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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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Hence note, First, The way how Lions live, or get their lively-hood.
Hence note, First, The way how Lions live, or get their liveli-hood.
Lions are all for prey.
There is no work spoken of that the Lion doth to get his living by, there's nothing spoken of any service the Lion doth, all his care is for his belly, he hunts his prey: Wicked men in this are like Lions, they are like Nimrod, all for hunting, all for catching the prey. The Prophet Nahum (Chap. 2.12.) describes the oppressing power of Nineveh, by a Lion tearing in pieces enough for his Whelps, and strangling for his Lionesses, and filling his holes with prey, and his dens with raven. Tearing and strangling, filling all with prey and raven, is all that Lions do; not is the work of oppressors and cruel men any other in their kind,1 nor any whit better. Some of the Ancients speaking of the Lion, say, that when he roareth, the poor Beasts that are within hearing are so amazed and affrighted, that though they might escape by flight, yet they stand still and yield themselves up to him for a prey. Such frights are poor men often put to, by the roaring throats of merciless oppressors.
There is no work spoken of that the Lion doth to get his living by, there's nothing spoken of any service the Lion doth, all his care is for his belly, he hunts his prey: Wicked men in this are like Lions, they are like Nimrod, all for hunting, all for catching the prey. The Prophet Nahum (Chap. 2.12.) describes the oppressing power of Nineveh, by a Lion tearing in pieces enough for his Whelpes, and strangling for his Lionesses, and filling his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. Tearing and strangling, filling all with prey and ravin, is all that Lions do; not is the work of oppressors and cruel men any other in their kind,