A35538:1793
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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As every creature is not strong, so not courageous. Some are very fearful, so fearful, that they are grown into a Proverb for fearfulness: Such are Hares and Harts, and the Ostrich before spoken of. Nor hath every horse courage and boldness. Horses given to start, are fearful. God puts such courage into some horses, that nothing can make them start or fear. Courage is a gift of God bestowed upon some men, and not upon others; some are courageous as Lions, and others are fearful as Hares and Harts, or Grasshoppers. We cannot keep some from fear; we cannot make others afraid. Canst thou make him afraid, as the Grasshopper?
As every creature is not strong, so not couragious. Some are very fearful, so fearful, that they are grown into a Proverb for fearfulness: Such are Hares and Harts, and the Ostrich before spoken of. Nor hath every horse courage and boldness. Horses given to start, are fearful. God puts such courage into some horses, that nothing can make them start or fear. Courage is a gift of God bestowed upon some men, and not upon others; some are couragious as Lions, and others are fearful as Hares and Harts, or Grashoppers. We cannot keep some from fear; we cannot make others afraid. Canst thou make him afraid, as the Grashopper?
Note, Thirdly; Where God gives courage, it is not in man to make afraid.
The courage of the horse appears yet higher in the next verse.