744 Chap. 45. eln Expoftion,open the Bookof . oB. JfVerf. 22. Zinn, theperfeUion of beauty, Godbath fhined,Oa God(hall come and (hall not keep filence, afdrei`hall devour before him, andit (hall be verytempefluousround about him. Again (Pfd. 97. 2.) Clouds anddarknefs are round about him (verf. 3.) Afire geed; beforehim, and burnethup his enemies round about ; that is, he de(iroyech his enemies in his anger, as if he confumed them byfire. Once more (Ifa. 33. 14.) The fnners in Zion are afraid, fearfulnefs bath furprized the hypocrites; who among m (hall dwell do the devouring fdre? who amongfl us (hall dwell with everlafling burnings ? Thus the Scripturefpealla of theLord inhis wrath. And doubrlefs the flaming anger of Leviathan, when provoked, is but like a warm Sun- fltitne,compared with the provoked anger,and hot difpleafure of Cod againfi prefumptuous Goners. Who is able to abide his wrath ? who (in fin) can dwell with thofe everlafling burnings ? who (unpardoned) canHand before the devouring fire, and flames of the Lords difpleafure ? Thus we have the difcovery of Leviathans furious heat; he is all in a flame. Now the Lord having (hewed what work Leviathan makes withhis mouth and nofiriis, which belong to his head, he comes next to his neck. Verf. 22. In his neck remaineth flrength, andforrow ie turn- ed intojoy before him. Leviathans head is (irongly joyned to the rell of his body, by his firong neck ; yet force queftion whether the Whalebath any neck or no, becaufe no difiin&ion (which inother creatures is vifible) appears between his head and hisbody. The learned Bo- chartaumakes this another argument againR the Whale, and a little refleecs upon Diodate, who joyning fully with him in opini- on,that Leviathan is the Crocodile, yet lets go this hold, yieldipg that the Crocodile hath nomore neck than the Whale , as the neck is taken flrid}ly for that difcernable difiance between head and (boulders ; and though he himfeif grants that feveral other Authors, by him alleadged, fay the Crocodile bath no neck, yet he anfwers, 'cis fifer to credit Ariflotle, who faith the Crocodile bath a neck, and gives this reafon for ir, becaufe chofe animals which have no neckat all, cannot move their heads, whereas the Crocodile (by the cefiimony of Pliny and others) can turnhis head upwards, or hold ir up backwards to bite his prey. To
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