a further illuftration of the Kenojunco, ut former, in reference to the taking of thishfh. Bur, rather, it is pà,[carorminu- an allufion to the cuflome of fither-men, who when theyhave rospifces?Jun. taken &Az, put a ;horse through their nofe, and hang them up to be feen, or for Pale. The word tranfiated an hook,fignikes pro.: perly a pond or 'landing water (Pfal. 14.8. ) and then abnll- rs(9
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