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John Trapp on Job 39:29

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Job39:29

Verſe 29. From thence ſhe ſeeketh the prey] Beſides fowles, (whereof ſhee is called the Queene) ſhe preyeth upon Hares, Hinds, Foxes, and ſuch other beaſts, as ſhe can maſter. Hence that complaint of the Hare, In me omnis terraeque mariſque aviumque ruina eſt.Martial.

And her eyes behold afar off]. To a very great diſtance. She is ſharp-ſighted, and firſt ſees her prey, and then ſeeks it. She is alſo ſo ſtrong ſighted, that ſhe can look intently into the body of the Sun, without being dazeled; and by that property makes proof of her young ones whether they be right or not. Thoſe that cannot ſo behold the Sun, ſhe drives out of the neſt as ſpurious. Thoſe that can, ſhe owneth,Schol, in Deu[illegible: 1 letter] 32.11. and beareth abroad with her upon her wings (as Munſter noteth out of R. Solomon) that none can ſhoot them, but through her body: and thereto Moſes alludeth Exod. 19.4.

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