John Trapp on Job 39:4
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Job39:4
Verſe 4. Their young ones are in good liking] Or, They recover; revaleſcunt as Iſai. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Sept. 58.16. notwithſtanding the hardneſſe of their birth, by reaſon of their dams exceeding dry temperature, Pſal. 42.1. As the Hinde brayeth after the Water-brooks, as being naturally hot, and dry when in pain eſpecially; and this the young are ſenſible of in their coming into the world, which yet they ſoon recover and grow ſlick and fat. Let God be truſted for the welfare of our children, though weak, and weariſh when new-born, and hard put to't in the birth.
They grow up with Corn.] Or, In the Field; after that they have been nouriſhed a while with their dams-milk, they forrage for themſelves, being calved about Autumne, as Ariſtotle noteth, that is in Seed-time: others ſay, about Harveſt, when corn is in the field, and Gods great[illegible: 1 letter]harn door open, as the proverb is. This is here brought as an Argument of the divine providence.
They go forth, and return not unto them] That is, To their dams; as finding food enough abroad. Thus other creatures, ſo ſoon as born almoſt, can ſhift for themſelves; only poor ſhift-leſſe man is long ere he can do any thing, or comes to any proof, to be able to provide for himſelf.
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