An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Because they specially delight in rocky places, or because they breed and bring forth in rocks. It is said (1 Sam. 24.2.) that Saul in his pursuit of David, came with a select army of three thousand men, to seek him and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats; which Scripture fitly answers this which calls them wild Goats of the rock. Saul did not seek David only in the plains and valleys, where flocks of sheep feed; but upon the craggy rocks and precipices, where wild Goats take up their quarters or use to feed. This showed his implacable rage, and revengeful spirit against an innocent person, that rather than not take him and have his will on him, he would undertake an expedition, not only tedious but very hazardous to himself and his army. Wrathful men will not only not spare others, but not themselves. But to the Text, Knowest thou the time when the wild Goats of the rock ⟨p. 308⟩Bring forth, that is, their young ones.

Because they specially delight in rocky places, or because they breed and bring forth in rocks. It is said (1 Sam. 24.2.) that Saul in his pursuit of David, came with a select army of three thousand men, to seek him and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats; which Scripture fitly answers this which calls them wild Goats of the rock. Saul did not seek David only in the plains and valleys, where flocks of sheep feed; but upon the craggy rocks and precipices, where wild Goats take up their quarters or use to feed. This shewed his implacable rage, and revengeful spirit against an innocent person, that rather than not take him and have his will on him, he would undertake an expedition, not only tedious but very hazardous to himself and his army. Wrathful men will not only not spare others, but not themselves. But to the Text, Knowest thou the time when the wild Goats of the rock ⟨p. 308⟩Bring forth, that is, their young ones.