Chap. 41. dln.Expofttion upon the Book of J o B. Verf. 18. 73g mightiefl of the Eons of men, when he appears to them,or when they behold him in his motions. Firft, He makes them afraid (verf. 25.) Secondly, He caufeth them to purifie themfelves, in the dole of that verle. In there particulars we have a profpe&of the whole context. I (hall but lightly touch at the molt of them, and a lit- tle inntf upon the laft, which we [hall find molt ufeful for infiru- &ion and admonition. The four lira verles holdour, upon the matter, the fame thing, Eft frementre namely, the fierce and furious fpirit of Leviathan, difcovered in irafcentrfq; CC. his neenngs, eyes, mouth, noftrils, breath, all which are expref- ride,eviprie. fedby elegant metaphors, alluding to, or by comparifons made Cold° with light and fire, with lamps and fparks, with fmoak and name. Vern. r8. By his neeflegs a light loth (hint. The firfI thing defcribed in the former context, was Levia- sternum, of thans terrible head ; the firt1 in t his, is the power of his brain. ficitur ex fub - Naturalifts teach us , that fleeting is canted by the thin and fub- tilt vapore in< tilevapours included in the ventricles of the brain, whichnature Blufoinvea- firiving to expel and put forth, caufeth that which we call nee- triculis cere- fing; So then , nee in t an a cEl of the expulfive faculty in the nat,raveba eef g f p f f y naturevehe brawn. The jewil Rabbins have two obfervations about netting.. mentius expel. Firft, They fay, fleeting is a good fign in prayer; and the rea- re expur- fon of ir, as I conceive, is this, becaufe it (hews there is warmth gave. Galen., em and heat in the brain, andTome fervency of Ipirit in the duty. car rr,éyipa. That's the reafon(I fuppofe) why they fay neefing is a good flan Isfrer orandura in prayer. bonum eft fig - Secondly, Both they and others lay, Neefng u agoodfgn in a numflernutare. fickmen. We fay commonly, Nielng is a fignof health, it (hews S-ernutamen- a vigour and quicknefs in the natural fptrits, rending in the tuns drain. Diaa Robbt-- notum. Mere. His neefangs. But what are thefe neefings of Leviathan? They who hold Leviathan .o be the Crocodile, fay, when he is funning him- Si rnnehas edi felf,or lyeth open with his face to the Sun , this caufeth him to frernurantif- mere or fneefe, and then his breath breaking out forcibly at his nailis,egtitat noftrils, is like a tbining light. °Tìs raid alto, that the Whale ,flarnna, Bez. Bbbbb netting,
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