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

Where the wild Ass shall dwell or inhabit, comes under a Divine appointment. How much more hath God appointed dwelling ⟨p. 334⟩places for the children of men. The Apostle tells us (Acts 12.26.) That he hath not only made men to dwell on all the face of the earth, but he hath also determined the bounds of their habitation, that is, God hath not only made the whole earth habitable for man-kind, but he hath by his providence disposed every man to his special habitation in this or that part of the earth.

Secondly; The dwelling which God appoints to any creature is suitable to its nature.

Secondly; The dwelling which God appoints to any creature is sutable to its nature.

This wild creature dwells in a wild place, in a wilderness. This barren creature (as to any benefit he brings to man) God appoints to dwell in a barren land. It is said of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 5.21.) when for his pride he was put from his dominion, that he had his dwelling with wild Asses; he himself carried it like a beast, and he had a dwelling suitable to his bestial disposition among the beasts; he was proud, and would not bare the Lords yoke, he cast off the bonds which God laid upon him, and thought it enough for him to lay bonds upon men, therefore the Lord (to humble him) thrust him among the beasts. As like will to like mostly in way of election, so sometimes like shall to like, though they like it not, in way of compulsion; and usually like are put to like persons or places, in way of gracious ordination. God himself appoints wild beasts to the barren wildernesses, tame beasts to the fruitful enclosed pastures; he placeth men in well built Houses, Towns or Cities; and he hath appointed faithful men and women his Church to dwell in, which is therefore called (though in a wilderness) the house of God, (