A35538:1767
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 19-21
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The neighing of Horses, is a sign of their courage and boldness, of their fearlessness and generosity; which probably was the reason why the great Lords of Persia agreed, that meeting all together in one place on Horse-back, he should be chosen Emperor whose Horse neighed first after they were met; they supposing it a good Omen or Sign, that the Rider would prove a person of great courage and spirit, whose Horse first gave that token of it: Upon what occasion the Horse of Darius neighed first, and so got his Master the Empire, the Persian histories will inform the Reader.
The neighing of Horses, is a sign of their courage and boldness, of their fearlesness and generosity; which probably was the reason why the great Lords of Persia agreed, that meeting all together in one place on Horse-back, he should be chosen Emperor whose Horse neighed first after they were met; they supposing it a good Omen or Sign, that the Rider would prove a person of great courage and spirit, whose Horse first gave that token of it: Upon what occasion the Horse of Darius neighed first, and so got his Master the Empire, the Persian histories will inform the Reader.
But to the point in hand. 'Tis evident from what hath ⟨p. 433⟩been said, that 'tis no uncouth, nor far fetched, much less forced metaphor, to express the neighing of a furious fretting Horse by thundering. And as the word rendered thunder, signifies (in the Verb) to be moved with choler and indignation, so a noble-spirited Horse, charging an enemy, shows a high strain of rage and indignation, in which respect, together with his neighing, his neck may seem to be clothed with thunder.
But to the point in hand. 'Tis evident from what hath ⟨p. 433⟩been said, that 'tis no uncouth, nor far fetcht, much less forced metaphor, to express the neighing of a furious fretting Horse by thundering. And as the word rendred thunder, signifies (in the Verbe) to be moved with choler and indignation, so a noble-spirited Horse, charging an enemy, shews a high strain of rage and indignation, in which respect, together with his neighing, his neck may seem to be cloathed with thunder.