Chap. g.t. an Expofttian upon the Book. of J o B. Verf. g. 6$ r are tempted to put your hand to fin, O remember the battle, re- member the battle. Thou(pofiig(y ) wilt have a forebattle in thy own confcience, and that's a dreadful Leviathan ; but that's not all, remember the battle with.God, who isgreater than con- fcience ; youmull come to judgment, remember the battle of thatday, or that day of Battle, with impenitent and hardned fin- nets, and fin no more ; give it over, as you love your lives, as you,love your precious four, and the everlatlingpeaceor welfare of them. You cannotfin without a great deal of danger, even the danger of eternal wrath and death. Thus I have touched at force things from this third part of the defcription of Leviathan. He bath hitherto been let before. us Fill, In the huge bulk and btgnefs of his body. Secondly,. In the floutnefs of his fpirit ; he will neither make fupplications, nor enter covenant; he will neither ferve you, nor (port with you ; both which, Behemoth, theElephant, will do. Thirdly, In the difficultyand danger oftaking him; So muchdanger is in ir, that if you lay your hand on him, it were belt to remember the battle, anddo nomore. Yet the Lord fpeaks mare concerning the danger ofmedlingwith Leviathan,in the ninth verfe through- our, and in the former part of the tenth. Verf. g. Behold, the hope of him is in vain; As if the Lord had laid, if none of there means can take Le- viathan, then the hope of him that goes about to take him is loll and fruflrate; if by there means he cannot be taken, then there is no means to take him, for he cannot be taken by anymeans. The hope Of him. That is, of him that goes about to catch Leviathan. In order of fpeech is fhould have been laid, thy hope will be in vain, for God was fpeaking before to fob ; yet he cloth not fay thy hope) rat y y rat fpestua, but the hope of him, that is, the hope of any man will be invain : fed ingenere as if he had faid, not only 'halt thou labour in vain, to graple with dicerevoluarit, this fea.mon.ger Leviathan, but all men elfe, ;wwhofoever they are, Ó'c. Merc. that attempt or go about to takehim. Thehope of him is Sfffa
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