Chap:41. eifnExpoßtion upen the Book of J o B. Verf. 9. 687 fee Abraham,and Ifaac, and Jacob, and all the 'Prophets in the Kingdom ofGiod,and yenyour/elves thrufl out.You thought that you fhould be faved above all men;but faith Chrifl,you (hall b thruft out, and lofe your hopes. This the Lord fpeaks, ro (Lew the worft Of their condition, whoattempt to take Leviathan, Their hope fhall be in vain, In the latter port of the verfe, The Lord gives us a farther ac- counr, why their hope is invain. Shall not a man be call down at thefight of him Is there any hope of taking him, at whore very fight a man Chaff certainly be call down? There is a twofold cafling down. FirR, acarting down by outward violence,when a man is thruft down (as we fpeak) by head and fhoulders. Thus David ca(i down Coliari, by a Bing and a (lone. Secondly, There is a calling down by inward trouble ; as we ufually fay, fuch a man is mightily call down. Trouble of fpirir, heart-vexation,and fear, ca(t down many before any hand touch- eth them. Chrift fpeaking of Capernarsm, faith (Luke ro, 15.) And thon Capernaum, anhieb art exalted to heaven, (halt be thrufl down to hell. As if hehad laid, thou hall been high in thy expo- Mations, andhighly priviledged in thy enjoyments, having had the Gofpel preached to thee; but thou (halt not only fall down, but thou (halt be thruft down into hell, with a kind of violence. When the Lord in the Text faith, Shall not one be call down ? we are tounderfand it of acarting down by the (bong impreffion of aftoni(hment and fear,of dread and tronble,feizingupon the mans fpirit who comes near Leviathan, and thereforeit followeth,Sball not one be call down At the fight of him? Aman (hall no fooner fee him, but he (ball fink; and li To, then how little hope bathany one to grapple with him,and to take him ? There is final! hope of overcoming this Leviathan, when . a man at his fight, or as far off as he can fee him, is fo afraid of him alto be call down with fear. The very fightof a Whale is a terror toMariners andSea-men,- they are afraid their Ship may be overturdd cud fpoylcd byhim. Ttct Some
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