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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 39 › Verse 1-4
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There are some creatures which live under mans inspection, and are provided for by him, being tame and serviceable; there are others which have no commerce (as I may say) with man, but are savage, living at la•ge in the fields and forests, upon hills and mountains, yet these are preserved in thei• generations and increase, as well as those which are the under the eye and daily care of man. The wild Goats are preserved as well as the sheep, and the Hinds of the Forrest as well as the Calves of the Stall. In and by all these examples the Lord would have Job take special notice, that his providence extendeth both to the feeding or nourishing of all kinds of creatures, as also to their births and bringing forth, for the preservation of their several kinds.
There are some creatures which live under mans inspection, and are provided for by him, being tame and serviceable; there are others which have no commerce (as I may say) with man, but are savage, living at la•ge in the fields and for•ests, upon hills and mountains, yet these are preserved in thei• generations and increase, as well as those which are the under the eye and daily care of man. The wild Goats are preserved as well as the sheep, and the Hinds of the Forrest as well as the Calves of the Stall. In and by all these examples the Lord would have Job take special notice, that his providence extendeth both to the feeding or nourishing of all kinds of creatures, as also to their births and bringing forth, for the preservation of their several kinds.
So then, the providence of God is here magnified in continuing and multiplying several sorts of four footed beasts of the earth and winged fowls of the air; some of which being tame are kept by the care of man; others being wild and avoiding the presence of man (he scarce knowing the nature of them, nor having any service by them) are perpetuated in their kinds by the only care of God.