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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 13-18
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That is, God doth not give alike, no, not to birds. Some fowls of the air have feathers only for their use, or to serve their necessity; all fowls of the air have not gay feathers, nor goodly wings; all of them have not painted feathers,1 all of them have not (as Plinies word is, describing the Peacock) jewelly feathers, gemmy feathers; some have but plain feathers to fly with, and to keep them from the cold, but here the Peacock hath goodly wings. And we read (Ezek. 17.3.) of an Eagle full of feathers, which had divers colours; we put in the margin, Embroidering colours. God makes for some fowls of the air, such coats as Jacob made for his son Joseph, whom he loved more than all his children (Gen. 37.3.) even coats of many colours; and such are his degrees of dispensation also, with respect to the children of men. God gives clothing to all, but not goodly clothing, not rich clothing; to some he gives goodly clothing, he puts a glory upon their garments; he clothes some with scarlet, and puts ornaments upon their apparel, as David in his mourning song spake of Saul, adorning his subjects, the people of Israel (2 Sam. 1, 23, 24.) When Abraham sent his servant to woo for his son Isaac, or to fetch a wife for him, he sent goodly clothing; his servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment and gave them to Rebekah (Gen. 24.53.) Joseph (Gen. 45.22.) gave all his brethren changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. Thus the Lord deals with men and women in this world; all have apparel to cover their nakedness, and defend them from the sharpness of a Winter season, but some have goodly apparel.
That is, God doth not give alike, no, not to birds. Some fowls of the air have feathers only for their use, or to serve their necessity; all fowls of the air have not gay feathers, nor goodly wings; all of them have not painted feathers,1