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voluntate_fw-la erga_fw-la liberos_fw-la the_o hebrew_n word_n signify_v to_o will_n with_o much_o readiness_n and_o propensity_n of_o mind_n it_o signify_v willingness_n with_o delight_n and_o thence_o come_v the_o hebrew_n word_n for_o a_o father_n because_o a_o father_n be_v willing_a and_o ready_a to_o take_v care_n of_o and_o provide_v for_o his_o child_n though_o it_o cost_v he_o much_o travel_n and_o pain_n but_o subjiciatur_fw-la num_fw-la acquiescet_fw-la aut_fw-la consentiet_fw-la ex_fw-la suapte_v natura_fw-la ut_fw-la tibi_fw-la subjiciatur_fw-la will_v the_o unicorn_n be_v willing_a to_o serve_v thou_o will_v he_o be_v a_o ready_a servant_n to_o thou_o he_o will_v not_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v say_v the_o unicorn_n be_v a_o indocible_a and_o a_o untractable_a animal_n he_o will_v
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they_o who_o have_v most_o assurance_n of_o their_o salvation_n be_v most_o in_o work_v out_o their_o salvation_n holy_a assurance_n be_v so_o far_o from_o make_v we_o careless_a that_o then_o we_o be_v most_o careful_a know_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v join_v the_o end_n and_o mean_n together_o know_v also_o that_o they_o be_v in_o most_o safety_n who_o have_v most_o sense_n of_o danger_n yea_o that_o they_o who_o have_v most_o fear_v of_o danger_n be_v far_a from_o feel_v danger_n the_o labour_n of_o the_o ostrich_n be_v in_o vain_a because_o she_o have_v no_o fear_n her_o foolishness_n make_v her_o fearless_a and_o that_o make_v her_o careless_a therefore_o no_o thanks_o to_o she_o that_o all_o her_o labour_n be_v not_o lose_v or_o in_o vain_a that_o both_o her_o egg_n and_o young_a one_o do_v not_o utter_o miscarry_v thus_o we_o may_v profitable_o meditate_v upon_o the_o improvidence_n of_o this_o creature_n the_o ostrich_n and_o learn_v wisdom_n from_o her_o folly_n to_o make_v we_o more_o provident_a but_o whence_o be_v it_o or_o how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o she_o be_v so_o foolish_a the_o next_o word_n tell_v we_o verse_n 17._o because_o god_n have_v deprive_v she_o of_o wisdom_n neither_o have_v he_o impart_v unto_o her_o understanding_n in_o this_o verse_n a_o reason_n or_o a_o account_n be_v give_v of_o this_o blockishness_n carelessness_n and_o fearlessness_n of_o the_o ostrich_n it_o be_v because_o god_n have_v deprive_v she_o of_o wisdom_n more_o foolish_a than_o a_o ostrich_n be_v a_o proverb_n for_o the_o great_a fool_n the_o hebrew_n text_n may_v be_v read_v thus_o god_n have_v make_v she_o to_o forget_v wisdom_n now_o as_o one_o may_v be_v say_v to_o forget_v that_o which_o he_o have_v not_o so_o that_o which_o he_o never_o have_v in_o the_o description_n that_o bildad_n give_v of_o a_o wicked_a man_n chap._n 8.13_o he_o say_v this_o be_v the_o portion_n of_o they_o that_o forget_v god_n drus_n oblivisci_fw-la aliquis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la cujus_fw-la nullam_fw-la nuquam_fw-la scientiam_fw-la aut_fw-la notitiam_fw-la habuit_fw-la drus_n and_o who_o be_v they_o the_o word_n be_v a_o periphrasis_n of_o the_o wicked_a to_o forget_v god_n be_v their_o character_n they_o may_v be_v say_v to_o forget_v god_n who_o never_o have_v any_o true_a knowledge_n or_o remembrance_n of_o he_o thus_o gen._n 41.30_o there_o shall_v arise_v after_o they_o that_o be_v after_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o plenty_n seven_o year_n of_o famine_n and_o all_o the_o plenty_n shall_v be_v forget_v to_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n in_o a_o time_n of_o famine_n we_o be_v rather_o quicken_v to_o remember_v former_a year_n of_o plenty_n together_o with_o the_o waist_n that_o we_o then_o make_v of_o it_o and_o our_o unthankfulness_n for_o it_o when_o the_o israelite_n have_v nothing_o but_o manna_n in_o the_o wilderness_n they_o complain_v num._n 11.5_o we_o remember_v the_o fish_n which_o we_o do_v eat_v in_o egypt_n free_o the_o cucumber_n and_o melon_n and_o the_o leek_n and_o the_o onion_n and_o the_o garlic_n now_o when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o in_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o famine_n they_o shall_v forget_v the_o seven_o year_n of_o plenty_n the_o meaning_n be_v they_o shall_v have_v no_o plenty_n at_o all_o the_o forget_v of_o it_o be_v not_o the_o not_o have_v of_o plenty_n in_o their_o memory_n but_o the_o not_o have_v it_o in_o their_o hand_n when_o a_o people_n be_v in_o a_o time_n of_o trouble_n they_o remember_v their_o former_a peace_n and_o when_o in_o strait_n they_o remember_v their_o former_a liberty_n but_o they_o be_v say_v in_o strait_n and_o trouble_v and_o famine_n not_o to_o remember_v their_o liberty_n peace_n and_o plenty_n because_o they_o have_v none_o of_o they_o thus_o here_o god_n have_v make_v she_o to_o forget_v wisdom_n that_o be_v she_o have_v no_o wisdom_n nor_o knowledge_n nor_o understanding_n and_o when_o it_o be_v say_v according_a to_o our_o translation_n god_n have_v deprive_v she_o of_o wisdom_n we_o be_v not_o to_o take_v it_o as_o if_o god_n have_v take_v that_o stock_n of_o wisdom_n from_o she_o which_o once_o she_o have_v but_o his_o deprive_v she_o of_o wisdom_n be_v his_o not_o communicate_v wisdom_n to_o she_o or_o his_o not_o trust_v she_o with_o a_o stock_n of_o wisdom_n for_o so_o it_o follow_v neither_o have_v he_o impart_v to_o her_o understanding_n drus_n sapientia_fw-la struthioni_fw-la non_fw-la privatiuè_fw-la sed_fw-la negatiuè_fw-la deest_fw-la est_fw-la inferioris_fw-la praestantiae_fw-la non_fw-la vitiosae_fw-la naturae_fw-la vitium_fw-la hominis_fw-la natura_fw-la est_fw-la pecoris_fw-la august_n sapientiam_fw-la &_o intelligentiam_fw-la nominat_fw-la industriam_fw-la naturalem_fw-la aquin._n sapientiam_fw-la dicit_fw-la naturalem_fw-la affectum_fw-la in_o suos_fw-la aut_fw-la artem_fw-la conservandi_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la natum_fw-la drus_n this_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o verse_n explain_v the_o former_a and_o show_v that_o the_o ostrich_n want_v of_o wisdom_n be_v not_o privative_a but_o negative_a god_n have_v not_o take_v it_o from_o she_o but_o not_o give_v it_o she_o but_o here_o it_o may_v be_v demand_v have_v god_n give_v wisdom_n or_o impart_v understanding_n to_o any_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n be_v not_o these_o two_o word_n wisdom_n and_o understanding_n too_o high_a for_o beast_n or_o bird_n indeed_o for_o the_o whole_a irrational_a part_n of_o the_o creation_n i_o answer_v as_o the_o ostrich_n have_v no_o true_a wisdom_n nor_o understanding_n so_o neither_o have_v any_o beast_n or_o bird_n wisdom_n and_o understanding_n take_v strict_o be_v proper_a only_o to_o rational_a creature_n man_n and_o angel_n there_o be_v no_o wisdom_n where_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n yet_o wisdom_n and_o understanding_n be_v ascribe_v sometime_o to_o brutish_a creature_n and_o here_o the_o ostrich_n a_o brutish_a creature_n be_v say_v to_o be_v deprive_v of_o they_o or_o not_o to_o have_v they_o communicate_v to_o she_o because_o not_o so_o much_o as_o that_o shadow_n of_o wisdom_n and_o understanding_n be_v give_v to_o she_o which_o appear_v in_o some_o beast_n and_o bird_n brute_n be_v say_v to_o have_v wisdom_n because_o they_o have_v that_o which_o serve_v their_o turn_n for_o their_o preservation_n and_o some_o of_o they_o be_v say_v to_o have_v wisdom_n because_o they_o be_v indeed_o wise_a and_o more_o subtle_a than_o other_o brute_n gen._n 3.1_o yet_o all_o their_o wisdom_n be_v nothing_o to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o man_n that_o natural_a affection_n and_o forecast_v of_o beast_n and_o bird_n in_o provide_v for_o and_o bring_v up_o their_o young_a one_o be_v their_o wisdom_n of_o this_o wisdom_n god_n have_v deprive_v the_o ostrich_n neither_o have_v he_o impart_v unto_o she_o so_o much_o as_o this_o small_a parcel_n of_o understanding_n not_o so_o much_o as_o this_o shadow_n of_o understanding_n which_o he_o have_v bestow_v upon_o other_o both_o bird_n and_o beast_n and_o there_o appear_v somewhat_o in_o nature_n as_o a_o proof_n that_o the_o ostrich_n be_v a_o foolish_a bird_n for_o her_o head_n be_v very_o little_a and_o her_o brain_n in_o proportion_n much_o less_o and_o that_o any_o one_o ostrich_n have_v not_o much_o brain_n may_v be_v collect_v from_o a_o piece_n of_o the_o roman_a history_n which_o report_v that_o heliogabalus_n the_o emperor_n have_v the_o head_n of_o six_o hundred_o ostrich_n prepare_v for_o he_o at_o one_o supper_n only_o for_o the_o brain_n sake_n it_o be_v add_v also_o by_o the_o same_o author_n that_o the_o ostrich_n be_v natural_o deaf_a bochartus_fw-la bochartus_fw-la and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o perfect_a anima_fw-la else_o in_o the_o whole_a compass_n of_o nature_n that_o be_v deaf_a or_o want_v the_o sense_n of_o hear_v and_o needs_o must_v that_o creature_n have_v little_a or_o no_o understanding_n which_o have_v no_o hear_n that_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o discipline_n all_o these_o consideration_n
cicurari_fw-la quoties_fw-la de_fw-la feris_fw-la bestiis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la faenum_fw-la comesturae_fw-la sint_fw-la sicut_fw-la bos_fw-la metaphoricè_fw-la innuitur_fw-la eos_fw-la mansuefieri_fw-la &_o cicurari_fw-la the_o same_o prophet_n shadow_n the_o peaceablenesse_n of_o those_o gospel_n time_n under_o a_o like_a allegory_n chap._n 65.25_o where_o have_v show_v verse_n 24._o the_o goodness_n and_o tenderness_n of_o god_n in_o hear_v the_o prayer_n of_o his_o people_n it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o before_o they_o call_v i_o will_v answer_v and_o while_o â—hey_n be_v yet_o pray_v i_o will_v hear_v he_o present_o show_v how_o good_a and_o kind_a god_n who_o have_v the_o spirit_n and_o passion_n of_o all_o man_n in_o his_o hand_n will_v make_v the_o most_o ruffe-spirited_n and_o passionate_a man_n to_o his_o people_n the_o wolf_n and_o the_o lamb_n shall_v feed_v together_o and_o the_o lion_n shall_v eat_v straw_n like_o the_o bullâ—ck_n that_o be_v they_o who_o be_v sometime_o as_o fierce_a as_o evening_n wolf_n shall_v quiet_o and_o sweet_o converse_v with_o the_o lamb_n of_o christ_n etc._n etc._n thus_o here_o the_o lord_n speak_v of_o the_o elephant_n eat_v grass_n like_o a_o ox_n to_o show_v that_o though_o he_o be_v exceed_o strong_a yet_o he_o be_v of_o a_o exceed_o quiet_a and_o harmless_a disposition_n 30._o non_fw-la alitèr_fw-la quam_fw-la perparvuli_fw-la catelli_fw-la ex_fw-la hominis_fw-la manu_fw-la gaudet_fw-la cibum_fw-la sumere_fw-la aelian_a cap._n 9_o &_o 30._o and_o naturalist_n tell_v we_o he_o be_v so_o gentle_a and_o harmless_a that_o he_o will_v take_v meat_n out_o of_o a_o man_n hand_n like_o a_o dog_n or_o spaniel_n three_o the_o elephant_n be_v describe_v by_o his_o strength_n verse_n 16._o lo_o now_o or_o behold_v it_o be_v the_o same_o word_n as_o in_o the_o former_a verse_n god_n awaken_v the_o attention_n of_o job_n to_o consider_v this_o beast_n in_o general_n with_o a_o behold_v so_o here_o come_v to_o particular_n he_o reassume_v the_o same_o note_n of_o admiration_n and_o serious_a meditation_n lo_o now_o or_o behold_v his_o strength_n be_v in_o his_o loin_n he_o have_v strength_n proportionable_a to_o his_o greatness_n and_o as_o sampsons_n strength_n be_v symbolical_o in_o his_o lock_n so_o the_o elephant_n strength_n be_v natural_o in_o his_o loin_n there_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o strength_n in_o most_o creature_n his_o strength_n be_v in_o his_o loin_n that_o be_v he_o have_v very_o strong_a loin_n and_o be_v therefore_o very_o strong_a the_o loin_n be_v as_o be_v say_v the_o natural_a seat_n of_o strength_n to_o gird_v up_o the_o loin_n to_o do_v a_o thing_n be_v to_o do_v it_o strong_o a_o weak_a man_n a_o man_n of_o little_a strength_n be_v say_v to_o have_v no_o loin_n drus_n elumbus_n sive_fw-la elumbis_fw-la quasi_fw-la sine_fw-la lumbis_fw-la i._n e._n viribus_fw-la drus_n or_o to_o be_v if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v a_o loinlesse_a man_n and_o hence_o the_o fail_v or_o 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it_o nor_o do_v the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o render_v force_n signify_v any_o force_n depend_v upon_o the_o hardness_n of_o any_o part_n but_o that_o force_n which_o arise_v from_o the_o good_a constitution_n of_o the_o body_n gen._n 49.3_o or_o from_o the_o plentifulness_n of_o a_o man_n outward_a estate_n or_o substance_n job_n 18.7_o hos_fw-la 12.8_o what_o the_o elephant_n strength_n and_o force_n be_v appear_v yet_o further_o in_o that_o which_o follow_v verse_n 17._o he_o move_v his_o tail_n like_o a_o cedar_n some_o take_v the_o tail_n proper_o second_o scult_a eâ—si_fw-la caudam_fw-la habeat_fw-la quae_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la cedrum_fw-la aequare_fw-la videatur_fw-la tamen_fw-la eam_fw-la fâ—cile_fw-la movet_fw-la insignis_fw-la hyperbole_n merc._n sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la caudam_fw-la hic_fw-la putant_fw-la appellari_fw-la promuscidem_fw-la elephantis_n planè_fw-la alienè_fw-la
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