670 Chap. 45. e,4a Expofation upon the Book of J o a. Verf. ¢. hie ones, andCuch as fee their wants and dangers, that they arc hardly beflead in thisworld, or are convinced that all the good andgreat things they have, yea, that thegreaten things they can have in this world, can [land them in no dead without Cod, will fpeak loft words of fupplication unto God. Leviathan never thinks himfelf indanger or in want,and therefore he Ccorns all the world ; and in this he is an emblem of all carnal worldly men. And as Leviathan will make no fupplications, nor fpeak loft words, fo Verf. 4. Will be make aCovenant with thee ? Some who think themfelves too high to make fupplications to others, may yet poflibly make a covenant with them. But, Will Leviathan make a covenant with thee ? he will not. The word whichwe tranflate a Covenant,fignifies two things. Firfl,to chafe, becaule a Covenant is to be made by choice perlons, and upon ri f tndct v l choice rearms. Secondly, it lignifies to eat, becaufe they were jecabrt?xeb. wont to feat when covenants were made. The Hebrew is, will fcedusfat um he ffrike or cut a covenant with thee. The reafon of thar,was, be- erar, adhibita caufe they were wont to divide a beall, and pats between the f £lions vrtul,. parts of it at the making of a Covenant (ter. 34. 18. ) They did cat the calf in twain, and pared between the parts thereof. Will Leviathan cut a Covenant with thee ? As he will not fpeak thee fair,nor endeavour to (often thy heart towards him, by fpeaking foft words to thee, were he in thy 'power, fo he will never enter covenant with thee, to become thy lure friend, much lefs thy faithful fervant; as it followech in the Text. YYilt thou takebimfor thy fermentfor ever ? Many are Covenant-fervants for a time, fome for ever. Thefe four things follow in order. Fiirf+, Some for fear make fupplica- ti>ns. Secondly, They fpeak loft words. Thirdly, They make s covenantor promife. Fourthly, They offer their fervice to thofe in whole hand they are. But Leviathan will do none of thele, from fire to la(á. Wilt thou take him for thy fervant for ever ? If thouwilt, he will nor. Suppofe thou hadil taken Leviathan with a hook,and hadfl him fall in thy [-rower with a cord, will he be thy fervant as long as he lives ? King Benhadad being taken in war, Pent to King Ahab, and fubmicted to him as a fervant, that he nigh;
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