pia Chap. 3`9. AsaExpofitionupon the BookpfJo s. Verf.27 Devil, yea, to take to our felves the whole armour of God, fpoken of (Eph. 6.)to refill him, and defend our felves. Secondly, The Hawk is like wicked men, efpecially in three things ; Firfi, For their ravenous nature, they love to defiroy and live upon the fpoyl of others (Ifa. 33. a.) Secondly, They are like the Hawk, preying mofily upon thofe that are moli innocent. The Pfalmift faith, Thewicked devours the man that is more righteous than he. The Hawk purfues the Dove and poor Partridge, harmlefscreatures, Thirdly, The Hawk is highpriz'd when alive,but whendead, cafe out upon the dunghil, no man regarding her. He that took great delight in his Hawk while alive, will not call for it to his Table when dead. Thus wicked men may be in great efieem while they live, but when once dead, they are as thrown upon thedunghil, their memorial rots, and is unfavoury. So much for the 26th verfe, wherein the Spirit of God calls Yob to confi- der the nature of the Hawk at any time flying, and fometimes turning her flight to the South. And now the quefiion paffeth from the Prince of birds, to the Queen of birds. Verf. 27. Thob the Eagle mount up at thy command, andmake ber neft on high ? The Eagle is a. King or Qteen, chief among the fowls of the -an cum fax air, as the Lion is among the beafis of the earth ; and therefore prtnttis,aquila; the great King of Bábylon is fhadowed by 4great Eagle with faegi£ta,vol great wins E.ze . t And the Eomans who Lorded itlong quodroll°ob- g ( î 3) ' turufolemafpi- over the world, bare the Eagle in their Enfign. crat ; tuns TheHebrew word rendred Eagle, bath a double derivation, aongruentiant According to the fir(i, it lignifies to Behold. The Eagle is fo ex- baba cum pï eft, becaufe fhe bath (as the Hilioriandefcribes her) not on Zerbo 11! iv, a quick and clear, but a firong fight, able to look full upon the ve!quod vota: Sun Ì pining in its ftrength as if the name of the Eagle in En turn refta in a b 7 l' prtdamdiri- gli(h, were a Looker ; theEagle can look theSun in the face. But gat (Panne, accordingto a fecond derivation given by Grammarians, it figni- ebmmunicae fiesffrait, orright forth. And the Eagle rs fo called, becaufe the enm verb makes a direkccourfe, as it were by a lirait line,in purfuir of her Flin.(.to.c.3. prey, Doth the Eagle (P 1.3g.c.6> moor.
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