Chap. 39. an Expojtion ;span the Bookof j o B. Verf. B6. 491 which manageth themotions of men on earth ; he orders both the courfe anddifcourfe of man : when he pleafeth he can take wifdom from the wife(+ men,and make even Judges fools. Judges are fuppofed and accounted the wifefl among men, yet the Lord can befool them fe,that they Thal nor be able to fee the things that belong either to their own peace, or the peace of others. The Lord, who gives wifdom tobears and birds, can take it from men. Dodo the Hawkflie by thy wifdom ? That's the general ; then follows a fpecial infiance concerning the courfe of the Hawk; Andflretch (or fpread) her wings towards the South. 5n'l'1 Aliffer, Theword rendred South, lignifies the right hand. The South rsteridies, à rq- is focalled, becaufe when a man turns his face to the Eaff, or dice 20' dex- Sun-rilinag then the South is on his,right hand. to a, lin , a quaflplfpraa° But why is the Hawk laid to flretcb forth ber wings to the dentera, gsia South ? we may expound it twowayes. verfis ad o- Firf+, Thus Shefiretchethher wings to the South, when fhe is riensein, ad upon the change of her feathers, of which a touch was givenbe- dexrram par= fore. As if the Lord had laid when the time cometb that the ell meri- > > dies. FLa"wk callsher feathers, loth fhe by thy wifdom (for that we are Num edsElus d to take in) firetch her wings towards the South, (as Naturalifis to accipiter, tell us fhe doth) for the cherifhing of ber new feathers ? The novisplu.nis, South windbeing a warm wind, opens the pores of the body, and tbruin loco, re then the old featherscattily falloff, and the new ones come on; Sepsis, ales du- therefore when theHawk lofeth her feathers, fhe liretches out "tiro verfus ca her wings towards the South. And as the wild unmanagedHawks, lorefolis,ve who are at their own liberty, turn themïelves to the South at Inch getandas en- times, fo the Places where Faulconers keep Ha,,ks to train them Æl an. i.,4. for fervice, are built towards the South, that the warmth of the c. 12. Sun may help the growth of their feathers. Accipiter tent- 'Tis not unworthy our remembrance," which fame teach alle- Peremutatimis gorically from this natural inuine of the Hawk,- helping her felt Rannavumes more ealily, both tocart and recover her feathers. A fanner in alasfussad his natural flare, is fo feathered as he comes from the old _Adam, Auflrum,qui eft that he had need to caf+ the old and get new ones. Now if the t'entus calidus." Inner would do thus, or when he doth thus, he is taught by the ut apert epon wifdom of God (not by the wifdom of the flefh) to iirerch him- dicidanr, , fell towards the South, thatis,-cowards the pOcafanr wind, ,and nov,erenafcan." warm tor. Aquin.
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