34; © Even the ſtout-hearted Mariners or Pafſ-ngers, who uſe to be abovefear! d Either 1- Of the Sea, cauſed by his motion, which daſheth the Waves in pieces one _ another. Or rather,2: Of
their Mind and State : by reaſon of their great danger and diſtreſs; which is expreſſed by this very word,Pfal 60. 2: Jonah 2: 4. e Either 1. Naturally ; that being the uſual effe& of great terrour. See Ezek.
7:17; Or rather 2: Morally, as this word is generally uſed. Thoſe
| Mariners who ordinarily live in a groſs and general negle& of God, ; and of Religion, are ſo affrighred with this imminent danger, that
they cry unto. God intheir trouble, as is ſaid in like caſe, Pſal: 107: 28: and endeavour to purge their Conſciences from the guilt of their ſins, by confeſling and ſeemingly forſaking of them, and to make their peace with God, and obtain his favour and help, by their Vows, and Promiſes, and Prayers. . 26 The {word of bim that layeth at himf cannot |or.awuf-
hold g : the fpear, the dart, nor the || habergeon bh, plate. f That appreacheth to him, and dare ſtrike at him, g Heb. can
nor ſtand, i.e. either, 1: Cannot endure the ſtroke, but will be bro- ken by ite Or, rather 2: Cannot abide or take hold of him, or be fixed in him; but is inſtantly beaten back by the exzeſſive hardneſs
which agrees better to the Crocodile,than to the Whale, whoſe Skin |
of the-Skin,which cannot be pierced by it, as may be gathered from this and other paſſages before and after it, This alſo ſeems -. better ; to agree to the Crocodile, whoſe Skin no ſword, nor Dart, nor ' Muſquet Buller (as others add )can pierce,than to the Whale, whoſe | Skin is eaſily pierced, as experience ſheweth in our Whales ; except , the Whale here ſpoken of were of another kind 3 which is not im- | poſſible. þ Or,Breaſt-plate. As offenſive Weapons cannot hurt him, {o defenſive Weapons cannot ſecure a Man from him. Bur Men , that go upon the deſign of taking either Whales or Crocodifes do | not uſe tofortifie themſelves in that manner. Some therefore take ; this to be another offenſive Weapon, a kind of Dart, as this word ſignifies in the 4rab:ck Language; which is but a Diale& of the He- ; brew,and from which the true ſignification of many Hebrew words ' muſt be gathered. | 27 Heeſteemeth iron as ſtrawi, and braſs as rotten
wood. z; He neither fears nor feels the blows of he one more than ofthe
other, | 28 The arrow k cannot makghim flee : ſling-ſtones I are turned with him into ſtubble m.
k Heb. the ſon ofthe bow; as it iselſewhere called the ſon of the qui- wer, Lam: 3; 13: the Quiver being as it were the Mother or Womb that bears it, and the Bow as the Father that begers it,or ſendeth it forth. © 1 Great Stones caſt out of Slings, which have a great force andefficacy ; of which ſee on 2 Chrox, 26:14, -» Hurt him no more than a blow with a lictle ſtubble.
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like ( which Paticle is oft underſtood ) [harp ſhreds, or frag-
der him, Swords or Darts which were flung at him, and broken upon him } upon themire. The fragments of broken Weapons lie as thick at the botrom of the Water in the placeof the fight, as little ſtones do in the Mirey or as they do ina Field after tome. fierce and furious Batre!s: or thus.with him(or for himzi,e. for his defence)are ſharp fones. he ſpreadeth himſelf like an arrow, or threſhing inflrument ( which is fil- Jes and fortified with Iron ) in the mire or mudin the bottom of che Warer; So he doth not deſcribe his reſting place, but rather his Back, which he not unfitly compares to ſharp Stones or threſhing Inftru- ments, becauſe the Darts or Stones caſt at him pierce no more into him than chey would do into them if they were thrown at them.
21 He make:h the deep p to boil like a pot q: he
maketh che ſ-a r like a pot of ointment 5.
p Thedeep Watzrs, or the Sea, which is called the deep, Pſal. 107; 24: Jonah 2: 3: as it is cxplained in the next Clauſe. 9g To ſwell, and foam, aad froth by his frong and vehement motion, 2s any Liquor doth when it is boiled in a pot. r Ether the great Sea, the proper place of the Whale, Pſal: 104: 25: or, the great Ruver Nils, which is called a Sea, both inScripture. as 1a; 11: 15: and in other Authors ( of which ſee my Latin Synopſis) as Euphrates 1, called the Sea of Bxby/ong Ita: 21: 1: Jers 51: 36; cr Lakes or Pools which are moſt frequeuriy called Seasboth in the Old and New Te- fament. as every 0:16 kno-vs. Ard in ſuch Lakes the Crocodiles are no leſs than in N75. as it is attelied by Herodotus, and Strabo, and otiers. 5 This Ciauſe ſeems to be added very empharically to inti- mate that this Leviathan cauſerh not only a vehement commot on, bur alſo a great fragrancy in the Sea or Waters where it is. Which though it was nor obſerved by the Ancients, yet is unanimouſly affirmed by later Authors upon their own knowledge and experi- ence, that it caſts a perfume like Musk; of which ſee the Names and Words of the, Auti.ors in my Latin Synopſes,
22 He maketh a path to ſhine after bim ; one would
think the deep to be hoary t. | t When he raiſeth himſelf to the top of the Waters, he doth as it were plow it up and make large furrows, and cauzth a white froth or foam upon the Waters. - Fx lf}, = , 32 Upon earth & there is not his like || who is made
_ without fear. x. : iſt 4 Either 1: firifly ſo called, a5 it is diſtinguiſhed from the Sea
or Rivers, There is no Land-creature comparable co him for ſtrength WP. and courage. Or 2. largely raken. No Creature equals him in all points. Or, pon the duſt,as the word properly ſignifies,z. e. among all things thar creepin rhe duſt,among which this may in ſome ſort be numbred for the ſhortneis of irs feer. bur this were no great ho- nour to it to be the chief ot creeping things ; and therefore the for- mer Tranſlation leems more pr. p-r for the preſent deſign of mag- nifying this Crearurs above all uthers. x Fears no Enemy as being full of courage, nd {enſiv]e-of his own invincible ſtrengeh. _ Or, ſo as he cannot be bruiled or brokengvy reaſon of his prodigious hardneſs,
all the children of pride.