3 /6 Chap. 39. an Fxpofitian upon the Book of J o B. Verf.S. Thirdly, His food or manner of 'feeding ( ver.8, ) the range of themountains is has paflure, and be fearcbetbout every green 'chit. Thus the Lord propoféth to Job the example of theft wild and untamed creatures, for whom no man providesnor be- flows a thought upon towards their livelihood, yet God provides for them, and feeds them, acid houfeth them, and preferveth them in as good a condition, as thofe which are tame, and under the dailycare and infpec` ionof man. Verf. s. whobath jet the wild Afs free ? The wild Afs is at liberty, he is free love of liberty is the property of the wildAfs ; and here it is quell-toned, whence he bath his liberty, or who made him free ? that is, fo flout, that he will not be taught fubje&ion to the command of man, nor do him any work,. as not only other creatures, but other Affes do ; who bath made him thus free ? Surely, not any man, not any company, fociety, or brotherhood of men ; the wild Ms hath f iberum jc.ab not his manumiflionby theca, but by God, he hath beflowed that hominibus, ira priviledge (fuch as it is) upon the wild Afs,,God hath let him ur ineerumpe- free. Some beans are, as it were, Apprentiz d or bound to the teflate non fit. fervice of men, and men have fpecial fervices, ufes, and employ. Druf. meats to which they appoint them ; there are other creatures, as it were manumitted from mans fervice, man bath no com- mand of them,nor work done by them, they are free, and amoogli thefe the wild Afs is eminent for freedom. ire nude fe- The Hebrew text which we render the wild c4fr, is but one rut & fere. word ; and from thence fome derive the Latine word which d fignifies wild beafls in general; conceiving ilfo that the Hebrew mnitigG re> a augere,juíti- word comes from a root fignifying to multiply and increafe, be- ficare, quad caufe wild beans ( ufually) multiply and increafe more than tame. fnenndiorer fo. Thus they underhand this foirer part pf the verfe, not as we of lent e,/re fere, that fpecial fort of wild beans the wild Afe, bur in common of pan dome all forts of wildbeans; and then ( fay they) in the latter part Peea- of the verle, the wild Afs is efpecially fpokenof under another wantes, team; ; for though we have the wild al}, according to our tran- Tty nation, inboth parts of the Text, yet under different appellations, by which force underhand two forts of wild Affes, but others take the fire only ingeneral for wild beans of any fort, and the latter for this particular fort of wild beafts the wildAfs. But I conceive
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