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John Trapp on Job 39:26

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Job39:26

Verſe 26.Pennabi[illegible: 1 letter] Doth the Hawk flye by thy wiſdom?] Or, Doth the hawk plumeſcere get her feathers by thy wiſdome? The word cometh from a root which ſignifieth, ſtrong, becauſe the ſtrength of fowles is in their wings, their delight in high flying. Hath the Hawk her wings from thee? and doth ſhe recruit and uſe them, artificio & auſpicio tuo, by thy Art or Induſtry? Tame them indeed men may, and bring them to hand, as Falconers do, for pleaſure more then for profit; but neither can they give them their wings, nor repair them when broken.

And ſtretch her wings toward the South] Thereby to furniſh her ſelf with a ſecond plumage, whilſt ſhe flyeth into thoſe hotter Countries, where (as they ſay) her old feathers by the Sunnes heat fall off, and new tome in their room.

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