Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v12

Chap. 39. AnExpofuion upon theBookof Jo a, Verf. ÿ. 323 declared an affti&ion,with refpe& to the woman,is fallen upon all creatures in their degree ; they all are more or lets pained in t: a- vel,or travel in pain.The finof man bath brought forrow uponthe whole world,even upon finlefs creatures; & thereforeman fhould pity poor creatures in their forrows, his fin having brought thole forrows upon them. HOW vile then are they, who meerly tofa- tisfie their tuffs, encreafethe forrows of the creature, andcaufe them to travel more than needs, in pain every day ? Secondly, The Lord inllanceth here in the Hinds for hard travel ; and Naturaliuls obferve, the Hind hath the fore(} travel in bringing forth of any creature, womanexcepted. And, that the Hinds have very fore travel in bringing forth , befide what Naturalifls fpeak, may be colle&ed from chofe exprefììons in the Text, They bow themfelves, they bring forth their young ones,tkey call out their furrows. That Scripture alto intimates as much (Pfal. 29, 9.) when amongother wonderful of e&s of thunder, Thebreaking of Cedars, &c. This is added, The voice of the Lord snaked? the Hinds to calve ; as if it did require the fpecial help of God, to give the Hinds cafe anddeliverance in the time of their travel , The voice of God doth it ; that is, either the thun- Tune.effeis us der, or fome extraordinary power, fens out for that purpofe, cervn glue doth it. alioquín rcber- And here we may confider the goodnefs of God, even to this rimèrfentpa- wilde beau}, in ordering her natural helps, to cafe her the more ri court f eedil of her grievous pains in bringing forth her young ones. Blur ante p Y Y a dum par- The natural Hiflorian tells usconcerning the Hind, that (he by tumpurgantur common inflin&,a fidebefore fhe calves,feeling her painscoming herbs quadaon upon her, feelts out a certain herb called Se(elie, feeding upon Pe sePis& which doth exceedingly facilitate her pains in bringing forth. ctauffnteruts Women, who have underf}anding and r eaton, asalto the affiflance ro.Jun. of friends about them, have many means for their eafe in that Plira.l.8.c.32. hour of extremity ; but the Lord hath made this spoor creature, Ari&l.9 de both Phyucian and Midwife to her felf. Further, cis reported-of Iliflor. animal. them, that when they have brought forth, they Life the fame and denat.Deerum. other herb tohelp thcmfelves againíl theirafrer-pains.Once more, Naruraliuls obterve, that they ufually bring forth at that time of Apartudun the year when there is much _ thunder, according to that before habent herbar mentioned (Pfal. 29.) The voice of the Lord, (or thunder) ma- qur lAron l. Sefèippe keth theHinds to calve. For the Hind being of a fearful nature, lanrurs Plin, T t that 1, 8. c. 32.

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