274 Chap.3o. An Expofrtion upon the Book of Jo a. Verf.29. Frater draco- all naturalifts agree, that the Dragon makes a fearefull noyfe nutn eh mifera- and howling, fo the Scripture contents with them, (Mich. 1.8.) bilem m Therefore I will maile and h..wle, Iwill geeflript andnaked, Iwill y/aa£iam, voci. make a mailing like the Dragons, and mourning like the Owlat. fratione floe- When the Prophet would expreffe his deepeft forrowfufl fence f a imitarm of the miferies,which he forefaw falling upon Samaria and ?era_ ¡urn. juu. faiem for their Idolotrry, he knew not how to parralcl it, but by that ofDragons and owles, Iwill make a waylirg like theDra. Bons, &c. For her wound is ¡incurable; or, (bee is grievoyfly ficl¿e of her wounds, as we put in the Margin. Wee find David com- plaining in language neere this, (Pfal. tot. 6, 7,) I am likea Pelicanofthe wildernes ; I am likean ówle of the defart ; Iwatch and am as a fjiarrow alone upon the houfe-top. And Hezekiahs thanktgiving Song lets forth the forrows ofhis fickneffe in fuch like liraines, ( Ifa. 38. 14, ) Like a Crane cr a fwallow, fo did I chatter, Idid mourne like as' a dove,mine eyesfade with looking up- ward . O L;rd, I amoppreyfed undertakefor mee. Thedoleful] dit- ties and I ,.menting tunes of thefe birds and fowles, The pellican, the fparrow, the Crane, the (wallow, and the dove , beere a cor- tefpondence with this proteftatìon 474, Iam a brother to Dra- gons, and a companion to Odes. They are foitary, fo am I, they chatterand cry and mourne out their fòrrowes , fo doe I. The worfi of their conditions and lamentations is not worfe then mine ; I am their brother and companion in affliélion. I aftly Someexpound the Dragons and theoreles here fpo- kenof by lob metaphorically, for thole ter',ble crud] and un- couth ones that were about hire whole carriage was fo info- lent and inhumane, fovoydofcompaflion ,yraofdifcretien to- wards him, that as Davidonce laid. My forge ír as among Lions, fo 74 might fay, mine is among owks and Dragons, that is, a- mong meneither fierce andDragonif t, or among men incor:fi- derate and Owlifh. In the i orh Chapter 74 brings fuch a charge againfi his whole familyor Domefticke relations (v. is. &c.) Tboy that dwell inmine hwnfe and my maidens count ,nee for, aflranger, I am an Alien in theirfight , I called my fervant,. and be gave mee no Anfwer; noy breath is orange to my wife, thoughI entreatedfor thechildren, lake ofmineown b<dy,yea young Children defpifed mee , all my inw.rrd friends abb.rred mee. they fromwhom be might expeâ the readieft offices of love and
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