714 Chap.4a. an Expofitionupon the BookofJo a. Verf. t2. caking me about this matter. And when that's done, I fhall eafi- ly, and quickly convince him, or make him both fee and confefs, that he is a poor weakling, that he is nothing, or, if any thing, vile, co:npared withme : For if I do but oppofe to him the parts, powers, andcoline1s of Leviathan, he will find himfelf over-matched. Thus, I fay, forne conceive the Lord referreth to the former words, as promtfing ro him right, that fhould accept the challenge there made, and fay, that he had prevented God, or had been a forehand with him.. Atli, non race Others give it thus, if any man (hall venture to anfwer my corn rzendacia ;challenge, I will not conceal his lies (Co the word, by us tranfla- ted parts, is retidred, Chap. i i . 3.) nor his boaffing words, nor the rhetorical ornaments, nor the comely proportion of his fpeech, in pleadingand arguing with me ; all whichwill be found upon trial, tobe but lies, vain flourifhes, and mear fophiflical fal- lacies. But I rather take this verfe as a general Preface to that which the Lord intended further to fay,in thedescription of this mighty creature, Leviathan. M if he had laid ; O Job, that thou mayfb be yet more fully convinced, how unable thou art to deal with this mighty fìfh ; andmagi therein fee, yet more clearly, how unable thouart to handbefore my power , who have given both beingand power to this creature, I fhall goon, to give thee a more livelypi- ¿iwre,a more particular narrative, a fuller character of him ; and,, at it were, anatomize this fea monfirer, in all his parts, powers, and proportiene* So then, in this context, and forward to the end of the 3 id verfe, we have the fourth part of the defcriprion of Leviathan, even, by thedifiinbt partsof his body, together with the wonder- ful powers, effe&s, and operations that appear in them ; as a6}ed by that courage,floutnefs,andgreatnefsof fpirit,withwhich God have clothed him. Iwill not conceal his parts. The Hebrew is, Iwill not be filent about his part. And when theLord faith, Iwill not conceal, nor be filent , his meaning is,. Iwill fully, largely, and evidently declare the parts, the power, and the comely proportion of Leviathan ; I will view, as it were, all that ismoi obfervable in, and about him ; I will do it exa kly,, 6106 irafumrtur, ciao iD. tilts cap.t t.3. WiErc, ilisiqfis, cele brerem ejur saawbra,Druf.
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