440 "Chap. 6. An Fxpof tion upon theBr,ok of j O B. Verf 4.e forafmuch as the wild Afs ( who is fo greedy of gears and thittly after the waters j will not bray for either till he is aÍBiûed with the want. Or loweth the oxe over his fodder ? This carries the fame meaning with the former inftance ; that beingin wild creatures, and this in tame ; as ifJob had faid,looke amongft all forts of cattel, wild or tame, you (hall find they are content, when they have food convenient for them. And here- upon grounds his argument, that if bruits led only byfenfe and appetite complain not without reafon, then flatly he at leaft a reafonable creature, had reafon tocomplaine, or elfe he had not complained. Hence, Obferve ; áieft, Bruit beafis complain not without caufe.' They'complain not till want provokes them. Surely men are more then brutifh, whocomplain when they have no want r But moil of all, They, who are not content with abundance; Somean: difcontent, not only, though they have daily bread, and r as the Apo(ile fpeakes ) Food and raiment ( wherewith all fhould be content) but though they have ¡lore ofbread and cloa- thing laidupfor manyyears,Shal not theoxor afs condemn thefc, who bray and low,when they have grafs and fodder plenty, when . they (land continually at rack and manger. By whom (hall there men be accufed thinkyou ? We (hall not need to fend for the An- gels out of heaven, to witnefsagainli them; No, we may call the wild beafis, and bid them be witnefs ; we may empannel A Jury ofaces andoxen topats a verdic=t upon fuch men. As God up- braids his people in cafe of their ingratitude for mercies, The Oxe knoweshis owner, and the Aft his Matters crib ; and ( fer. 8, 7. ) in cafe of their negle(`# ofjudgements 1he Starke in the hea- vens knoweth her appointed times, and the crane ; and the turtle, and thefwallow obferve the time of their coming, but my peo- pledoth not know tbejudgement ofthe Lord. As if the Lord had faià, whither (hall t goc to fetch witnefs againfl this people ; (hall I goe up toheaven for Angels, or call in men out of other Nations? No I need gobut to the aire for birds, for the turtle, the crane and the fwallow ; any thing in nature will ferve to condemn them, who acfl againfi, or below the dilates of Nature. Menare worfe then beaffs, when they doe worfe. Their prehemi- rtence ofconfl tution is loft in the bafenefs of their ations s and they
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