A35538:1652
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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Though none of the beasts of the earth, or fowls of the air, have Reason, properly so called (that's the privilege of Angels and Men) yet there are some of them, that by a natural instinct, show a great deal of reason in what they do, both as to their own preservation, and the provision which they make for their young ones; in which latter respect, especially this Scripture, takes notice of the deficiency of the Ostrich.
Though none of the beasts of the earth, or fowls of the air, have Reason, properly so called (that's the priviledge of Angels and Men) yet there are some of them, that by a natural instinct, shew a great deal of reason in what they do, both as to their own preservation, and the provision which they make for their young ones; in which latter respect, especially this Scripture, takes notice of the deficiency of the Ostrich.
Secondly, Forasmuch as the spirit of God reports this as the folly of the Ostrich, that she leaves her eggs to so much hazard and danger,
Secondly, Forasmuch as the spirit of God reports this as the folly of the Ostrich, that she leaves her eggs to so much hazzard and danger,
Observe; To leave any thing in danger, or not to provide against danger, is a great argument of folly.