6'13 Chap. goo. an Expo¡itian upon theBook, of Jo a. Verf. Y cis an Oxe ; yet not altogether as theOxe. His food is as the food of anOxe for the matter , both eat graffe, but he doth not eat in the fame manner as an ate. Why, how Both an Oxe ear? by licking up the graffe with his tongue into his mouth , as he is defcribed ( Numb. 22,4.) bur the Elephant gathers up the graffe with his trunk , and then puts it into his mouth. Naturalifis give. ,hefe two reafons why the Elephant cannot eat like the Oxe. Ile orepafcatur Fir(i , Bteaufe of the fhortneffe of his Neck. adminuculo lengu r urbo. S,condtÿ , The littleneffe of his Tongue , which lies fo far ver,irnpedit within his Mouth , that it cannot eafily be leen ; and therefore tolirbrevrtas he crops the graue v im his runk and putting it into his mouth, & linguæquo grindes it with his teeth. Die quæ Ai - Re eateth graffelike anOxe. He is like the Oxe , as to what tumuli perexi guaefl,C/.Tin, he feeds upon, not as CO the way of his feeding. So then, teriur pmfrta, though the Elephant be fo bulky and big bodied , yet, by the raut eam t4n Lords Ordination, heis as harmlelfe as a labouringOxe, he will vúterep J, not hurt anybeati of the field. This phrafe , Eating like an Oxe, mown; pro- is ufed to fez forth thepeaceableneffe ofhis Nature. Thus thhofe ofcideherbam, ìtenribur quos bleffed times are defcribed, when the power ofthe Gofpel (hall utringuequa overcome the wrath and enmity which is in the Serpents feed a- nor habercorn- 'Bear the feed of the Woman (Ifa. c.s. 7. ) The Cow and the waolu. Iir'tì B fbäll feed their youngones' and the Lion Mall eat firaw libe ë2. de c.54. the O re, Lionswill be quiet.; that is, the fpirits of thofe men, 9 > > p r ÿ1,grae ä who he been like Lions and Bears, even they.(hall eat firaw like Achrso, Pacco. the. One, they fháll not hurt the Lambs and Sheep of Chrifis flock Brier de é and fold. The fame. Prophet fhadows the peaceablenaffe of s'is beijies fcx= thole Gofpel rimes under a like Allegory ((hap. 65. 25.) where ounquadfdnum having .fl ewed (Verfe 24.) the goodneffe and tenderneffeof God ewtgf2ure?nt in hearing the prayers of his people, It (hall come to paffe that ficuìgor, méta-, before they call, ITrill anfrotr , andwhile they are yet praying , I eure¡Aortal in will bear he refentl (hews howgood and kind God (who hath æureásm0nfs:e- : p Y acu_ the fpirits and paffions of all men in his hand) will make themoll serf, ruffe-fpirited and pafionate men, to his people. 'The wolfe and the Lamb Mall feed together, and the Lion(hall eatJiraw like the Bullock Thatis, they who were fometimes as fierce asevening Wolves,. (hall quietly and fweetly converfe with the Lambs of Chrifi' , e3 : Thus here the Lord (peaks of the Elephant eating graffe like an Oxe , to flaew,chat though he be exceeding firong , yet he is of so
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