This shows us yet more fully, what the Eagle lives upon. Where carcasses be, resort they, saith Mr. Broughton. Some interpret the Text,1 not of bodies slain, but of bodies to be slain; where battles are to be fought, thither the Eagle resorts. Natural Historians tell us, Eagles will presage or smell a battle, some say, seven days before 'tis sought, others three, at least two; so that not only where the carcasses are, but are like to be, thither the Eagles gather. Yet some contend very much, that there is a sort or race of Eagles so noble, that they will not feed upon a dead carcass, but live upon herbs; but that most Eagles feed upon bodies slain, none deny. This Scripture of Job is alluded to by Christ himself (Mat. 24.28. Luke 17.37.) and both upon the same accounts, the destruction of Jerusalem, the glorious coming of Christ, and the end of the world. In Matthew he saith, Wheresoever the carcass is, there will the Eagles be gathered together: And in Luke, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the Eagles be gathered together. St. Matthew saith, Where the carcass is, and St. Luke saith, Where the body is. There are various interpretations of these two Scriptures, both quoted (as is generally conceived) from the Text under hand. Some expound them only of the destruction of the Jews by the Romans, and give the sense thus; That whereas Christ had foretold the destruction of the Jewish State and Temple by the Romans, and that it should fall upon all places,2 even at once like lightning, so that it would be in vain for them to run from one City or Country to another, in hope to avoid the vengeance, because wheresoever the Jews should be, or whithersoever they should retire to hide and save themselves, thither would the Romans Armies come (whose Ensign was the Eagle) and finding them out, slay and destroy them. As if the Lord Christ had said, This threatened desolation, will be universal and unavoidable; where ever any Jews are, there the Romans will be. Thus the whole body of the Jewish Nation is compared to a carcass or body, and the Romans to Eagles. That ⟨p. 489⟩ancient Prophecy (Deut. 28.49.) may be applicable to this final destruction of the Jewish Nation; The Lord shall bring a Nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth (as swift) as the Eagle flieth, a Nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand.
This shews us yet more fully, what the Eagle lives upon. Where carcasses be, resort they, saith Mr. Broughton. Some interpret the Text,1 not of bodies slain, but of bodies to be slain; where battels are to be fought, thither the Eagle resorts. Natural Historians tell us, Eagles will prefage or smell a battel, some say, seven dayes before 'tis sought, others three, at least two; so that not only where the carcasses are, but are like to be, thither the Eagles gather. Yet some contend very much, that there is a sort or race of Eagles so noble, that they will not feed upon a dead carcass, but live upon he•bs; but that most Eagles feed upon bodies slain, none deny. This Scripture of Job is alluded to by Christ himself (Mat. 24.28. Luke 17.37.) and both upon the same accounts, the destruction of Jerusalem, the glorious coming of Christ, and the end of the world. In Matthew he saith, Wheresoever the carcass is, there will the Eagles be gathered together: And in Luke, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the Eagles be gathered together. St. Matthew saith, Where the carcass is, and St. Luke saith, Where the body is. There are various interpretations of these two Scriptures, both quoted (as is generally conceived) from the Text under hand. Some expound them only of the destruction of the Jews by the Romans, and give the sense thus; That whereas Christ had foretold the destruction of the Jewish State and Temple by the Romans, and that it should fall upon all places,2 even at once like lightning, so that it would be in vain for them to run from one City or Country to another, in hope to avoid the vengeance, because wheresoever the Jews should be, or whithersoever they should retire to hide and save themselves, thither would the Romans Armies come (whose Ensign was the Eagle) and finding them out, slay and destroy them. As if the Lord Ch•ist had said, This threatned desolation, will be universal and unavoidable; where ever any Jews are, there the Romans will be. Thus the whole body of the Jewish Nation is compared to a carcass or body, and the Romans to Eagles. That ⟨p. 489⟩ancient Prophecy (Deut. 28.49.) may be applicable to this final destruction of the Jewish Nation; The Lord shall bring a Nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth (as swift) as the Eagle flyeth, a Nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Non pro occisis sed mox occidendis accipio. Bold. Aelian. l. 14. c. 13. Unaquae Jovis appelatur cornes non attingit, sed ad victum ei herba sotis est. Aelian. Aristot.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Non pro occisis sed mox occidendis accipio. Bold. Aelian. l. 14. c. 13. Ʋnaquae Jovis appelatur cornes non attingit, sed ad victum ei herba sotis est. Aelian. Aristot.
- 2Dr. Hammond
