Chap. 39. e4nExpofition upon the Book of j os. Verf. a6. 47,3 finds it bell for her, and therefore doth (Ter. 8. 7.) The Stork in theheaven, and the Crane, and the Swallow know the time of their coming; Whither ! furely to fome warmer climate, when the weather is cold and offenave to them in the place where they are ; and when the heat returns to the coatis from whence they carne, thither they return again ; They know the time of their earning, they know when 'tiis good for them to be in one Coun- try, and when in another. And is not this a rebuke (as the Pro- phet there applieth it) untoa man, who many times knows not what's good for himfelf, knows not the judgement of the Lord ; that is, what God would have him do, or what courfe to take in fucha time and feafon,or under fuch a difpenfation ofprovidence; knows not (as I may fay) Winter and Summer, heat and cold, and fo is not fo wife as the fowls of the air generally are, or as the Hawk in particular is here Paid tobe, Who flretchethher wings to the South. All the children of men have, and the children of God know they have a South tofiretch their wings unto ; that is, the goodnefsand power of God, as the Pfalmift fpake , Vnder the fhadon' of thy wings (hafl be my refuge, till thefecalamities be overpaft. I will i retchmy Pelf to the south, to the loveand fa- vour of God ;'tisbell for all men w firetch their wings toward thefe wings of God in an evil day. All (hould do as the Lord dives the invitation Ma. 26, 20.) Corne my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and flout the doors about thee ; hide thy Pelf, as it were,far a littlemoment, sentil the indignation be over-pall. Thus the Lord dire&s his people to firetch themfelves to the South, when 'cis cold and hard weather abroad in the world ; and the creatures fpoken of by the Prophet, as well as the Hawk in the Text, will rife up in judgement againfl us, if we firetch not our wings to the South., when we feel the Northern cold, and Win - ter froh taking hold of us. I (ball pats from this part of the verfe concerning the Hawk, when I have only minded the Reader, that fome have found a twofold refemblance in the Hawk. Fitts, They refemble the Devil and evil fpirits, to the Hawk, becaufe of theirdevouring nature. The oldPoet raid, We hate ©dir,usaecipi- the Hawk, becaufe floe is alwayes inarms. And fo is the Devil,he e1pquioet,. isalways inarms, and at war with the Church of God, and with per vivitin ehe.fouls of men; and we ought alwayes co be in arms agáini the alias. Ovid. P pp, Devil,
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