4tó Chaps 39, n Expolition upon the Bonk of J'oa, Verf. t _ 4 this Text tells us,the Ulrichhath it not inher,(he bath no natu. raIaffe&ion at all towards her young ones ; therefore there is fomewhat in it beyond nature that any creature bath it ; though Profietucurare we call it a, natural inilin& to do fo, yet nature is nor alwayes non e(l name furnifhedwith ir. Inmany creatures it is eminent, in others it prop?ium, fed is not at all apparent. How great and tender is the care of a De authorir,Si Hen over her chickens ? how eagerly will (he fight in their de- enim natures effer,eurnon fence ? yet the Ulrichwill do nomore for hers, than as ifthey CY inhie be were not hers ; fo that, were is not for the care and providence fiia eluceret ? of God, who is the father of, and provider for all creatures,ma- kftpr. ny of themwould be little cared or provided for. The Text proceeds to fet forth the ill conditions of the ()t`irich. Her labour is in vain without fear, As if it had been Paid, Through her carelefsnefs, the is in hazzard to Iofe all that labour, which according co natures courfe the had taken in laying her eggs. In this fence, that promife is made to the Church (1fa. 65. 2 3.) They fhall not labour in vain, nor bring forth in trouble, for they are thebieffcd of the Lord, and their aftfpring with them. M there of them in the Negative, fo here'tis laid of the Olirich in the affirmative, Her labour is in vain; that is, it is likely tohe in vain, and all but loft labour, as . to her eggs and young ones. Labour is in vain, when it turns to very frnall account. AHus- bandmanthat plows Et tows his ground, if itfcarce yield him his feed again, is laid to labour invain,becaufe he bath got fo little by . his labour,though fomewhat he bath got. AStudent that bath ap- plied himfelf to his book, and gottenbut little knowledge, may be faid to have fludied in vain much more is that labour in vain, which turns to noaccount, or -bath no good effe& at all ; fuch as is tire.wafhing of the Ethiopian or Black-moor, whom how long . foever ye wafh, he is never a whit thewhiter. But aboveall vain labour, that labour is in vain,whichproduceth an eff=e&quite con- trary co the intent and purpofeof the labourer. Thus Pharaohand the Egyptians laboured in vain, todiminifh the Ifraelitea;for(faith the Scripture, Exod. t. 12.) themore they af flitted theneithe more they multiplied andgrewThus alto the Heathen Emperorslabour- a!d in vaintoLabolifhChrillianity ; for the more they perfecuted [the
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