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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 39-41
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Having thus given a prospect of the whole, I shall now proceed to the particular animals here named, and to that first which is not only named in the order of the Text, but is looked upon also as first in dignity, a King among beasts, the Lion.
Vers. 39. Wilt thou hunt the prey for the Lion?
The Lord speaks thus, because the Lion is a beast of prey, he liveth by hunting, by hunting, catching, and seeding upon other beasts; the Lion is a Nimrod in the world, a mighty Hunter: Naturalists say, he is so curious in his diet, that he scorns to feed upon any carcass that he hath not hunted and killed himself, or that hath not been hunted by a Lion. He will not touch a carcass that lies dead in the field; but what he feeds upon, is what he conquers and kills, and that therefore it is here said, Wilt thou hunt the prey for the Lion? thou needst not, he is able enough to hunt for himself.
The Lord speaks thus, because the Lion is a beast of prey, he liveth by hunting, by hunting, catching, and seeding upon other beasts; the Lion is a Nimrod in the world, a mighty Hunter: Naturalists say, he is so curious in his diet, that he scorns to feed upon any carcase that he hath not hunted and killed himself, or that hath not been hunted by a Lion. He will not touch a carcase that lies dead in the field; but what he feeds upon, is what he conquers and kills, and that therefore it is here said, Wilt thou hunt the prey for the Lion? thou needst not, he is able enough to hunt for himself.