ful influences upon this lower World. Didſt thou give theſe Laws ? Or doſt thou perfe&ly know them ? o Canſt thou manage and over- rule their influences that they ſhall bring ſuch Seaſons and ſuch Weas ther as thou wouldſt have ? 34 Canſt thou lift up thy voice to the clouds p, that abundance of waters may cover thee y ? ? Either thutddering in them : or calling ro them with a lond voice, commanding them to rain. qi, e. Thy Land when it needs and requires rain. 35 Canſt thou ſend » lightnings, that they may go, and ſay unto thee, + Here we are ; ? + Feb: bes r At thy pleaſure and upon thy errand. s An expreſſion of Ser- hold ws. vants declaring their readineſs ro obey their Maſters commands ; of which ſee Gen; 22:1. 1ſa: 6:8, 36 * Who hath put wiſdom in the inward parts | or who hath given underſtanding to the heart « ? _ = # To wit, of a Man, Comp. 706 29: 27: Pſal;5 5: 6: Who gave thee w9e 9Y that wit and underſtanding which thou haſt, and which thou now uſeſt ſo arrogantly and wickedly,to contend with me,and to cenſure my aQtions ? » So he limits the former general expreſſion of the inward parts, The heart is made by the Hebrews the ſeat ofthe uf derſtanding, and is commonly put for it in Scripture. | 37 || Who can number the clouds in wiſdom x, Or [Or declare f who can ſtay the bottles of heaven y ? An x Who can wiſely ſearch out and ExaQtly find the number of the FROM oo Clouds? They are numberleſs and filled with Water, as the next PIP ws 4 f: Clauſe implies. y To wit, the Clouds, in which the Rain is kept, as ie down, in Bottles, out of which God poureth them when he ſees fir. ; 4. Or: whin 38 || When the duſt | groweth into hardneſfs,and the :5:; duſt is clods cleave faſt together z ? 4: Furned ints z This Verſe containeth a deſcription;cither 1, ofa creat drovetr ire when the Earth grows very hard,and cloſe,and compa& £4 oye ne ft Heb: a
.the condition of the Earth preſently after the fall of che Rain, when £9474. -the Earth, which in time of drought was much of it diſſolved into 'duſt, is now by the Rain cemented or united rogether. In either of theſe caſes it is the work of God: alone to keep the Clouds from
pouring down more Rain upon the Earth. 239 * Wilt thou hune the prey for the Lionz? 6r fill *Plal:1645 + the appetite of the young Lions. 21;
a Is it by thy care and providence that the Lions who live in de- T Heb: the ſert places are furniſhed with neceſſary proviſions * This is juſtly © | mentioned as another wonderful work of God.
409 When they couch in zheir deiis b, and abide inthe covert tolie 1a wait cf aL 73 6 When
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6 When through Age and Infirmity they cannot range'abroad for Prey, as the young Lions do, but lie ſtill in their Dens, as 1t were
expeting their Food from God, from whom alſo they receive it. © Watching till ſome Beaſt come that way upon which they may
Prey.
Al when his young ones Cry unto lack of meat.
4 Having mentioned the nobleſt of Brute Creatures,he now men- tions one of the moſt contemprible and loathſome, to ſhew the care of Gods Providence over all Creatures, both great and ſmall. Which is more remarkable in Ravens, becauſe 1. they devour fleſh, which it isnoteaſie for them to find, 2. They are greedy, andeat very much. 3. They are generally negle&ted and forſaken by Man- kind. 4. Their young ones are ſoon forſaken by their Dams, that if God &id not provide for them in a more than ordinary manner, they would be ſtarved to death:
H A P. XXXIX.
Of the wild Goats and Hinds, 1----=4. The wild Aſe, 5-"»--8, The Uni- corn, Q === 12. The Peacock, Stork, and Oftrich, 13-----18. The Horſe, 19-----25. The Hawk, the Eagle, 26-«==-30. Theſe Creatures nat fully known ts Job, nor governed by him, are Toffcient ts convince him, That he is mo fit Judge of the Counſels of God. :
Nowelt thou the time 4 when the wild goats of the rock b bring forth c ? or canſt thou mark
when the * hinds do calve « ?
# Thar thou mayeſt then go to them, and afford them thy help in their hard work. 6 Which dwell in high and ſteep Rocks where no Man can come. See 1 Sam. 24. 2. Pſal. 104: 18» c Which they do with great difficvlty, as is implied Pſal, 29. 9g. and noted by Philoſophers, wherein they have no aſſiſtance from Men, bur onely from God. d When God by his ſecret inſtin& direQs them to a certain Herb called Seſeli, which, as Naturaliſts report, doth haſten and help forward their Birth»
2 Canſt thou number the months that they fulfil ? or
knoweſt thou the time when they bring forth e ?
e Dolt thou exa&ly know when they d1d conceive,and when they will bring forth ; which is more uncertain in theſe, chan in other Creatures, becauſe there fall out many accidents which cauſe them to bring forth before their time,as thunder, P/al 29: 9. and other like cauſes -of ſudden fear, which may be many and various, in thote deſert places where they live.
3 They bow themſelves f, they bring forth their
young ones g, they caſt out their ſorrows 5. ; } Being taught by a Divine Inſtin& to diſpoſe themſelves in ſuch 2 aur as may be fitreſt for their ſafe and eaſie bringing forrh. o wit, with great pain, being almoſt torn or rent aſuncer with dieth,as the word ſignifies : or,without any of that help, which ones, and their ſorrows
* Who provideth for the Raven 4 his food ? God, they wander for
aſts oft have. + 7.e. Their youn
rerher Or; though (which Particle is oft underſtood ) they remir randy ther jorrows, i. e. Though inſtead of cheriſhing and fur- thering thaiy lame! which for their own eaſe and ſafery they ſhould do, "they Sobfhly hinder them, and ſo increaſe their own
danger, yet by God's good Providence to them they are enabled to bring forth, as was now ſaid. -j
4 Their young ones are in good liking z;, they grow up with corn k : they go forth, and return not to them /,
# Or, grow trong, or fat ; notwithſtanding their great weakneſs cauſed by their hard entrance into the World; & Which they find and feed upon in the Fields. Or, as with corn, 7. e. as if they were fed with Corn ; the Particle as being oft deficient and to be ſup- plied» Or, :zn the Field, as this Ward in the Chaldee or Syriack Dia-
le& ſignifies. / Finding ſufficient Proviſions abroad by the care and ;
condutt of God's Providence, 5 Who hath fent out the wild aſs free 2? or who
hath looſed the bands of of the wild aſs » ?