A35538:1750
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 39 › Verse 19-21
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.
Hence note; The power and goodness of God is much seen, and much to be acknowledged, in making a creature so strong, yet subject to, and useful for man.
Some creatures have great strength, yet are no•, nor will be subject nor serviceable to man. It is said at the 10. verse of this Chapter, concerning the Unicorn, Canst thou bind the Unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? The Unicorn hath great strength, but man can get no service from him; he cannot bind him in the furrow, nor make him do him any other work. Why is it that the Horse, who is of great strength, though possibly not of so great strength as the Unicorn, is so serviceable? surely the reason is only this, Because God by his power hath subdued the strength of the Horse to, and for the service of man. Who could break the Horse, who could handle and manage him, if God himself had not brought him to hand? The Elephant, greater in strength than the Horse or Unicorn, is yet made subject to the use of man, by the power and appointment of God. Take five Inferences from both these considerations: That the strength of the Horse, is of God; and that the Horse, though mighty in strength, is by God subdued to the use of man.
Some creatures have great strength, yet are no•, nor will be subject nor serviceable to man. It is said at the 10. verse of this Chapter, concerning the Unicorn, Canst thou bind the Ʋnicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? The Unicorn hath great strength, but man can get no service from him; he cannot bind him in the furrow, nor make him do him any other work. Why is it that the Horse, who is of great strength, though possibly not of so great strength as the Unicorn, is so serviceable? surely the reason is only this, Because God by his power hath subdued the strength of the Horse to, and for the service of man. Who could break the Horse, who could handle and manage him, if God himself had not brought him to hand? The Elephant, greater in strength than the Horse or Unicorn, is yet made subject to the use of man, by the power and appointment of God. Take five Inferences from both these considerations: That the strength of the Horse, is of God; and that the Horse, though mighty in strength, is by God subdued to the use of man.