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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
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.
Doth the Hawk fly.
The Hawk is described as flying. Some creatures are for going, some for running, but the excellency of the Hawk is in flying: And flying here is not to be taken in a general sense, as opposed to running or going, for so it is common to all the birds of the air; there's not the least, not any of the winged kind, but can fly little or much: But when he saith, Doth the Hawk fly? flying is to be understood specially, of swift flying, and of long continued flying. The Hawk flies with wonderful swiftness. Hence among the Egyptians, the Hawk was a Hieroglyphic of the winds. And as the Hawk moves with wonderful swiftness, so with great perseverance. Naturalists tell us, and it is the experience of many, that the Hawk will abide upon the wing, two, three, yea, four ⟨p. 469⟩hours together in the pursuit of, or in waiting for her prey; and hence some of the Ancients have made the flying of the Hawk, or the Hawk in his flying, an emblance of perseverance. The Hawk moves in the air, as if he abode immovably there.
The Hawk is described as flying. Some creatures are for going, some for running, but the excellency of the Hawk is in flying: And flying here is not to be taken in a general sense, as opposed to running or going, for so it is common to all the birds of the aire; there's not the least, not any of the winged kind, but can fly little or much: But when he saith, Doth the Hawk fly? flying is to be understood specially, of swift flying, and of long continued flying. The Hawk flies with wonderful swiftness. Hence among the Egyptians, the Hawk was a Hierogliphick of the winds. And as the Hawk moves with wonde•ful swiftness, so with great perseverance. Naturalists tell us, and it is the experience of many, that the Hawk will abide upon the wing, two, three, yea, four ⟨p. 469⟩hours together in the pursute of, or in waiting for her prey; and hence some of the Ancients have made the flying of the Hawk, or the Hawk in his flying, an emblance of perseverance. The Hawk moves in the air, as if he abode immoveably there.