ii6 €fie5|)ift02i?of oti 
to that knowledge which men have of God, and of 
his wayes; and Balaam may be compared to thfe 
will which oftentimes goeth contrary to confcience. 
Untill they fee divine vengeance coming upon them. 
The Afs may alfo be compared to the linncr, who 
runneth on in a full Carreir of fm, nntill ChrlFt 
mcetes with him, and (toppeth him j but fo much 
fortheA/jr. 
CHAP. XV. 
Of the Hart. 
T He Hart is a Creature commonly known to be 
very fwift,ftrong,but timerous;his heart is yel- 
lowifh ; but in Critannia there are feme found that 
have blackifh hearts • thefe are the only Creatures 
that have year/y new horns, s. Thofe Creatures 
that have great hearts are moft timerous, becaufe 
the heat is more difperfed; but on the contrary thofe 
Creatures that have lefler hearts are ftronger> ic~ 
cording to that fay ing,wV»«;V<j/cmV; fo we read 
in the nrft Iliad of Homer tha-t when kchllUt told 
hgawernnon of his timeroufnefs, he anfwered him 
that he tiad c»r cerviythe heart of a Stag. 2 . This 
is a very fwift Creature; David giveth God praife 
that he had given him the feet of a Harty P-fal. 18. 
34. beCaufe God had al wayes given hi|n fpeedy 
and ptofperous fuccefs in his enterprifes'- he is na^- 
turally very leacherousi hit efpecially at the fifing 
