£)eticttptton of lining Creatucei». 1 1 e 
any water ; he will drink no water at all unlefs it 
be, like to what he ufeth to drink. 
7. The j^/jf is a very dull, blockiih Creature, 
having long ears, very impatient of cold; if ata- 
ny time he chance to eat any Hemhckj, it maketh 
him fleep fo foundly , that you may flea him, and he 
hot feel it ; in the Defarts of ^ral>ia are found 3 
kind of wild y^Jfes, that are fo fwift they cannot 
any wayes be taken, and if any one by chance is 
taken, he can never be tamed, nor made to carry 
burthens. God feemeth to fpeak of this Creature, 
39. where he faith, that he hath given a dwel- 
ling to the wild Afs. And thus we have fufiicient- 
ly {hewed the nature and properties of the Afs • 
there are many things which the Holy Scripture 
draweth by way of inference from the Nature of 
this bead, I fhall fpeak to fome few of them. 
1. VVe read , Ge», 48. 14. that Jacol^ in his 
prophefying concerning the Tribe of ^jfachar^hith^, 
that he fhall {>e as a fir eng Afs. For, 1. As an Afs 
is of no ufe in war, fo the pofterity of Ifachar fhall 
be wholly ignorant of war. 
2. As the Afs is gentle, will bear great bur- 
thens, and will endure hard labour, fo his pofteri- 
ty {hall chufe rather to fuffer, and pay Tribute, fo, 
he can but have peace, then to get wealth by war, 
for peace y thongh but upon bafe and difhenottrabU 
termesy is better than a wary though never fa jafl,. 
2. In the fame place we find Jaeob ^taVxng concer- 
ning the Nativity of the MeffiaSy where he faith, 
that he fhall bind his feal t» the Vine y and his Affes 
Celt te the ihejee Vine • I am not ignorant of the 
fevecaS 
