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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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Sixthly, Naturalists tell us, the Eagle gives her young ones of her own blood,1 when she cannot get other blood for them to drink or suck. This is most true of Christ; he suffered himself to be wounded for us; his hands and feet, yea, his very heart was pierced, that we might have his blood to drink in believing. My blood (saith he, Joh. 6.) is drink indeed.
- 1Aelian. l. 14. cap. 14.
Seventhly, The Eagle is long lived.1 The Greek expresseth her by a word signifying longevity; and some give the reason, not only from the excellent temperament and constitution of her body, but also because she lives in such pure air, free from ill vapours and noisome smells. Jesus Christ is not only long lived, but he lives for ever, he was from everlasting, and will be to everlasting, he is the King eternal (1 Tim. 1.17.) the eternal father, (Isa. 9.6.)
Seventhly, The Eagle is long lived.1 The Greek expresseth her by a word signifying longevity; and some give the reason, not only from the excellent temperament and constitution of her body, but also because she lives in such pure air, free from ill vapours and noisom smells. Jesus Christ is not only long lived, but he lives for ever, he was from everlasting, and will be to everlasting, he is the King eternal (1 Tim. 1.17.) the eternal father, (