John Trapp on Job 12:7

Verſe 7. But ask now the beaſts of the earth, and they ſhall teach thee] Even the wildeſt of them that abide in the wilderneſſe: there is not one of theſe, or elſe of the fouls of the air, but can both teach thee, and tell thee that the world is ordered by a providence, that God is Powerful, Wiſe, Juſt, &c. and muſt therefore be loved and ſerved. That he ſuffereth the bad to oppreſſe the good, as the great beaſts do devour the little ones; as the hurtful fouls deſtroy the harmleſſe; as the great fiſhes eat up the ſmaller: man, who was once the Captain of Gods ſchool, is now, for his truantlineſſe, turned down into the loweſt form, as it were, to learn his A b c again; yea, to learn it of the meaneſt creatures. See Prov. 6.6. Jer. 8.7. Matth. 6.26. where it appeareth, that in the Ant, Stork, Swallow, &c. God hath ſet before us, as in a picture, the lively reſemblance of many excellent vertues, which we ought to purſue and practiſe. Theſe are the right lay-mens-books, the images that may truly teach people the knowledg of God, and of his will, of themſelves, and of their duties: which we ſhould the rather learn; becauſe God hath given us wiſedome beyond them, Job 37.11. and yet by ſending us to them, ſhameth our dulneſſe and diſobedience.