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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 26-29
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Fifthly, She is described by the sharpness of her sight, in the latter part of the 29th verse, her eyes behold afar off. As if the Lord had said, though she dwells thus high upon the rock, and the crag of the rock, yet this doth not hinder her in the pursuit of her prey, for her eyes behold afar off.
Sixthly and Lastly, We have here the matter, or nature of her own food and diet, together with the food of her young ones. We have here (as I may say) a Bill of the Eagles fare (ver. 30.) it is blood, and the flesh of the slain, Her young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is she: That's her chief food and diet, the flesh and blood of the slain. These are the particulars which the spirit of God layeth down in the descriptions, bo•h of the Hawk and Eagle.
From the whole I shall give only this general note, as to the Lords purpose in speaking of these birds of prey, the Hawk and the Eagle, rather than of the Dove, or of any other fowl of a more harmless nature. I say, the Lord doth this to show, that seeing his providence disposeth of, and watcheth over these fowls of the air, which are so able to shift for themselves, and are in their kind so little useful to man; then surely, he will not neglect man, nor any creature that is of necessary use to man.
From the whole I shall give only this general note, as to the Lords purpose in speaking of these birds of prey, the Hawk and the Eagle, rather than of the Dove, or of any other fowl of a more harmless nature. I say, the Lord doth this to shew, that seeing his providence disposeth of, and watcheth over these fowls of the air, which are so able to shift for themselves, and are in their kind so little useful to man; then surely, he will not neglect man, nor any creature that is of necessary use to man.