..,---- Ch ,p 26. An Expofition upon the B,,okef J O B. Vert 13. 8y5 j on that 74 having gone up in his diícourie to roe heavens, and the girn:fhimg of them,came down to the Sea,& to the ,furn fh- ing thereof, and inttances in that creature which is chief in the Sea, The Leviathan, thereby to exalt and lift up the glory of God in his works ofcreation and providence. Obferve. The Sea as well as the heavens, and all the inhabitants thereof; declare the mighty worksand workmanjhip of God, efts the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament Tbbeweth his bandy work(Pf.19.r.) So the earth declareth the glo- ry ofGod, nd the Sea flaeweth his handy-work. The lead crea tures preach the power of God, howmuch more the gl ea:eft;. Alf beleevers are taught of God,and every thing we lee teacheth us fomewhat ofGod, and this they teach us efpecialiy that God is the former of them all. The hand of God bath formed the- Eagle, and a leffe powerful! hand then Gods couldnot forme a fly. The hand ofGod bath formed the Elephant , and a teffe powerful! hand then his could not forme a moufe. The hand of Godbath formedLeviathan, and a hand befle powerful! thenhis could not forme a flzrirnpe. As Jefus Chrilt was declared mrny wayes to be the Son of God, but (as the Apoftle faith, Rom. i q) He was declared to be the Son of Clod with power(or powerful- ly declared to be the Son of G9d) by the refurrel'lionfrom the dead.- Soall thing; that are createddeclare that their Creator is God; But he is declared with power or powerfully declared to be God by many of the creatures. Who can make any thing to live, but the living God?Who can make great things, but the great God?' Hie bandlathformed the crooked Serpent. And teeing the Lord bath formed the crooked ferpent, even. thole creaturesthat are molt dreadful! and dangerous to man then the molt dreadful! and dangerous creatures are under the power ofGod, he formed them, and the-efore he can refiraine and curb theca As it is laid of Bebenootb(Jobgo I9.)He that made laben ion make hie [word apreach untohian,that is, though he be to ftrong for clan, yet God whogave him that ftreng:h, bath infi- nitely mire, and can eafily Matter hiin,yea and give a weak man skill and power to doe it: fo though it be laid ( ?ob 41. 26.) of Leviathan that the fword of hito that layeth at him cannot hold the
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