x In ſo fiagular a manner, ſo ſtrongly and ſteddily,ſo conſtantly and unweariedly, fo ſwiftly and ſpeedily,fo regularly and cunning- ly to catci: her Prey. » Didſt thou inſpire her with that wiſe dom ? z Which ſhe doth, either 1. when ſhe caſts her old Feathers; and gets new oneswhich is furthered either by the warmth of Sourh- erly Winds, or by the heat of the Sun, which was Sourh-ward from Job's Country, as it is from ours. Whence it is,that as wild Hawks do this by natural Inſtin&, ſo the places which Men build for the keeping of tame Hawks,are builr rowards the South. Or in,or to- wards Winter, when wild Hawks flie into warmer Countries, as being impatient of cold weather.
27 Doth the Eagle mount up # + at thy command, and make her neſt on high 6 ?
a Flies dire&ly upward till ſhe be out of thy: ſight ; which noo- ther Bird can do. 6 In the higheſt and inacceſſible Rocks. Comes pare Jer. 49:16: Obad. v. 4. |
28 She dwelleth and abideth upoa the rock, upon the crag of the rock c, and the ſtrong place.
c Whic ſhe doth, partly for the ſecurity of her ſelf, and her young : and partly that the may thence have the better proſpe& to diſcern her Prey, as it fo)loweth. | 7 ft
29 From thence ſhe ſeeketh the prey; and her eyes behold afar off 2.
d Her ſight is exceeding ſharp and ſtrong, ſo that ſhe is able to look upon the Sun with open Eyes, and ro behold the ſmalleſt prey upon the Earth or Sea, when ſhe is mounted out _of our ſight ;
which when ſhe ſpies, ſhe flies to it with incredible ſwifrneſs, even like an Arrow out of a Bow.
30 Her young ones alſo fuck np blood e: and ** Mat. 24 . &
e Either of the Prey which the Eagle hath brought to her Neſt -9k&* 175 for them, or thar which themſelves catch and kill; being berimes 37*
where the ſlain are f, there is ſhe g.
inured to this work by their Dams. Naturaliſts nate of the Eagle, That ſhe drinketh no Water but Blood only. f Where any dead Carcafles are, yea, or are like to be : For natural Hiſtorians write ofthe Eagles, Thar they can preſage or ſmell a, Battel ſome days be. fore it be fought. And aithough ſome Writers affirm, That there are divers Eagles who do not feed upon Carkaſſes, and will not med- dle with them, yet that many Eagles do feed on thew is ſuffici- ently evident by the reſtimony both of Scripture,as Mat: 24:28;and of diverſe both ancient and later Writers. g To wit, in an in-
ſtant, flying thither with admirable celerity.
: CHAP. XE. IN
God's reproof of fob, 1, 2, He humbleth himſelf, 3--<5=5. God as gin declareth his Righteoufneſs, WhjePy, and the pewer of his Wrath 4L4 ”
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Chap. XXXIX,
+ Heb. :he flame of the
Spears
+ Heb &y
thy mouth.
Chap. XL. | + to aboſe the proud, 16-====14: A deſcription of Behemoth, I 5-==-243 Oreover, the LORD anſwered Job #, and ſaid, A a Having made a little pauſe to try what Job could anſwer to his queſtions, and Job, being it ſcems aſtoniſhed with God's Rebukes, or expe&ing what God would further ſay, continued ſilent. + Heb: ** 2 + Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty © gone inſtruct him b ? he that reproveth God c, let him an- —"- {werit d? 4 wa Shall Job, who preſumed to contend with me in Judgement, | * andtodiſpurethe reaſonableneſs and equity of my proceedings,give
me Inftri-tions or Dire&ions how to manage my own Afffairs, and govern my Creatures ? He juſtly mentions his Almightineſs,as a For how can he be unjuſt to
convincing Argument of his Juſtice. ] his Creatures, who hath no Obligation to them, and never did nor can receive any thing from them, and who hath an adſolute, ſover- Taign, and incontroulable Dominion over them,and who being 1n- finitely and neceſſarily perfe&, and allſufficient within himſelf, can neither baye any inclination to Unrighteouſneſs, which is an im- perfeQion, nor any temptation to it,from any need he hath of it to accomplith his Deſigns, which he can do by his own omniporence, or from any advantage accruing to him by it, c That boldly cenſur- efh his ways or works ; which thou haſt done. my former and further queſtions at his peril. |
3 Then Job anſwered the LORD, and faid, :
4 Behold, I am vile e, what ſhall I anſwer thee f*
© PC: 39/9, ® I will lay mine hand upon my mouth g. mY e What ef a mean and hs prying Fg Creature, that I ſhould preſume to contend withmy Maker and Judge? I confeſs my fault and folly, f I neither deſire nor am able to diſpute with thee. g I will for the future bridle mv Tongue, and inſtead of conteſting with thee, do humbly and willingly fubmit my felf to thees 5 Once have I ſpoken, but I will not anſwer 5:
yea, twice 5, but I will proceed no further k. | hb Or, ſpeak again ; anſwering being oft put for ſpeaking. I will contend no more with thee. 7 7. e. Oft times, or again and again, the definite number being uſed indefinitely. k In ſuch bold and preſumtuous Expreſſionsand Accuſations of thy Providence towards me. Vain therefore are the Excuſes which ſome Interpreters make for Job, as if he were faultleſs in his foregoing Diſcourſes, when 8 ”_-_ chargeth him with faultineſs therein,and Jeb himſelf con-
ech it.
6 Then anſwered the LORD unto Job out of the
whirl-wind 1}, and ſaid,
IWhich was renewed when God renewed his Charge upon Fob, whom he intended to humble more throughly than yer he had done. Both this and the-next verſe are repeated our of Chap: 38:1,3: where " they are explained. TRY * ch:38:3:2 7 * Girdup thy loins now like a man : I will * de- ' * Ch.42:4. mand of thee, and declare thou unto me. :
P:51:4; 8 * Wilt thou alſo diſanul my judgment m ? Wilt
53: thon condemn me that thou maiſt be righteous » ?
mm Every word is emphatical, Wil: ( Art thou reſolved upon it ) thou ( thou Fol, whom I took to be one of a better mind and rem- Per; had it been a Stranger, or myEnemy who had ſpoken thus of me, I could have born it, but I cannot bear it from thee) alſo ( net only vindicate my ſelf, and thy own integrity,but alſo accuſe me) diſanul (notonly queſtion and diſpute, but even condemn, re- peal and make void, as if it were ungrounded and unjuſt) »y judg- nent ? 7.e.my Sentence againft thee, and my Government and Ad- miniſtration of Human Affairs ? » Wilt thou make me uarighte- ous that thou maiſt ſeem to berighteous.
9 Haſt thouan arm like God o ? or canſt thou thun-