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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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1In the fourth place, The Lion in some things resembles the devil himself, the worst of all creatures. The Apostle Peter gives it expressly (1 Epist. 5.8.) Be sober, be vigilant; for your adversary the devil goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, or swallow down at a draught, as the word signifies. The devil is like a Lion in his wrath, rage, malice and subtlety, to catch and ensnare poor souls, and to make a prey of them.
1In the fourth place, The Lion in some things resembles the devil himself, the worst of all creatures. The Apostle Peter gives it expresly (1 Epist. 5.8.) Be sober, be vigilant; for your adversary the devil goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, or swallow down at a draught, as the word signifies. The devil is like a Lion in his wrath, rage, malice and subtilty, to ca•ch and ensnare poor souls, and to make a prey of them.
- 1Christus Leo propter fortitudinem, diabolus propter seritatem. August. Ser. 46. de diversis.
Lastly, The Lion is an emblem of a godly man, First, For his boldness and gracious confidence in a good cause (Prov. 28.1.) The righteous is bold as a Lion. 1Secondly, For his gratefulness to them who have done him good. Some of the ancients have rela•ed strange things of the hospitality of a Lion entertaining a man, and of the gratitude of a man healing a Lion, with the consequents of both. Thus by these Scripture-resemblances, we may learn much what the Lion is, and what his qualities are. Wilt thou hunt the prey for the Lion?