A35538:1624
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The word rendered wings, signifies strength; the strength of birds is in their wings (as of man in his arms) and some birds are exceeding strong of wing.
The word rendred wings, signifies strength; the strength of birds is in their wings (as of man in his arms) and some birds are exceeding strong of wing.
The word rendered by us feathers, signifies in the root to fly, because feathers are the instruments of flying; yet others derive ⟨p. 395⟩it from a word, which signifies to grow or flourish, because feathers grow and flourish upon fowls, as herbs and flowers out of, and upon the ground. And the reason why some conceive the Ostrich is meant by this word (Notsa) which we translate feathers, is because the feathers of the Ostrich are so like beautiful flowers, or a goodly garland of flowers. Great Princes in all ages having adorned their hats or hair with the plumes of the Ostrich, set in ouches of gold, and bespangled with the rarest gems or precious stones.
The word rendred by us feathers, signifies in the root to flie, because feathers are the instruments of flying; yet others derive ⟨p. 395⟩it from a word, which signifies to grow or flourish, because feathers grow and flourish upon fowls, as herbs and flowers out of, and upon the ground. And the reason why some conceive the Ostrich is meant by this word (Notsa) which we translate feathers, is because the feathers of the Ostrich are so like beautiful flowers, or a goodly garland of flowers. Great Princes in all ages having adorned their hats or hair with the plumes of the Ostrich, set in ouches of gold, and bespangled with the rarest gems or precious stones.