Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v12

Chap. 39. n Expoftionupon theBookofJ o B. Verf. 5, 32 ç them go forth and not return, but to (hewkindnefs and thank fulnefs CO their Parents, for their care and coil beftowed on them in their tender years, and while under their infpe&ion ; yea, let them learn (as the Apollle gives them in charge s Tim. S. 4 ) To Them piety or Itindnefs at home, and requite their Parents ; helping their Parents (if need be) in their old age, as their Parents helped and brought them up when they were young. Which duttfulnefs of Children the Greeks exprefs by a word >Arfl9Yxa alluding toStork,,who are fo muchnoted for their tender care to- P` wards their aged Parents, that their name liignifies the thing, nor only in that famous language, butjin the Sacred Language, name- ly, piety and pity. J O S, Chap. 39. Verf. 5, 6, y, 8. 5. Who bath fent out the wild 4fs free ? er who bath loofed thebandsof the wild A s 2 6. whofe houfe 7have made the wildernefs, and the barren landhis dwellings. 7. He fcorneth the multitudeof theCity, neither re- gardeth he the cry of the driver. 8. The rang of the mountains is his pafture, andhe fearcheth afterevery green thing.. THe Lord continues his fpeech with sob, to (hew his provi- dent care of, yea, and bounty towards the wilder( crea- tures. The que(iiou put in there four Verfes concerns the wild Afs, and there are three things confiderable in the defcription given . him in thefe four Verfes. Fie}, His liberty and freedom (. v. S.) Whohath feet out the mild ,.Ifs free? &c. Secondly, His dwelling andhabitation (v. 6.) whofe houfe I bave made thewildernefs and the barren landhm kitting.; J1e . feorneth, pc.. Thi; dlp,

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