450 Chap. 39. an Expofition upon the Boos. of J o s. Verf. 25. ifDSbá!teß pbaretra,unAe fagitt,evocan- lte'J +StÍ12i filii pharetra. Lam. 3. Pharetra á fafjoro fuo go- ßata fragrore non terretur. sez. pleajure in him. 1f any man draw back as a coward, or takes his heels in the day of battle (for of that he fpake in the a4th verfe, telling us of thofe,tiho endured agreatfight of afiliîlion, evenof thofe that took joyfully the fpoiling of their goods , and doubtlefs were ready to take joyfully the fpoiling of their lives too ; Ifany man in their cafe turnback f o,-n the very face of the fword ) My foul (faith God ).(hall have no pleajure in bim ; he is no fouldier for me, he is not fir for the fpiricual warfare. As in this verfe we have the fword, fo in the neat, there is an enumeration of feveral other terrible Almes,the fight whereof gives no trouble CO the horfe. Verf. 23. The quiver ratleth againg him, the glifBring freer and the fword. Yet he turns not back ; fo we are to conneEt iç. The quiver ratles againfl him. It was ufual in thole tunes tomake much ufe of bows and a'= rows in war; and nor only did the foot-men ufe the bow, but the horfe-men too. Some underhand this ratling of the quiver, to be either of foot or horfe that come to charge; but we are rather tounderflind the rulingof the horfe -mansquivers. Moil crea- tures take fright at ratling noires, but this railing makesnot the . horfe either to hart or turn, he flincheth not, nor drawech he back at the railing of thequiver. The quiverratleth againfi him. There is a twofold interpre- tation of thee words, atifingfrom the ambiguity of the prepo- fition ('W ) by us rendred againfl, which others tranflateby (fuper) upon, conceiving that here mention is made of chore weapons which the horfe with hisRider bear ; as if the mean- ing were, The quiverswhich Archers on horfe bacb. ,carry at their ladles or by their fides, rude upon him. But moll (as our tran- flation hath it) render that prepofition by, againt , and fo un- derfiand the whole verge of chafe srmes,which the enemy or con- trary party ufe in confli. And that this is the better and more proper expofition, is clear from the feries and tendency of the words for here the valour and generofty of the horfe is paint- ed to the life,towardswhich the mentionof thofe arms, which the Wifehimfelf or the horfe-man managing him bearetb, doth not con-
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