Chap. 7, AnExpofition upon the BeokofJ OB. VerC. is. áas Godgatherid them together,thrutl them together into one place, and there fu a watch upon them,put them in prifon, bound them Dei Provide, intchaines, for he lawwhat an unruly element it was, and how tiamdicitur, Coon it would difturb all, if left to its own guidance. So Job 33. r o, He bathfet bounds to it, bars and doors to keep it in. He locksand bolts it in by his mighty power. And then Jobs mean.. ing may be this. Am I an overwhelming tyrant or oppreffour, a fwallower upof the poor, &c. that thou doll thus imprifon and reftrain me. Secondly, There is a wonderful capacioufnefs in the Sea : the Sea is fo big and broad, fo extenfive and vat}, that it takes in all the waters that come off the land into its bofome, and yet feels no accefs. And then his meaning may be thus conceived, Am I able to drinkinall th;fefloods o fforrewr and rivers ofalie`lion, which are let out and unburthen themfelvesuponme ? Thirdly, The Sea is ofmighty firength, though we fay,weakas water ; water is a weak element in one fence, yet in another, wa- ter is a firong element, fo ttrong that it beares all down before it, and beares all the formes that rage upon it. And fohis mean- ing is, am I able to bear continual tempett, perpetual tofngs and agitations. Wilt thou ever let look the winds and guns of trou- ble to blow thus furioufly upon me I Or (amI) a Whale ? The word lignifies any great and terrible creature, any moWler sr, =1.71 whether of lea or land, but frequently the Whale fo Gen. I. 21. . `,,diV veflu God createdgreat Whales; and Lam. ç. 3. The Sea-mon/tern draw am a a fl out their breath. ; whist fonie interpret thefea calfe, It -is taken nifrcot;fjve alfo for the Dragon, which lives partly upon the earthand partly terreflria,we in the water (Deut. 32.3.) Their wine is thepofon ofDragens;and ag tQriliafsa fofer. Sr 37. But place it either at land or lea, it notes the moti tb:a,Q :nom fierce,devouring and cruel ofall living creatures.Our Tranflations men bias de. underfland it of that huge tlupendltous lea moufter, the Whale or dueunt. Leviathan. Am 1 a Sea, or }Wale: That thoufetteffa watch (or aguardover) one ? The word lignifies to watch a thing fo narrowly, that it can neither efcape, nor do hurt for upon thefe two reafutas,watches andguards arc fct,we arcafraid time will run from us,that others will hurt us, therefore we f-et a guardupon thew,In this laí} knfe, job i
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