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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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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.
The natural Historian tells us concerning the Hind, that she by common instinct, a little before she calves, feeling her pains coming upon her, seeks out a certain herb called Seselis, feeding upon which doth exceedingly facilitate her pains in bringing forth. Women, who have understanding and reason, as also the assistance of friends about them, have many means for their ease in that hour of extremity; but the Lord hath made this poor creature, both Physician and Midwife to her self. Further, 'tis reported of them, that when they have brought forth, they use the same and other herb to help themselves against their after-pains. Once more, Naturalists observe,1 that they usually bring forth at that time of the year when there is much thunder, according to that before mentioned (Psal. 29.) The voice of the Lord, (or thunder) maketh the Hinds to calve. For the Hind being of a fearful nature, ⟨p. 322⟩that dreadful noise doth so astonish her, that it either makes her put out all her strength to bring forth, or makes her less sensible of her pains in bringing forth. That's the second thing here considerable in Hinds, their painful bringing forth, They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
The natural Historian tells us concerning the Hind, that she by common instinct, a litle before she calves, feeling her pains coming upon her, seeks out a certain herb called Seselis, feeding upon which doth exceedingly facilitate her pains in bringing forth. Women, who have understanding and reason, as also the assistance of friends about them, have many means for their ease in that hour of extremity; but the Lord hath made this poor creature, both Physician and Midwife to her self. Further, 'tis reported of them, that when they have brought forth, they use the same and other herb to help themselves against their after-pains. Once more, Naturalists observe,