Chap. 3 3. 4" Expofttion upon the Book of J o B. . Verf. 39. 2ót s Vlher,which isa little black fhag-barred beafi,about the bignefs of a Spaniel, whichwhen the evening cames, huntsfor hisprey,ard.. coming on the foot, follows the /cent with open cry, to which the Lionao chiefhunter gives diligent ear, following for his advantage. If the Jackal jet up his chafebefore theLion comes in, he howls out mainly, and then the Lion feizeth on it, making agrumbling notfe, zrhilfl his jervant flands by barking ; and when the Lion bathdone, theJackalfeeds on the relicki. Thus far that induarious colle&tor of obfervations frcm moil of the remoteparts of the world. And thoughneither Pliny, nor anynatural Hiltorian, nonor any Inter- preter uponthis Text (that ever I tnet with) have given any in- timation that the Lion bath fuch a fervanc to hunt the prey for him ; yet the tefiimonyof thole ingenious Travellers or Navi- gators, upon whofe report of what they have fees or heard in thole Countreys, the worthy Author above named makes this relation (this teftimony I fay) may be a probable ground for fuch an Expo(Lion of the Text, that the Lord had in his wife provi- dence providedone tohunt theprey for the Lion. Though 1 con- , ceive the fence of the place to be more general, namely, that the Lord himfelf hath one way or other takencare,that even the Lion (hall have his prey, and that neither Job then nor any one elfe needed take care in that matter. How great an argument that might be, both for fobsconvition and.confolation, will appear afterwards. Wilt thouhunt the prey For the Lion ? f The word rendred Lion, lignifies a flout Lion ; Mr. Broughton l2t7c1 renders, the hardyLion others, the old Lion Wilt thoubunt the Leoni vetuto,' prey fir the old Lion? and there's a double interpretation with qui viribus de- refpe61 to that tranflation, That either here ismeant a Lion come fir' e,tibusnon up to his full flrength, and fo every way able to provide for him- avmpáuspfe°ted ff á e ; felf ; or, that by tie oláLion, is meant a Lion grown fo old and juveninatibus cap- weak with old age, that he can no longer provide for, nor hunt toprrda,rt{gi- the prey for himfelf ; and therefore theLord faith, Wilt thouhunt to oursadpar thepreyfor the old Lion, that cannot hunt for himfelf ? daft thou ticipatione4, provide for the Lion, that cannot provide for himfelf ?. fis I, prædævotan- p` tibus,alitur. who provide a prey for the old Lion, that cannot hunt the prey itdian.1. 9. for himfelf. This is a good fence, and I (hall touch it in the Ob- Hißor. fervation, mal. GI, O o How
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