A35538:1938
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.
First, They resemble the Devil and evil spirits, to the Hawk, because of their devouring nature. The old Poet said,1 We hate the Hawk, because she is always in arms. And so is the Devil, he is always in arms, and at war with the Church of God, and with the souls of men; and we ought always to be in arms against the ⟨p. 474⟩Devil, yea, to take to our selves the whole armour of God, spoken of (Eph. 6.) to resist him, and defend our selves.
First, They resemble the Devil and evil spirits, to the Hawk, because of their devouring nature. The old Poet said,1 We hate the Hawk, because she is alwayes in arms. And so is the Devil, he is always in arms, and at war with the Church of God, and with the souls of men; and we ought alwayes to be in arms against the ⟨p. 474⟩Devil, yea, to take to our selves the whole armour of God, spoken of (Eph. 6.) to resist him, and defend our selves.
- 1Odimus accipitrem quia semper vivit in armis. Ovid.
Secondly, The Hawk is like wicked men, especially in three things;