Chap. 39. An Expofationaspon the Bookof, j o a. Verf. 9, forth this property, the unfubduable or untameable fiercenefs ' of his nature. So that all that God faith of him, may be redu- `ced to this ; That the Reem can neither by the skill nor power ' of manbe brought to the yoak, nor made ferviceable toman in ' any way, when as many other wild beafls, no lefs eminent than he for firength and fiercenels, even Lions, Tygers, Elephants, ' Leopards, Bears, Rhinocerotes, have laid down their ìmtnani- ' ty, and become mild;and have fuftered themfelves to be man- ' naged and governed by men, yea, and learn to acknowledge `their Mailers, and ferve them ; whereas fuch traetablenefs ' might rather be expeEted from the Reem (he being of the Bul- l' locks kind, and living upongrafs) than froom any of them; alt ' which, except the Elephant and Rhinocerdte are ravenous, and 6 delighting in blood and (laughter, live upon fpoyl and prey. ' And that we may the more wonder at the unCubduable na- ' cure of the Reem, the Lord (hews the fame to be in `the wild ' Afs,a weak and harmlefs animal,and which pathneither flrength ' nor inclination to do hurt ; than which nothing can be Paid or ' imagined more wonderful, that wild Affes, whole flocks of ' which, even a Dingle boy will put to flight and chafe, yet will ' byno means be tamed, whereas Tygers and Liòns,one of which ' will fland aband of armed men, and fometimes put them to ' flight, (honld notwithflandingbe tamed, even to yield fervile 6 obedience. No other reafoncanbe given of this, but only, be- ' chufe it bath Teemed good to God, the Author of nature, to ' order it fo. ' Now in that God is pleafed to difcover the untameable na- ' cure of the Reem by theCe marks or figns, namely, that he (corns ' to plow the ground, or do any work that belongs to Husbandry. ' Hence it dothmore clearly appear, which we have above con- ' firmed by many Scriptures, than the Reem is an animal of the ' fame kind with Bullocks ; forafmuch as the fence of the dif ' courfe of God about him, is as if he had laid, Seeing among thole balls which are prepared by men tohelp them in their ' work, and whole labour they eafe in tilling and fubduing the ' earth, theOx is chief, as being mans molt laborious helper in ' husbandry, andwhich inmoil; Countreys is more u fed in it than ' any other beaft, according to that(Prov. 14.4.) Mach encreafe ' u by theffrergth of the Ox.Ho w cotes it topals, that men do 3ï5
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