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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But here is more expressed then the natural swiftness of the Eagle, here is somewhat occasional, which adds wings to her wings. We had four interpretations of the ships swiftness. Here is one expression exceeding all those four, An Eagle hastening to the prey.
But here is more expressed then the naturall swiftnesse of the Eagle, here is somewhat occasionall, which adds wings to her wings. We had four interpretations of the ships swiftnesse. Here is one expression exceeding all those four, An Eagle hastening to the prey.
1An Eagle is a greedy fowl. Hence that of Christ (Matth. 24.) Where the carcass is, there the Eagles gather together; that is, look where ever there is any prey, there you shall have Eagles: if there be a carcass to be had, the Eagle will be sure to make towards it, My days (saith Job) are passed away, as the Eagle hasteneth to the prey. The Naturalists observe, that the Eagle soars aloft in the air, so high, that the eye of man cannot discern her, yet the Eagle is of such a piercing eye (Eagle-eyed is a proverb for quick-sighted) that she can discern her prey upon the earth, yea in the water, and as soon as the Eagle espies her prey, she pours or sowces down upon it like a thunderbolt,2 like a bullet out of a gun, or an arrow out of a bow. Thus Jobs days passed as an Eagle in her flight, and not in her ordinary flight, but as an Eagle that hasteneth to the prey, when hunger adds swiftness to her wings; such was the passage of his days.
1An Eagle is a greedy fowl. Hence that of Christ (Matth. 24.) Where the carcase is, there the Eagles gather together; that is, look where ever there is any prey, there you shall have Eagles: if there be a carcase to be had, the Eagle will be sure to make towards it, My daies (saith Job) are passed away, as the Eagle hasteneth to the prey. The Naturalists observe, that the Eagle soars aloft in the air, so high, that the eye of man cannot discern her, yet the Eagle is of such a piercing eye (Eagle-eied is a proverb for quick-sighted) that she can discern her prey upon the earth, yea in the water, and assoon as the Eagle espies her prey, she pours or sowces down upon it like a thunderbolt,