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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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The word is, He heareth not, that is, he obeyeth not the crying of the driver. This is spoken in opposition to tame beasts, for such must regard the crying of the driver, else they must smart for it; if the driver speaks, they understand his language, they must mend their pace, and follow their work more closely, or see the drivers lash. Here then is a farther description of the liberty of the wild Ass; he is not brought to work by any thing that the driver can say or do, he is not afraid either of his words or blows.
The word is, He heareth not, that is, he obeyeth not the crying of the driver. This is spoken in opposition to tame beasts, for such must regard the crying of the driver, else they must smart for it; if the driver speaks, they understand his language, they must mend their pace, and follow their work more closely, or seel the drivers lash. Here then is a farther description of the liberty of the wild Ass; he is not brought to work by any thing that the driver can say or do, he is not afraid either of his words or blows.
The word which we translate Driver, signifies an Oppressor; so 'tis rendered (Job 3.18.) It signifies also an Exactor. 1The seventy translate, He regardeth not the hasty call or citation of the gatherer of Taxes or of Tribute. There are two sorts of Exactors; ⟨p. 340⟩First,2 those that exact Tribute; Secondly, those who exact Labour. Now he that drives cattle, urgeth them to work both by hand and tongue, and so exacts labour of them. Hence the word is used to express the Task-masters of the Israelites in Egypt (Exod. 5.6.) who indeed exacted labour of them, and made them serve with rigour. From these Oppressors, with the Exactors of labour, the wild Ass is free; he is at such liberty, that he regards not the cry of the driver, Exactor or Oppressor; nor will he be brought to work by fair means nor by foul. As that was a proverbial speech to show the tranquility of those times (