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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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Secondly, The Lord instanceth here in the Hinds for hard travel; and Naturalists observe, the Hind hath the sorest travel in bringing forth of any creature, woman excepted. And, that the Hinds have very sore travel in bringing forth, beside what Naturalists speak, may be collected from those expressions in the Text, They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. That Scripture also intimates as much (Psal. 29.9.) when among other wonderful effects of thunder, The breaking of Cedars, &c. This is added, The voice of the Lord maketh the Hinds to calve; as if it did require the special help of God, to give the Hinds ease and deliverance in the time of their travel, The voice of God doth it; that is,1 either the thunder, or some extraordinary power, sent out for that purpose, doth it.
- 1Tunc officis ut cervae quae alioquin aegerrimè essent pariturae commodius pareant? dumb ante partum purgantur herba quadam quae Seselis dicitur faciliore ita utentes utero Jun. Plin. l. 8. c. 32. Arist. l. 9 de Histor. animal. c. 5. Cicero l. 2 de nat. Deorum.Tunc officis ut cervae quae alioquin aegerrimè essent pariturae commodius pareant? dum ante partum purgantur herba quadam quae Seselis dicitur faciliore ita utentes utero Jun. Plin. l. 8. c. 32. Arist. l. 9 de Histor. animal. c. 5. Cicero l. 2 de nat. Deorum.
And here we may consider the goodness of God, even to this wild beast, in ordering her natural helps, to ease her the more speedily of her grievous pains in bringing forth her young ones.
And here we may consider the goodness of God, even to this wilde beast, in ordering her natural helps, to ease her the more speedily of her grievous pains in bringing forth her young ones.