A35538:1640
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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The Lord having thus described the Ostrich by her outside, her wings and feathers, proceeds to show her inside, her disposition and qualities. And we might expect, that a creature clothed with such lovely wings and feathers, would have had some lovely and rare qualities, whereas the Ostrich hath not one that's commendable, all that is said of her signifying an ignoble disposition. For first, she is forgetful and careless of that, which she should be very careful of.
The Lord having thus described the Ostrich by her outside, her wings and feathers, proceeds to shew her inside, her disposition and qualities. And we might expect, that a creature clothed with such lovely wings and feathers, would have had some lovely and rare qualities, whereas the Ostrich hath not one that's commendable, all that is said of her signifying an ignoble disposition. For first, she is forgetful and careless of that, which she should be very careful of.
Vers. 14, 15. Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beasts may break them.
Here's the folly, the carelessness, and blockishness of this creature.