A35538:1196
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 39-41
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.
Or fill the appetite of the young Lions?
Possibly the Lord speaks of filling the appetite of young Lions because young Lions have appetites so strong, that a small matter will not fill them. Young ones of any kind, have stronger appetites than those that are old; young Lions especially, whose constitution (say Naturalists) is very hot and dry: that being the temperament of Lions; young Lions must needs require a great proportion of food to satisfy their stomach, and find work for their quick concoction. 'Tis but a while, that the milk of the Lioness will serve their turn, they must have stronger meat; young Lions are soon ready for prey; 'Tis said (Judg. 14.5.) that when Samson passed by, a young Lion roared against him, or (as the Margin reads it) a young Lion meeting him roared; and why did he roar? not so much for anger, as for hunger, desiring to make a prey of Sampson.
Possibly the Lord speaks of filling the appetite of young Lions because young Lions have appetites so strong, that a small matter will not fill them. Young ones of any kind, have stronger appetites than those that are old; young Lions especially, whose constitution (say Naturalists) is very hot and dry: that being the temperament of Lions; young Lions must needs require a great proportion of food to satisfie their stomack, and find work for their quick concoction. 'Tis but a while, that the milk of the Lioness will serve their turn, they must have stronger meat; young Lions are soon ready for prey; 'Tis said (Judg. 14.5.) that when Samson passed by, a young Lion roared against him, or (as the Margin reads it) a young Lion meeting him roared; and why did he roar? not so much for anger, as for hunger, desiring to make a prey of Sampson.