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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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Secondly, The Eagle exceeds all, as in swiftness, so in the uprightness of her flying: She flies right up; that's it which the Text takes notice of, She mounteth up; she mounts up like an arrow out of a bow,1 whereas other fowls, when they fly high, they do it obliquely, or side-long, by gyration, or fetching a compass; but the Eagle ascends directly, not (as I may say) by winding stairs, but in a right line.
Secondly, The Eagle exceeds all, as in swiftness, so in the uprightness of her flying: She flies right up; that's it which the Text takes notice of, She mounteth up; she mounts up like an arrow out of a bow,1 whereas other fowls, when they flie high, they do it obliquely, or side-long, by gyration, or fetching a compass; but the Eagle asce•ds directly, not (as I may say) by winding stairs, but in a right line.
- 1Non obliquo tramite ut caeterae aves vel per gyrum ut accipiter, sed recto sursum fertur. Aelian. lib. 14 c. 10. Aquila derem volatu superat, & sublimius evadit. Oppian. Aquila in nuhibus.
Thirdly, As the swiftness and uprightness of the Eagles motion, so the highness of it is wonderful. The Eagle mounts till she is quite out of sight; no bodily creature can reach the Eagles altitude. One of the Ancients saith, The Eagle soars above the air (he means, I suppose the lower region of the air) as if she would visit the starry heavens: And hence it is said proverbially of any thing which we cannot easily reach or come at, 'Tis an Eagle in the clouds. Her common attribute or epithet is, The high-flying Eagle.
Thirdly, As the swiftness and uprightness of the Eagles motion, so the highness of it is wonderful. The Eagle mounts till she is quite out of sight; no bodily creature can reach the Eagles altitude. One of the Ancients saith, The Eagle soars above the air (he means, I suppose the lower region of the air) as if she would visit the starry heavens: And hence it is said proverbially of any thing which we cannot easily reach or come at, 'Tis an Eagle in the clouds. Her common attribute or epithete is, The high-flying Eagle.