Hf014 the Epifl/e of J A M I s. Verfe 7. For ever] kind ofkeafis, ct14dof&iras, aNd of Serpents, _ ~tnd things in the Sea, is tamed, andbath been tam~dof mankf.'fd: :· J . , Verfe 8. B1Jt the tpngue pan no:man t~une, it is ~n f:!nruiJ evil, and full ofde;zdiJ poyfon. , Having £hewed the curfed influence of the tongue, he lheweth how difficult the cure is : Wtide beafi.s ~re more.~tractable,and may be fooner brought to h;111d, . th~n an e·v!l tocgu~; ,~.is wil~er then .thq1wildefl: beall. . . , . E. very kjnd of btaf1s, andbirds, a1Jd Serpents, and:things in thp Sea,] The ent.lfl)e-ration is the more full, tbac he PJay tbew.how far- hu~ane Art c,aiJ reach. ·For Infr~nces an~ ~tprie~, Interpreter~ gpo,und !l) them. ,Hqw Lyons · ha.~e been tam~q, and brought t~ hunt as Dogs, Gr draw the Chariot, as Horfes, you m~y fee f /;nJ ~n his Natural Hifiory, l.ib.8. cap; I 6. and v.Elian, lib. I 5. cap. I 4~ How Birds have been taught, you may fee Pfin. lib. I o•.cap. 41. and M,acrob.-lib. z, Saturn, cap. ro. Of Elephants, Lipjim, cmt• .prima, Epifi.)o. In lhort,noching is fo violent ana noxio.us by na- ) ~ure, . but humane ~H and .iqdufhy bath made it-fervi~eaP;Ie JP hu~ :mane J:I(es. 1 'f)lis ~sa fruit and rel!queof that dymrnion _God gave man over thecreatures at firfi ; by an infrinCl: put intc;> -~heir natures ) they were all to ob€y him, and ferve him : buc man revolting, loLl: · imperium.f~um, and imp_eriumfui, the comm(l.}'l~ , dhi1pfeif,dm4 ,the ,c,qmmrmd ofthe ·cr.cg.tt~-re~ ;. f}e rebeJling again!\G.9~, .~th,e ~r~a- :tl)res r~bdled again!l: him, to avenge the qua.rrd ~of th,e Creator. ) ~lJt now by ar,c ~nd indu!l:ry,aqd fome reliques of tl}e Ill} ageof God in hirofelf, .and the help and concurrence of a general :Pro~idence,· he doh.t_h ~n,pahrt recoverbhis dom~niGm OVet the , creaht~res, bu~ l· over · t~IlLeu . e ·~annot y.;my means, nq no,t over · IS t._ongl.le, a little member; for m that end is this Illu!l:q.tkm brought _here: . · Is tamed,and hathbeen tamedofrrh:t.n~ind: ] As ifhe had faid,It not only bath b~t;n ~gone in ancient times,but we fedt fiili.done. He -!lfeth this di(linCl:n~fs ofexpreffion, to lhe.w, that be clothnot Oi •lY mtend the (ubjeGJ:ion ·of the creatures before the F:dl, whichwa~ full and voluntary, or fome miraculous effects, -as when the What~ hurted not /onah, cap. 2. or the Lyons 'Daniel in the Den, Dt4n. 6. Bb b z · or ....
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=