666 Chap. 41. tjjnExpofttian upon the Book of J' o B. Verf. 2. more ealie for Cbrift cofubdue any Leviathan, than to change our vile body into the likenefsof his own glorious body. For, as le- per Chrifl was(once) declared to be the Son of God with power, ac- cording to the.fpirit of holinefs, by the refterreF.lion (that is, his own refurreetion)from the dead; fo he will again declare himfelf to be theSon of God with power, according to the fpirit of power, by our refurre&ion from the dead. He that can draw our duff our of the grave with aword, can foon draw Leviathan out of the deepefi gulf in the Sea by his hook and cord. This may comfort thofe, and firengthen their faith, who at any time fee Leviathans ready tofwallow them up, as the Whale did Jonah. As the Lord prepared that great fifh to (wallow up Jo- nah (Jonah 1. 17.) fo he commanded that great fifh to deliver him back fafeagain ; or, as that Scripturefaith, (Chap. z. r o.) He fpake to thefigs, and he vomited out Jonah upon thedry land, Both were a&s of greatpower, and teach us, that the Lord hach a foveraign commanding power over all,even the greate(t creatures. TheLord batha hook for Leviathan. He had hooks for Pha- raoh, Thegreat Dragon in the midi of his Rivers (Ezek. 29. 3, 4.) And of him the Lord commanded the fame Prophet to fpeak in a like notion (Ezack. 3z. 2.) Son of man, takeup a la- mentation for Pharaoh, andfay tohim, thou art like a young Lion ofthe Nations, and thou art as awhale in the Seas,and thoucamel forth with thy Rivers, and troubled/ the waters with thy feet, and fouled.11 their Rivers ; therefore1 wellfpread out my net over thee, and they (hall bring thee up in. my net.. I have a net for thee, faith this Chapter; I have hooks for thee, faith that other. The Prophet Ifaiah, to engage the Lord to do force great thing for his Church, minded him of what he had formerly and anciently done for !Pal (Ifa. 51. 9.) Awaké, awake, pit- onflrength, °arm of the Lord, awakf as in the ancient dayes, as in the generations of old ; art those not it that bath cut Rahab, and wounded the Dragon ? This Rahab was Egypt, and the Dragon: was Pharoah, as Interpreters generally agree. The Pfalmifl re- ports the dealings of God with Pharoah and Egypt, in language nearer that of the Text .(Pfal. 74.13, 14.) Thou breakeft the beads of the Dragons ix the waters, thou breakef the heads of Le- viathan in pieces, andgavefthim to be meat to the people inhabiting thewsldernefs.; that is, the remembrance of that mercy, ind of the
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