a hap.çg tilts 6gx fe J et matt, andevery free-man, bid themfelves in the dens and in therocks of the mountains, and Paid to themountains androcks, fall on us, and hide us from theface of him thatfittetb on the throne,and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come, and who(hall be able to f and ? Some are call down at the fight of Le- viathan, but all the unbelieving world Chill be call down at the fight of Chrifi ; all the unbelieving Kings, Princes, and Poten- tates of the world (hall be cat+ down before Chrifi;O how dread- ful will he be to them: and therefore(I would conclude with that) let us be call down at :the fight of fin, which bath cauled the fight of the creature, and of God alfo, to be fo dreadful tous.God had never been terrible to us, had it not been for fin; nor had the fight of any creature been terrible to us, had we not finned. When madam had finned, then Gcd was terrible to him, then prefently he hid himfelf. O therefore be call down at the fight of fin,which bath made both God and many creatures a terror, a calling down to us. How terrible this creature Leviathan is to man, appears further, by what the Lord faith next. Verf, to. None is fo fierce that darefair him op: who then is able toflandbefore me? The former part of this verfe, carrieth on the matter of the whole former verfe, None isfo fierce that darefir him up ; that is, Leviathan is a creature Co fierce,fo cruel,that none, how fierce foever, dare provoke him,no,nor awakenhim.Thewords may be taken two wayes. Firf+, None dareXr him up when he is afleep. Secondly, Nomandares challenge or provoke himwhen he is ii , fæ+tus,; awake. The werd rendredfierce, properly fignifiea cruel, becaufe roa, tmmfart. cruelty makes men fierce, or becaufe fierce men are ufually very cors, cruel. None is foforce as to fir him up. Hence note, Fitf+ ; There it no wifdom in provoking an enemy that is too f rong for m, Wifemen, thoughbold, and poffibly cruel too, yet whenat- tempts are exceeding dangerous, will not venture. Phyficians willnot flit forne humours in thebody, for it would be like f+ir- sing of a fierce Lion that is afleep ; they dare not provoke them, but
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