628 Chap. 7. An Fxpofition upon the Bookof J OB, Nerf: r a forthe Bf:, anda rodfar the fools back, (Prov. 26. 3.) A rocky therefor the fea,and a prifon for the whale, rather then they (hall come near to hurt his belovedpeople. Secondly, note, that Min in thepaffion, and difiempered Jnfeelners ofhis nature It like the Sea or the Whale. Acruel man is as hurtful, as the molt hurtful creature.. In the place before noted, while man is warned, Not to be as the Horfe, or Mule, which have no undarianding. It is intimated that many men are ; and it is a truth, that all men left to themfelves, wouldbe like unto a Horfe,or a Mule ; yea like unto a Sea,or a Whale in doing mifchief. The Prophet (!f. 5 7.2o.) compares wicked men unto the troubled Sea that cannot re¡i. ;There is not in the whole compafs ofnature, a clearer (hedow ofmans nature than'*the Sea. Firll, The Sea is very vaft, and would (iflet alone) be bound. lets. Man is naturally veti and boundlefs in his delres, he is never fatished. Secondly, The Sea is unf}able, aiwayes fleeting and moving, Gen. 49, 3. DyingJ'acob charaters Reuben thus, uttfiableaswa- ter s The heart of man is a moveable thing, ebbing and flowing forward andbackward, tumbling up and down as the vafl O- cean. Thirdly, TheSea is often provoked with (forms and tempefls, it is the great Rage, .where the winds aft their parts,and ffrive,as it is expreít in the Revelation. There arc many winds !(riving upon the Sea ofmans heart continually,and therefore he is fo boi- flerous, and fo flormy ;he Rath winds within him,and winds from without him ; the winds in his own bowels make the greateft commotions. The Apoflle Jamesquefiions (Chap. 4. (.)Whence comes contentions and wars, andfighting: among you? Come they not hence, even ofyour luJis, that war inyour members ? Lfts are boiflerous winds in the foul, which make it-unquiet and unruly ; flrong lulls and delires likefirong winds ; and contrary lulls and delires likecontrary winds, contend `upon ,this tea. Molt men. are (Tit. 3 3.) fervingdivers lulls andpleafures, not only ma- ny, but divers, or divers not only in number, but in nature, one lull as a contrary wind, (iriving with another, and fo making a Storm in the heart. And this ftorminefs is caufed alto by an out- ward blau ; Satan blowes upon the heart,and the world blowcsa that,till the holy Ghofl breatias heavenlygales toovercome and slow
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