Chap..lt. An Expofttionupon the- Bookof Jas. , Verf. 22. 747 Thirdly, Others tranflate thus , before him paffeth penrtury, racism ejus The meaningof that reading is; wherefoever Leviathan comes, precedisems- ; he leaves nothing but pennury behind him, he devours all before PE. Vulg. him, and all little enough, fcarce enough for him; all the fifh he meets with all in the fea he eats them up : the fea hardly affords enough to fill his huge belly,& fatisfie his hungry appetite. As iris laid ofBehemoth, he thinks be can draw up ferdan, that is, allthe waters of fordan ; fo Leviathan thinks he can draw up the fea, that is, all the fifh in the fea ; fo that howmuch foever he meets with, he looks upon it as pennury, at moll, as but enough for him. So that this tranflation, Beforehim paftetb pennury, may have or bear there two interpretations. Either, Firfl, That he makes all pennury where he comes; as its Paid of the Turkifh wars, where the GrandSigniori hole tread,, the graft will not grow, he treads down and fpoils all;, Or, as 'cis laid in Scripture of chofe ene- mies, The landwas before them like thegarden of Eden, and be- hind themas a dejolatewilderneft. Or, Secondly, That he thinks all tobebut pennury and fcarcity (how plentiful foever it is ) that is before him. That which may fuffice many, is fcarce a morfel, or a mouthful for him ; as ifall the 1"ifh in the fea could not ferve him for a break-fife. As 'cis laid of Alexander the Great, when he hadconquered the known world, he was as hungryand fharp- fet as ever, he looked upon all u pennury, and wilhed there were another world for him toconquer. Thus plenty is pennury to Leviathan, he is an unfatiable gulf : that's a third reading ; our own faith, Sorrow u turned into joy before bins. The meaning, I conceive, 5111Naha. is this, Leviathan is fo firong and powerful, fuck flrength remain- VitMont.ver: eth in his neck, that nothing can daunc'him, or bringdown his fpi- rftotPixt ; rit, nothing can trouble him, much lees terrifie him, he fears no e' uidfoti thing,he fears none ; and if any objea of borrow prefenc it fell ritudinem atiu to him, 'cis prefently bras joy, That which bath greatefl matter parts emcitat, of borrowin it, is tohimmatter of fport, or hemakes a fport of it, d5 eshiteroc heeven rejoycech in the midfl of chofe things that makes others BFsrr onimum: fad; heeither makes nothing ofi them, or no fuch thing of them as theyappear to others : Sorrow is turned ints joy before bïm, It is laid of that Land-leviathan Alexander the Great before men- tioned, that he even leaped forjoy, when he was engaged ingreat dangers and hazardous attempts ; then he would fay exultingly, C CC C Z Now ri' is II
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