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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 5-8
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Thirdly, His food or manner of feeding (ver. 8.) the range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth out every green thing. Thus the Lord proposeth to Job the example of these wild and untamed creatures, for whom no man provides nor bestows a thought upon towards their livelihood, yet God provides for them, and feeds them, and houseth them, and preserveth them in as good a condition, as those which are tame, and under the daily care and inspection of man.
Vers. 5. Who hath set the wild Ass free?
The wild Ass is at liberty, he is free; love of liberty is the property of the wild Ass; and here it is questioned, whence he hath his liberty, or who made him free? that is, so stout, that he will not be taught subjection to the command of man, nor do him any work, as not only other creatures, but other Asses do; who hath made him thus free? Surely, not any man, not any company, society, or brotherhood of men; the wild Ass hath not his manumission by them,1 but by God, he hath bestowed that privilege (such as it is) upon the wild Ass, God hath set him free. Some beasts are, as it were, Apprenticed or bound to the service of men, and men have special services, uses, and employments to which they appoint them; there are other creatures, as it were, manumitted from mans service, man hath no command of them, nor work done by them, they are free, and amongst these the wild Ass is eminent for freedom.
The wild Ass is at liberty, he is free; love of liberty is the property of the wild Ass; and here it is questioned, whence he hath his liberty, or who made him free? that is, so stout, that he will not be taught subjection to the command of man, nor do him any work, as not only other creatures, but other Asses do; who hath made him thus free? Surely, not any man, not any company, society, or brotherhood of men; the wild Ass hath not his manumission by them,