Chap. 4c. anExpotitian upon the Book of J o B. Verf, 22. 745 To this fame anfwer, and I conceive their anfwer atisñe in this Point, That how little, or how undifcernable foever the fpace is between the head and the body of any animal, the very joyning or coupling of them together, may be called hi; neck A and in that fence the Whale hath a neck as well as the Crocodile. To this I may add, that the fhorter the neck of any animal is, the fironger it is ; and that complies fully with what is here laid of the neck of Leviathan, In his neckremainetbílrengtb. The Hebrew is, Lodgerh. And fo Mr. Broughton renders, I,n bis neck alwayes lodgethflrength ; that is, he is alwayes tirong, very flrong neckt ; his neck is fo Riff and tirong, that ftrength it felf may feem to have taken up its refidence there : That's the elegancy of the Hebrew. So then, thefe words flew the great ftrength,of Leviathan. A fluffor thick ncck,Cgnifies both Drength of body, and Boutnefs of fpirit. Naturalifts fay, thole creatures ki eollan are very flrong, that are thick neckt, as Bulls, arc, and they are hibontgroZa weak that have thin [lender necks. The Scripture intimates the fortesfuni, n- fliffnefs and unyieldingnefs of mans will to the commands of becifles awe, God, by the fliffnefs of his neck (Pfalm.'75. 5,) Lift not up your Benrgrac e. born on high, fpeak not with a fit,neck; that is, with a neck that Ariot, in will not bow to the Lords yoak, nor obey his comer-:nds, Hum- Phyfr®g(tnoni ble ones bow their heads to worfhip God, and yield their necks cis. to his will. For though co bow down the head likea bull- ru(hfor a day, be not the Fall which God bath chafen (Ifa. 58. S.) for that is but an out-fide repentance, and they who do fo, may itill re- main Riff-fpirited and pertinacious in their figs ; yet the bowing of the head bath in it the appearance of a bowed or humbled hearr,and a fluff neck is the badge of a proud impenitent one. To fpeak with afiiff neck, is to fpeakarrogantly. Hannah in her Song (r Sam, 2.3,) ufeth this language to the fiiffones of the world, Talk nomore fa exceeding proudly ; let not arregancy canoe out of your mouth : we put in the margin,/et not hardnefs come out ofyour mouth ; that is, let it not appear at your mouths, that your hearts are`hard,that yourfpirits arehigh and fluff ;fpeak no more as if you were Leviathans,as if you could not bow your necks. 'Tis good to have aneck firong to bear,but there is nothing worfe than a firong peck that will not bow ; yet the firength of Leviathans neck Cc c cc feetias
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