77g Chap.41. an Expofction upon the Bookof o s. Vert.3 3. Non e ínpal- Face domtnton es not over the duff : be is made without fear. The ' er paellas of this variety of tranfiation is, becaufe the word which ejw. coc. we render [like] liignifies power or dominion ; and the reafon why V bun 7 Lï i the fame word uignifies to have power, as alto to compare or be ignificatdorm- like,ls, becaufe thofe things which are great above others, rife to nutum !repot be the matter of comparifon : And hence it is, that aswe, and quia qua. do- others, render, upon earth none is like him,or to be comparedto him; eninatumba- fo others, taking the word t+riedy and properly,fay,bisdominion or hag fuporreti- magiftracy is not upon the earth. quafolent eEfo The text thus read, (hews the Lords great goodnefs to men Tatariacampa- upon the earth ; that hcaving made fuch a huge, vat+, dreadful fmititudinem, creature, he bath not givenhimany power or dominion upon the rdeofgnificat land, but by his providence bath (hut him up in the lea, where comparare, vol he can do let's hurt :. for if Leviathan, or a creature of hisbignefs and power, fhould live upon the land, there were no living by him, either for man or beat+.As it is anargument ofGods careof and benignity to mankind,that thofe land creatures,Lions,Tygers, ¢c. which detiroy andprey upon others, are fo ordered, that in the day time, they retire to their dens (Pfal. ro4.22.) and when nightcomes,then they go abroad : God (huts them up in the day time, when they might do mot+ hurt, or hinder man from doing good, that is, the duties of his calling abroad in the open fields. (ver. 23.) 'Tis alto a great part of the wifdom and good provi deuce of Cod,to Phut up the Leviathan within the bounds of the lea ; hispower, his dominion is not over the daft, or upon the land, The Author of this erantlation gloffeth it thus : How fmall a mat- ter were it, faith he, to Jay, that Leviathan bath not bis like upon earth; far another thing ishere intended or handled. HereDi- vine providence is hinted, to us, which gives laws and limits to earth and lea, and to all things contained in them : He bath not formed, nor fitted the body of Leviathan with members of ufe upon the earth ; therefore the fea is his dominion, not the land' This is a truth, and aufeful confideration. Yet, I conceive, the Lord doth here rather highten the power of Leviathan, by laying, He bath not his like on earth. For it be- ing taken for granted that he bathnot his like in the fea, nothing could be faid more to fee forth his greatnefs than this, that he , luth not his like at land, AndTome of the HebrewDoors fay, che.
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