A35538:1936
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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Why doth the Hawk spread forth her wings to the South? she ⟨p. 473⟩finds it best for her, and therefore doth (Jer. 8.7.) The Stork in the heaven, and the Crane, and the Swallow know the time of their coming; Whither? surely to some warmer climate, when the weather is cold and offensive to them in the place where they are; and when the heat returns to the coasts from whence they came, thither they return again; They know the time of their coming, they know when 'tis good for them to be in one Country, and when in another. And is not this a rebuke (as the Prophet there applieth it) unto a man, who many times knows not what's good for himself, knows not the judgement of the Lord; that is, what God would have him do, or what course to take in such a time and season, or under such a dispensation of providence; knows not (as I may say) Winter and Summer, heat and cold, and so is not so wise as the fowls of the air generally are, or as the Hawk in particular is here said to be, Who stretcheth her wings to the South. All the children of men have, and the children of God know they have a South to stretch their wings unto; that is, the goodness and power of God, as the Psalmist spake, Under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, till these calamities be overpast. I will stretch my self to the South, to the love and favour of God; 'tis best for all men to stretch their wings toward those wings of God in an evil day. All should do as the Lord gives the invitation (Isa. 26.20.) Come my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut the doors about thee; hide thy self, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation be over-past. Thus the Lord directs his people to stretch themselves to the South, when 'tis cold and hard weather abroad in the world; and the creatures spoken of by the Prophet, as well as the Hawk in the Text, will rise up in judgement against us, if we stretch not our wings to the South, when we feel the Northern cold, and Winter frost taking hold of us.
Why doth the Hawk spread forth her wings to the South? she ⟨p. 473⟩finds it best for her, and therefore doth (