Chap. 39. an Expolition upon the Book of j o B. Verf. 3o. 491, Sixthly, Naturalitls tell us, the Eagle gives her young ones of her ownblood, when the cannot get other blood for them to ICfiara.l. a4, drink or fuck.This is mots true ofChrifl; he fuffered himfelf to be cal114' wounded for us;his hands andfeet,yea,his very heart was pierced, that we might have his blood todrink inbelieving. My blood (faith he, job. 6.) is drinkindeed, Aquilavocaty Sevenrhly , The Eagle is long lived. The Greek expref- a qa !a cartO fedi her by a word fignifying longevity; and force give the reafon, 'tdY trite, not only from the excellent temperament and conllitution of her ;;,,,v- t, but silo becaufe file lives in fuch pure air, free from ill nos cent.tm. vapours and noifomfinells. Jefus Ch: ill is not only long lived, Epiphau, but he lives for ever, he was fromeverlalling,and will be to ever- lafling, he is the King eternal (t Tim. i.1 T.) the eternal faker, (Ifa. 9.6.) Thus we fee howChrift is like the Eagle, in thefe (even par- ticulars; I shall Phew (even more, wherein true Chrillians alto are like the Eagle. `Pica, Doth the Eagle flie high ? fo do they by the wings of faith ; They mount up (faith the Prophet, lfa,q.o. 3 r .)with wings as the Eagle. Secondly, Hath the Eagle a clear fight ? doth the fee far org? fo Saints by faith can fee far off (lfa. 33.17.) Their eyes fee the King inhis beauty, they behold the Land that is very far off'. Which Scripture, though it be properly and litterallymeant of beholding King Hez.ekiah in his earthly glory, yet it is much more verified of a believers feeing his King, the Lord Jeus Chria in his heavenly glory, and of hisbeholding Heaven, which may well be called theLandoffarnefs and diflances,or(as we tran- flate) The Landvery far off. Stephen the Protomartyr , had a clear intelleFkual fpiritual eye, when he Paid (Alts7. f 6.) Re- bold, I fee the heavens opened, and the Son of man ffandingon the right handof God.' Believers have a clear Eagle-eye here, and they {hail have a muchclearer eyehereafter, when they {hall fee Chriil as he is (a John 3. z.) All Saints willbe more thaneagle- eyed in glory. Thirdly, Doth the Eagle dwell on a rock ? fo doth every true believer (Ifa. 33. 16,) His place of defence ¡hall be the munitions of rocks ; bread (hall begiven bins, his water ¡hag be fore. TheA- poflle tells us who the rock is (a Cor. r o. 4,) The rock which followedthemwas Civil'. R r r z Fourth-
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