442 Chap. 39. finExpfition arm the RookofJo B. Verf TT. mind to do good, how impatient is he when he is f+opt from do- ing it 1 A foul that bath a defare to have communion withGod on earth, how much troubled is he to be hindred ! And a foul that bath a great mind to be with God in heaven, how loth he paw in the valley of this lower world, till he get higher and_a.. trend up to him ! efluflin faid, Myheart is nnquiet, I can have no reff till on with thee again. So the Apofile ( Phil. a. 2 3.) I íefire todepart,! would fain be out of this world ;why am I thus wind-boundtin.,the harbour ? let me horfe fail and be gone. the Sea-man is troubled to lye at an anchor, when he would be under fail. Thus thegenerous Horfe paweth in the valley, and Rejoyceth in hislrengtb. d'tbiplaeetin And becaufe of char, . he rejoyceth in the battei ; and becaufe fuo:robore.Bea. of char, would fain be at the battei. A horfe being confident of his firength, goeth on chearfully. f17 Er viral The word rendredftrength, fignifieth not only bodily robtr- denorsrra. f}ioufnefs, but any other abilities or excellent endowments, In Ao eproeterea which larger notion it is teed (Dan. 1.4.) where it is faid, The children that were tobe chofen and bred up for the King, were fuch as hadability to fiand in the Kings Palace; that is, fueh as were well qualified for that ferviceand attendance. In flrength of both kinds, a well difciplined horfe may be faid to rejoyce. The word rendredrejoyceth, may rather (fay fome) be here tranflated, Exniteth,.which imports fomewhat more than rejoy- cing,or great rejoycing;&may not unfitlybe attributed to beaffs, efpecially to horfes,&chiefly to fuchhorfes as this Text fpeaks of. Exultation is the exp'effionof any inward joy, by force outward 261 or gefiu-e cf the body; and to do that is very ufual with brave horfes, who being proud of, at leafy much pleated with them- [elves,. are often fees pranfing and jetting as they go, and even artificially formingandcompofing their bodies, their heads and legs efp;ctally, at every fiep they take. So that thefe words; He rejoyceth, or axniteth in Itstrengrh, teem to imply, that the horfe knoweth his own ftrength and powers. It is commonly Paid, Ifa horfe knew hisffrength, he were not to bedealt with ; but yvhetherthis be true or no, it appears by thefe words in the Text, that he bath fame knowledge of his ftrength, elfe he could notbe laid to rejoyce in ir.. And this is very aptly inferred here, beá
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