472 Chap. 39. 4) Fxpofition upon the Book of Jos. Verf. 26. warm Sun of the Spirit of God, bywhich his old feathers of fin dropoff, and chofe new feathers of grace and holinefs, of faith . and repentance, of meeknefs and humility, of patience and felf- denial comeon. °Thus man is feathered by the fecund Adam, when he bath ca(l thole of the firs ; He turns hirnfelf to the South, he appliethhimfelf to Jefus Chriff, the Sunof righteoul- nefs, whole bleifed warmth fetcheth off his old black feathers, and cloachs him with new and beautiful ones. The Load who teacheth the Hawk to flretch her wings to the South, muli teach us to flrerch our felves to the Lord Jefus Chrili, that our old fea- thers may fall away, and that we may be renewed by his Spirit. Secondly, There is another account given about the Hawks firetching her wings to the Sourh ; for not only when the Hawk renews her feathers, doth'fhe return to the South ; but wilde Hawks that are at liberty, living in colder climates, ufe in Win- ter to change their quarters, and turn to the South, that is,to thole in fir ales, coafls which are more favoured by the Sun, as they who write plagamavolat the nature of beafls and birds make report. All kind of Hawks hibernotempo- are tender, and cannot well abide the Winter cold, but get into re.Plin.lib.to. the Sun, and fometimesdull themfelves in the land, whenheated Gefner. de by the Sun, as invery hot lesions they delight to bath themfelves aribets in water. It is laid, that the Egyptians ufed of old to pi9ure, or "trenis etiam reprefent the Sun in the fhape of a Hawk ; Firll, becaufe the fore calefcenti- Hawk isa great lover of the Sun; Secondly, becaufe of the live- bus accipitrem ly heat and fp'ritfunefs of the Hawk, like that of the Sun; gaudereaccepi, Thirdly, becaufe of the longevity of the Hawk (the Hawk is a ptér ere.ilias re long lived creature.) Fourthly, becaufe of the quick-fighted- lodure. nefs of the Hawk, whence they called the Hawk 411-eye. And 4ccipiterdi£lus Lally, becaufe of the ftiwiftnefs of the Hawk. The Hawk flies t VT°ml}aA- with fuch a fpeed, as if hedid emulate, or would imitate the Sun. IA qua om- The Hawk being thus like the Sun, and fuch a lover of the Sun, neculus. Bold. they fbadowed the Sun by the figure of a Hawk ; all which may give us fome intimation of theground of what inhere faid, That jhefiretchetb her wings towards the South. Hence note ; god bath given irrational creatures a knowledgeof what is ono; convenient for their own prefervation. Whydoch the Hawk fpread forth her wings to the South ? the finds
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