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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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Thirdly, If we take the Lion in the first part of the Vers. for the old decrepit Lion, and the young Lions for such as a e not able to go abroad for their prey, the Lord providing for Lions under both these considerations, yields us this observation.
Thirdly, If we take the Lion in the first part of the Vers. for the old decreped Lion, and the young Lions for such as a e not able to go abroad for their prey, the Lord providing for Lions under both these considerations, yields us this observation.
God takes care for those creatures, who through infirmities (being either too old or too young) are not able to provide for themselves.
There's a special providence of God over them that have special need. The old Lion, that once could, but now cannot the young Lions that never could hunt the prey, are yet provided for. Old Lions that are strong are taught by natural instinct to get prey for their young ones while weak;1 and the natural Historian tells us, that the younger Lions, which are strong, are taught by a like instinct to hunt the prey for the old ones that are weak.
- 1Leo vetulus qui viribus deficien•ibus non amplius, Potest vonari a juvenibus praeda capta, rugitu eum ad participationem praedae vocantibus, alitur, Aelian. l. 9. de natura animal. c. 1.