770 Chap. 4 t . an Expofrtien upan the Book, of Jos. Verf. 31° (form in the Sea : a fiercely boylingpot over the fire, much re- fembles the Sea when the waves foam, and the waters are enra- ged by the winds. Themightypower of God is let forth in Scri- pture, calming the Sea when'tis Ronny, and railing faorms when it is calm, as might be (hewed in many Scriptures. Leviathan can trouble the Sea, when God hash made it quiet ;.but he can- not quiet nor calm it, whenGod bath made it Ronny. Leviathan is of a turbulent nature, and he deals only in forms ; his reifies fpirit will not let the Sea ref+, he makes it boyl lke apot, &c. That which is fard of Leviathan in his turmoiling the Sea,may well reprefent the fpirit of wicked men, who in this are like Le- viathan; they (as the Prophet fpeaks Ufa. 57. 20.) are like the troubled Sea, reben it cannot ref(; and as themfelves are likethe troubledSea, having continual tumultuations in their own breafts, fe they oftenmake others like a troubled Sea. I (hall not hereomit what the learned Boehartate takes notice of in thisverfe. both for and again(t " his Affertiona That.Levia- than is the Crocodile. Firft, Though it cannot be denied; that the Whale makes a greater air in the Sea, and troubles, the waters more than the Crocodile (çhe;Whale being;muchthe greater, of the two) yet he conceives the lat1er part of theyule (where 'tis;faid,lfemakes the"Sea ofa pot ofointment very peculiar to theCrocodile. For (faith he) many Writerscommend the fragrancy or Tweet (melt - which the Crocodile fends forth, much like that of "musk; or the 4radian fpices, infomuch that forme think Imbergreefe is ta- ken from that Animal. And hence he concludes, it may well be laid, that he (wherehe comes) makes the Sea like a pot of oint- ment , which gives a fragrant finell, then efpecially when Rirred, asLeviathan is here Paid to fuir. This isindeed a rare ob- fervation,: and fuch as Bocbartmt might well fay, he could not e- nough admire, that che Ancients íhould give no hint at all of ; his teflimonies for ir, being from Authors of fomewhat a latedate, which the Reader may perufe for his fuller obfervation, if he. pleafe. I would not raife any fufpition about the truth of the thing,.; which Bachartasfaith cannot but be true, it being affcrc- ed by the unanimous voteof people of all Nations, Indians, 4_ rub ans, Egyptians, Affyrians andamericans.. Jltí.that Ifball fay to it is only this, That the.Text in Jobhay- ing
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