Chap. 4o. 4nExpofstion upon the Book of J o u. Verf:t 6. 6!9 an exceeding quiet and harmlefs difpofition. And Naturalifis Non aliter tell us, he is fogentle and harmleffe , that he will cake meat out Pam patpar- of a mans hand, like a Dog or Spaniel. hung catnil e hom;nis mama Thirdly,TheElephant is defcribed by hisfirength. gaudet c;búm Verfe 16. Lo, Now (or Behold, it is the fame word.) !ulnae &Han.. capes. &30. As in the former Verfe God awakened the attention of lob, to confider this Eéa(l ingeneral , with a Behold, fohere coming toparticulars, he reaflumeth the fame note of admiration and few tious meditation, Lo now, or Behold, His ftrcngth is in his loins. He bath firength proportionable to his greatnefs. And as Sampions firength was fymbolically in his locks, ao the Ele- phants firength is naturally in his loins; there's the feat of firength in moficreatures. His flrength is in his loins ; that is, he bath very firong loins , and is therefore very (bong : the loins being, as was Paid, the natural feat of firength. To gird up theloins to do a thing , is to do it firongly. Aweak man , a man of little firength , is Paid to have no loins , or tobe (if I may fo fpeak) a Elúmbusfitie loinlefeman. And hence the failing or fhakingof the loins,noces etumba, quafi the failing of f+ ength, and want of fpirits,to atchieve any great fine tumbn,i.e. thing. `David fpeaking of thewöful condition of the rele&ed varabus. Druf. ems, and the curfeof God upon them,`gives it thus('fal,lr9. 23.) Let their eyes be darkened, that they feenot, and make their loinscontinually to fhake'; that is , let them alwayes be in a weak and low condition, let them not gather firength nor courage The effe& of which curfe isevident upon that people at this day, . their"lours flake, theygather no confiderable firength, they do no confiderable thing, nor (ball, till theyreturn to the Lord. It is laid of the vertuous woman (Troy; 3 r .17.) Shegirdeth her loins with firength , that is, fhe is ready andable for any work or a6ti- PIon vefP tee onwithinher fphere, or becoming her fex. And when the Lord to uod de called the Prophet to lay to heart the grievous evils of thofemirdc;ntr times, he faith (Ez,ek. 21. 6.) Sigh to the breakingof thy loins; adltbidinema, that is, figh,`mourn, and lament, tilt thouhall fighed away all thy commodant, firength till thou artbecome feeble with mourning lamenting cumEapnar and f ghing. The Elephant is mighty and firong , His iren eb tradarur exe ` g namalmaxima is in his toms, pudleum. K k k k 2 And lclerc,
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