r 626 Chap7. An Expof tion upan theßook of J O B. Vert r a, yob Cpeeially aneaneth it; Thou fetteft a watch over me, as thou dolt over the Sea and the Wiyiile.Wby doth God let a watch over there? It is that the Sea fhould not hurt the earth, that Whales and Sea- mon(fers fhould not hurt man, failing upon the Sea, or deffroy the leffer fi(hes fwirnming there. In the 39th PJ;alrrr, vele 2.the word is riled for letting a' watch upon the tongue, I have let a watch (faithDavid) upon my lips, radiee`li]P11 P &c. Aman lets a witch upon his lips, lead he fhould speak- a Cul3edireter- mils, or leaf} he fhould do hurt or wrong in fpeaking,fo (Pf 14.1. vare,¡ign fiaas 3.) the Pfalmill detireth God tofet a watch before bis m2rsth, and cu(í'odiaman- keep the door ofhis lips. The tongue is a hurtful indrument, as ,diq; circum- clujam,unde the Apoflle James defcribes it,a little member which bath a world walla. pact of iniquity in it : Therefore the tongue being fo hurtful, it is a e/fuóium, great part of Grace, to keep a watch over ir, and a great part of our duty to begof God to fct a watch upon it, that it may do no hurt, that it may not as aSea or a Whale, (wallow up our neigh- bours good name. Nehemiah, ( Chap. 4 3.) made his prayer (a tweet conjuncion)andfet a guard or a watch; why was it ? to keep off his wicked enemies from hurting him, and hindring the good work he had in baud. Cirrura dedifü Some translate it thus, Am /a Sea or a WT/hale, that tborì (houdd- efi inc lofe me in prifon ? it cornes to the fame fenfe, and the me carcere. vul. word lignifies a prifon in divers texts otScripture,.prirons are pla- Sicratearçerl ces of watch and guard, from whence there is noefcape or getting [.antifroceert loofe. job thought himlelf a man kept in prifon, as offenders arc. cendo, tic The Sea is a prifonc -r (hut within banks and walls : as a man in Nebr,ti, a cudpodiendo, prifon cannot go where he will fo neither can the Sea. And the Whale, of whom it is Paid, He takes hispajfime in the Sea, is, yet Goc'sprifoner there. And the truth is, all creatures are in the prifn ofprovidence, the limits whereof they can no more go be- yond,then a man that is bound(as Peter )with two' chaines,and all thc doors lockt upon hirn.EÇ,,ecially afflif} ions are imprifouments fì: to :fs is ad i A dileale is lent like a Sergeint'to ' 777 a Nell a man : that (huts a man within his horde,' confines h m ` kitp his chamber,ánd then binds him upon his bed, not ro lid. till God give a rcleafeCorrow is often calledá Cord, Pfal. a S.4 The forrows ofdeatb(the cords of death, as the Hebrew is)cem etb me about and /Tad. 116 .3.TheforrowsofheY'ortbecordso 4,11)swereabuaet me. And in that feu e Job fpeaks ofhimfeif, why doff thou at- oll and cart me into prifon, binding tie with the cords of theft for-
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