chap.q.®. an ExpofZtion upon the Book of o B. Verf. zi. 647 tended. Thechildren of Ifrael for the celebration of the feaft of Tabernacles were commanded (Levit. 23. 4©.) to cut down the boughsof thick trees, and the willows of the brook, &c. which Curely could not be meant of the willows growing about the river ilere in Egypt; for they were come out of Egypt, and this was anordinance which the children of Ifrael were commanded to obferve in the Land of Canaan. And as in this place of Mofes we have the willows o f the brook, fo (If a . z f . 7.) we have, the brook of the willows, whither the fubfiance of the Moabites fhould be carried, by themfelves ( fayCome) for fafety, by their enemies, fay others, as fpoil. I do not find any who follow this tranflation, interpreting the brook of the willows by Mud in Egypt, but feveral of Euphrates by Babilon in Chaldea, to which that fpeech of the Captive Yews there (Pfal. 137. r, z. ) may give fome light. .Thefe two thingsconfidered, the words of the text in Job con- cerning Behemothmay,at leaf+,with a faire probability, be applied . to the Elephant. The fhady trees cover himwith theirfhadow, the willows of the brook compafe him about. Hence Note, Firft ; God provides not only for the beingof his creatures, but for for their comfortable being. As the Elephant bath food upon the mountains to keep him alive, fo fhady trees to keep him cool. And thus the Lord takes care for man,he hach not onlygiven him bread ro eat,but conveni- ences for his delight and comfort. God makes provifion, even for our delight, while we are in the fle(h ; let us rake heed we, make not provifian for the flefh, to fulfill the lulls of it. The Elephant bath not only grafs,but fhadows. Secondly, Nate ; The inconveniencies and annoyances which come to as by one creature are helped by fame other. God bath foprovided, that look in what,one creature doth an. coy us, another relieves us. The Elephants are much annoyd by the heat of the Sun, but they find relief under fhady trees. The heat of the Sun is cured by fhades and gentle winds, in thole parts of the world that are under of near the Line; the Lordbath p: a-
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