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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 9-12
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Secondly, The stubborn liberty of the Unicorn is described in this context, more particularly, by his refusal of that special labour which is necessary in husbandry, or for the tillage of the ground, in the whole compass of it; and here are three parts of that labour set down, all refused by the Unicorn.
First, The ploughing of the ground in the 10th verse; Canst thou bind the Unicorn with his band in the furrow? He will not go to plough.
First, The ploughing of the ground in the 10th verse; Canst thou bind the Vnicorn with his band in the furrow? He will not go to plough.
The second labour with which beasts are wrought in husbandry, is harrowing the ground; the Unicorn will not touch that, as 'tis said in the close of the 10th verse, Will he harrow the valleys after thee? No, he will neither plough nor harrow, he will do none of these works though he have strength enough to do them, as appears (vers. 11.) Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?