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

Secondly, Some of the Ancients and Moderns too, make the Unicorns stoutness and stiffness of spirit against doing any work for man; an emblem of that gracious well-tempered stoutness & resolvedness of spirit in the faithful servants of God, against doing any work at all for the Devil, as also in refusing to ⟨p. 382⟩do any sinful work at the will or command of man: In which sense, it is both their wisdom and their duty not to serve nor please men (1 Cor. 7.23. Gal. 1.10.) Thus Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 3.18.) We will not serve thy gods. These were no wilful men, though they said, We will not: Their understanding was in the answer as well as their will, and their conscience for God, as well as either. And in this sense the Apostle, who so often exhorts to faithfulness and diligence in the service of man, admonisheth us, Not to be the servants of men, (1 Cor. 7.23.) And in this sense, (though he had said, I please all men, in all things for their profit, that they might be saved (1 Cor. 10.33.) and counselleth every man, to please his neighbour for his good to edification (Rom. 15.2.) yet) concludeth of himself, If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ (Gal. 1.10.)

Secondly, Some of the Ancients and Moderns too, make the Unicorns stoutness and stiffness of spirit against doing any work for man; an embleme of that gracious well-temper'd stoutness & resolvedness of spirit in the faithful servants of God, against doing any work at all for the Devil, as also in refusing to ⟨p. 382⟩do any sinful work at the will or command of man: In which sense, it is both their wisdom and their duty not to serve nor please men (