An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Before we heard of the folly of this creature, now of her pride and confidence.

What time, or at the time when she lifts up her self, that is, her head, ¹neck, and wings on high, that she may run the swifter; she scorneth, &c.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] juxta tompus.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 juxta tompus.

And this she doth when beset by those who would take her, then she lifteth up her self on high, that is, as high as she can, though (as was said) very high she cannot, and then she casts back stones upon her persecutors.¹ And hence some conceive these words give answer to a secret or un-expressed objection. For it might be said, If the Ostrich, which is of so heavy a body, be likewise of so dull a wit, having no wisdom nor understanding; surely, then she may be easily taken and destroyed? Not so neither; for God hath provided her a help against this time of danger, and therefore though she be of a heavy body, and have little understanding in other things, yet she understands how to shift for her self; she raiseth up her self as high as she can, and fluttering with her wings (which she holds up like sails to the wind) she drives on amain; though she keepeth still upon her feet,² or riseth very little at any time above the ground, and is therefore said to fly running, or to run flying, or, in a sort, to sail in the air, very lightly touching the earth is, yet she is somewhat lifted up, and being thus lifted up,