Chap. 4r. 4,/In Expofition sepal the Book of J o B. Verfa r. Verf. zr. His Breath kindleth coals, and afamegoeth out of bis mouth. This verfe, with the former three, tend all to one purpofe. Le- yiwka Abs. viathans heat is fo vehement, that his breath kindleth coals, The nu reddidi- Hebrew is, His foul or lifekindisch coals. The foul and life of irra- mus em conje. Clonal creatures is the fame, and both are but breath, His breath ffura, proprid kindleth coals ; that is, his breath is Co hot, that it will even kindle ahenu r.,ag- dead or unkindled coals. Mr Broughton renders, His breath agniuo fingniuód would let coals on fire. The breath of the While is not onlycorn- yki dicftou. pared to a great wind, iffuing out of a pair of bellows, which Druf. loonkindleth a fpark into a great fire, hut is it felf here compa- red to a fireby a farong Hyperbole, like that which concludes this matter. 7+3 Anda flame goetb out of bis month. That is, a heat as from a flame, or fuch a heat as-a flame giveth. Thefe four verfes may be improved for our ufe, in two things. Firf+, to informus hove terrible force creatures are. There is nothing which is not terrible in this ; Hismouth fendsout a burn- ing lamp, andfparl« of fire ; fmoak goeth out of hù noflrils, coals are kindled by Ins breath, and a flame goetb out of his mouth. What's the meaning and import of all this ? not that Leviathan bath thefe, or Both thefe things indeed ; but in his wrath (for this is the defcription of anenraged Leviathan) he appears as if he were nothing but heat, and would fer the veryelement of wa- ter on fire, and turn the very billows of the Sea into burning flames. Secondly, If the Lord bath putfach a fiercenefs into this create tutewhen he is angry, what is there in the Lordhimfelf when he is angry! The Lord in his anger, is defcribed like this Leviathan (Pfal. ,8..7, 8.) Then the earth fhook and trembled, the founda- tion alfa of the hills moved, and were [bakers, becaufe he was wroth (what follows? ). There went up a fmoak out of hu naflrils, -and fire out of his mouth detoured ; coals were kindledby it. The words are almoPc word for word, the fame with chore in the Text. The Lord is fet forth, as ufhercd by fire (Pfal, so. a, 3.) put , of Zion,.
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