An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

The Eagle makes her nest on high. But doth she so, O Job, at thy command? dost thou direct her, where to make her nest or how? It seems the Lord teacheth birds to make their nests. The least bird is directed by God as well as the Eagle: It is by his counsel that some birds make their nests very low, and that others (among which the Eagle especially) make their nests on high. Pliny saith, no man can reach or touch the Eagles nest.¹ We look and find birds nests in every bush, but who ever found the Eagles nest, such an Eagles nest as is here spoken of: There are (I grant) some Eagles that make nests in high trees, but the Eagle here intended makes her nest upon in accessible rocks. When the Lord would reach the height of mans wisdom, in setting himself above the reach of danger, it speaks thus (Jerem. 49.16.) Though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as the Eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord. 'Tis a proverbial speech, and 'tis joined with setting our nest among the stars, in the 4. v. of the Prophecy of Obadiah. The Idumeans, with and about whom the Prophet there spake, dwelt in mountainous places, and flattered themselves in the strength and safety of the country, as if it had all been an Eagles nest. The Eagle makes her nest so high that 'tis, as it were, next to the stars. But why doth the Eagle make her nest so high? there are two or three reasons given of it, by the searchers of nature.

The Eagle makes her nest on high. But doth she so, O Job, at thy command? dost thou direct her, where to make her nest or how? It seems the Lord teacheth birds to make their nests. The least bird is directed by God as well as the Eagle: It is by his counsel that some birds make their nests very low, and that others (among which the Eagle especially) make their nests on high. Pliny saith, no man can reach or touch the Eagles nest.¹ We look and find birds nests in every bush, but who ever found the Eagles nest, such an Eagles nest as is here spoken of: There are (I grant) some Eagles that make nests in high trees, but the Eagle here intended makes her nest upon in accessible rocks. When the Lord would reach the hight of mans wisdom, in setting himself aboue the reach of d•nger, it speaks thus (