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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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By how much the Ostrich is more neglectful, by so much the providence of God is more watchful. In the carelessness of the creature, how doth the care of God shine forth! when they that are engaged to, or should provide for the good of others, or to prevent their evil, neglect that duty, how wonderful is the goodness and kindness of God in providing for them, and protecting them! David had this confidence (Psal. 27.10.) When my father and my mother (like the Ostrich) forsake me (that is, though my father and mother should prove so unnatural, as to forsake me, and expose me to the wide world) yet the Lord will take me up. How good is God, who takes care for them, for whom nearest relations take none! The Prophet puts this question,1 as if the negative answer were out of question (Isa. 49.15.) Can a woman forget (like the Ostrich her eggs) her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely, if the answer were to be made to this question in the light of nature, would it not be this? She cannot, 'tis impossible she should. But how doth the spirit of God answer in the Text? Not absolute in the negative, she cannot; nor absolutely in the affirmatively, she will; but mixtly or comparatively; Yea, they may forget; ⟨p. 404⟩yet will I not forget thee; that is, though it would be a very strange thing if they should, yet possibly they may, but 'tis impossible that I should forget thee. Or thus, though women should turn Ostriches, and forget their own issue, yet will I not forget thee; that is, I will have thee in everlasting remembrance, as it followeth in the next words of the Prophet (vers. 16.) Behold! I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands, thy walls are continually before me.
By how much the Ostrich is more neglectful, by so much the providence of God is more watchful. In the carelesness of the creature, how doth the care of God shine forth! when they that are ingaged to, or should provide for the good of others, or to prevent their evil, neglect that duty, how wonderful is the goodness and kindness of God in providing for them, and protecting them! David had this confidence (