76$ Chap. 41. s?n Expofition upon the Bookof Jos, Verf. $o; ceive, to give a further demon(fration of the hardnefs of his (cales and skin. Verf. 30. Sharp /lanes are under bins, he fpreadeth j arpe pointed things upon the mire, Mr. Broughton reads it, His underneath-place, be as !harp- 'beards. The word rendred SharpHones, properly fignifies the (harp pieces of a pot-(heard; that is, ((ones or other hard things, as (harpand pricking as the pieces of a broken pot-(hoard. We may expound this verfe two wayes, Firfl, As being a proof of the hardnefs and frmnefs of Levia- thans skin and flefh ; fo hard they are, that he can lye down and reft himfelf upon hard and fharp Clones, even upon the (harp tops of rocks in the Sea, as we lye down upon our beds. Sharp f tines are underhim, but he feels them not; which may be the meaning allo of the next words. Ilefpreadeth (harppointed things upon the mire. That is, Leviathan like fcme hardy man, or iron - fides, fcorns to lyeloft on the ouze or mire, but laying, as it were, (harp (ones upon it, (hews what he can endure without hurt. And fo I con- ceive thefe words, Hefpreadethfharp-pointed things upon the mire, may be thus underffood and read, Hefpreadeth himfelf upon(harp- pointed things, as ifit were upon the mire, Secondly, We may expound this verle as to the fallingoff of darts call, and hones flungat him, or as ro the breaking of (words and fpears upon his fcales, when aiaulted with them. As if it had been faid, If youcati darts, or fling (tonesat him, they do not enter, but drop downunder him; or, if you a(fail him with fword and fpear, the fword breaks,the (pears point is fnapt off, and falls under hisbody. Thus he fpreadeth (harp pointed things upon the mire, or fpreadeth the mire all over with (harp pointed things. Asafter a well-fought battei at Land, we may fee the field fpread over with pieces of (words and fpears,and other brokenweapons; fo is the bottom of the Sea (could you fee to the bottom of it) after a skirmifh, or day of battei with Leviathan. This is a pro- bable fenfe, but I rather take the former,as fhewing the hardnefs of his skin andfcaies, by his infenfiblenefs of any (harp or hard thing that he refis himfelf upon, All
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