?go Chap. 41. ,An Expojition typon the Book of Jos. Verf. 34. when David came to him) be beheld him and difdainedhim, that is, he beheld him with difdain; When the Giant looked about, and fawDavid it youth, he difdained him as no match for him. Leviathan is fuch a Goliab, He beboldeth all high things, be they never fo high, with a kind of difdain. Hence, Note ; Theywho are great in anykind, are very opt to defpi fe others or to look upon them )rich difdain, as if they were soothing to them. Looks of difdain, defpifing looks, are very common in the world. With what a difdainful eye did the `Pharifee behold the Publican (Luke18. g, i a.) 1 am not eu other men are, Extortio- ners, vujuff, adulterers, or evenas this Publican, this pittiful fellow. Pride in Celf, is always accompanied with contempt of others, and caufeth it. The Title of that Parable in the 16th of Lake is, He fpake this Parable, to certain that trufled in them- felves, that they -were rigbteowa, and defpifed others. 'Tis the fpi- rit of a Leviathan, he beholds all high things,howmuch more low things with difdain. Yet, Thirdly, Some expound thefe words as an argument, not of the Nibilmedita pride, bur greatnels and noblenefs of Leviathans fpirir, who as he tor, non mag- is the highefi of elementary animals, fo he beholds all high numefl peri- things,he will not meddle with inferiotar matters, they are below wire f ono* him.Great men are for great matters. TheHeathens Paid of their confellantis, fe. f upiter, He beano lcifore to attend upon, or have to do with fmall refpiceread id affairs. Small matters will not go down with Leviathan, he is al- quadfu ;lime wayes looking at great.Such is the fpirir of worldly men; they like eß,etnunquaot Leviathan, behold all high things ; not the high things of Hea- tnrehumili ven, but the hioh things of earth the are not heavens minded fenfuot, gut in- a Y ly- , tentionemdefa- but high-minded. A godly man is heavenly- minded, a carnal man gave. San& is high - minded. David profeffed (Pfal. r 31. t.) Lord, my Non vacate2 heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty, neither do 1exercife myPelf i ass rebus ad- oe to great matters, to things too highfor me. What was toohigh for a King ? for a David ? yet King David Paid, his heart was not haughty, nor his eyes lofty, lookingat high things ; he looked at thole things whichconcerned his duty, to ferve God,and hisge- neration, by the will of God, or as God would have him (e,itis 13. 36.) he was heavenly-minded, and not high-minded. Sole- mn fpeaks of a generation (Prove 3o,13. ) Dhow lofty are their eyes,.
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