A35538:1931
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.
But why is the Hawk said to stretch forth her wings to the South? we may expound it two ways.
But why is the Hawk said to stretch forth her wings to the South? we may expound it two wayes.
First, Thus: She stretcheth her wings to the South, when she is upon the change of her feathers, of which a touch was given before. As if the Lord had said, When the time cometh, that the Hawk casts her feathers, doth she by thy wisdom (for that we are to take in) stretch her wings towards the South, (as Naturalists tell us she doth) for the cherishing of her new feathers? The South wind being a warm wind, opens the pores of the body, and then the old feathers easily fall off, and the new ones come on; therefore when the Hawk loseth her feathers, she stretches out her wings towards the South. And as the wild unmanaged Hawks, who are at their own liberty, turn themselves to the South at such times, so the Places where Falconers keep Hawks to train them for service, are built towards the South, that the warmth of the Sun may help the growth of their feathers.
First, Thus: She stretcheth her wings to the South, when she is upon the change of her feathers, of which a touch was given before. As if the Lord had said, When the time cometh, that the Hawk casts her feathers, doth she by thy wisdom (for that we are to take in) stretch her wings towards the South, (as Naturalists tell us she doth) for the cherishing of her new feathers? The South wind being a warm wind, opens the pores of the body, and then the old feathers easily fall off, and the new ones come on; therefore when the Hawk loseth her feathers, she stretches out her wings towards the South. And as the wild unmanaged Hawks, who are at their own liberty, turn themselves to the South at such times, so the Places where Faulconers keep Hawks to train them for service, are built towards the South, that the warmth of the Sun may help the growth of their feathers.