m m . w t','4 V%e /iue/r Portraiture of&C'Afan' ffriffitf J f>3* 1 Hi£C HOMO: 1 I 1 jg WHEREIN" pj ITHE EXCELLENCY! $ s i of the C R E A T I o n of I I WOMAN is |j dsfcribed; 1 BYWAY OF AN 1 E55,ir. I By Willi am Au$in^ Efq$ S LONDON, g i Printed by *.O.for2^.andCtf.and! | are to be fold by Nicholas Fmfeii, | S at the white Lyon in S P but that this Ejfiy of this excellent ^Author T mttfl bee forced fomaimes in i$s faffage^ through the danger otu fea ofthefe quarrelling times , to ftrike fayleto thofe mtiftersof malignant A% and The Eoiftle and env ions judgements that ine- V it ably will off auk it : and it is infinitely beyond my weake abili- ty to come in mtb Jucb fupplies as might refcue fo vpelt~a-deferving Jubjeft fromfuferrngfaip-voracke. BHtfurel need not jtbe Peece itfelfe isjlrongenough toftanditouttven to a viStory 9 though it may now and thenfeeme to pnke under the a* houndantpreffuresof Affaylants. Tel five me leave (courteous Re a* Her J at the leaft to fljey* my vpiU lingnejfe to doefomewbat ejpectally feeing it (or tAther the world) hath had the misfortune to lofe the Au- thor^ a Gentleman highly approved for his Religion^ learning and ex- quifite ingenuity : kit former Ad- venturings into the world^ in that fublime expreffion of hts Divine Meditations , have beene fafely landed in the wifeft and candidefl judge- to the Reader. u foments with approbation and apfJAufe^ and doubtleffe^hh jm not cbufe but receive aJfo a chdds portion together with that his brg- thtr^and why not a greater? for it Zarah-/i/tf put his hand out fir ft ^ and therefore was the elder ^ though upon his d) awing backe^ his brother camecw before him : They are both like thejaihcr^ onely that^ of a more graver^ thu 7 of a more youthful/ a- jp Hi yet if the judicious Reader ivill be pleafe d to take an imp a ni a I view of its fever all Lineaments^ he , cannot choofe but fee the true id&a I cf a mofl grave and Divine fpi- rit (J/wing forth in even its tender N on -age. I am fure 1 [ball rather blemifh then adorne the worke , by . faying my things and indeed^ what need If Vino vendibili noa opu? eft hedera : my generdl tequefk to the Reader is that he TheEpiftle 9 8cc. would bepleafed te let it pa/ft quiet' ly^andif be he one that cannot jinde in his heart to commend and ap- prove it, let him leave it for thofe that both can and without of a pure judgement tnd refined mt a give it its due merit and honour 5 and to fuch} Ipromifeto remaine^ Xeady to doe my beflfervice^ Ralph M&bb. HAC\ HJEC HOMO. Cap. I. HE Omnipotent in the Begin- ning, Created all things for ^4^-anduntill all things were made fit and convenient for him 3 ^was not made: But ? when they had received their Ornaments D then was brought , forth this admirable creature^ '(the Image of his Creator,) B who H&cHomo. Cap. I who was fo excellently com- pofed, that his Maker had not onely given him [_Osfubltme^\ a face upward : but [mentem in* ternam^\ a mind inward^ to be- hold the Heavens, and ^//un- der them : Homo ad contcm- flandum Creator emfuum cre^tm Gregory.^ faith Gregorie. Certainly , one would think , that to the making ox fo Divine a crea- ture, fome extraordinary mat- ter , collected out of the Quintejjences of the celeftiall Spheares, ought to be prepa- red. One would fcarcely be- leeve, (but that it is written > where is no falfhood^) that the bafe earth were his befl: ap- parell} nay worfe, not earthy but Vufti (the very contempti- ble Duft, ) which the leaft wind blowes away. But, Gap, I. H&cHomo. But j when we behold his dayly carriage, his pride and haughcineflfe^ with what dif- dain 5 he not onely contemnes inferiour creatures $ but fuch as were created equall with him 5 we may judge him , ei- ther to be made of better ftufje then we have heard of: or 9 that he very much forgets his beginning. He was not made of Hea- ventolin Heaven^hm in earth* and of 2)^amongft (his fel- low creatures) the beafts of the -field: of the fame mettle * m the fame place^ and in the fame day with them* What fhould make him fo proud^ as to Def^ife^ and, with ffo many fought- fw words can" temn Woman (his other felf ?,) Doubtlesj it proceeds from B 2 his 4 H is all the diffe- rence 5 which is but onely in the body. For, fhe hath the fame reafo noble fouley and, ia .that, there is neither hees 9 nov fhees 5 neither excellencies nor Superiority : (he hath the fame foule^ the fame mind^ the fame ttnderflandwgpnd tends to the fame end of et email falvation that he doth. In whieli, there is no exception o f /bc^perfonS;, or nation : But (in the refurre* Hion) {he(hall : (without excep- tion of fexe ) obtain like body B 3 with H&cHomo. Cap. i, with him} according to che/- militude of ^Angels : For, they were bought at the fame price^ and (hall dwell in the fame glory. She hath not onely the fame namcwithhim; but, they arc both of one figure-^ made by one workman ; of one fub fiance^ m one place • in one day 5 fo that, there is no fuch generall diffe* rence between them, that can give excufeto Man to efteem bafely and meanly of her, but that he muft needs (therein) touch htmfelf : fince (he was made/? equaJl with him, andjft //£ ' Man J before he made him -.. (and yet therein was /k alfo contained:) fo certainly, no fefieinher particular creation. For y though he had already ■dfeceraufled what to do, whert he Cap. I • H&c Home . 1 1 he faid}/ 'will /nakehim a helper :Gm. i Yet 3 that Adam might take knowledge how great a be- nefit he was to receive , he firft makes this fearch (in his pvefence) among all the living creatures of the earthy to lee him fee that none was fit for him, but fuch a one ashehim- felf fliould fpecially create : and, that (without her) he were but atnifery in a mans likenes. For., though he had both Hea- ven and Earth in his contem- plation 3 yet he lacked that which they all could not fup- ply. This helper therefore being found 3 he proceedeth to as large and more exaQ: a decla- ration of her creation 3 then of his : as we (hall more large- ly (hew hprcaftery which was done 12 HxcHomo. Cap. I. done while -Adam/lept. (For it was not fie that he fhould behold the Creation of the ex- cellent creature , that had not fecn the making of the mea- nefl: and, perad venture, left Manfhould after prefurae to have had a hand in her ma- king ^ and fo, make flight ac- compt of her :) while he /left (I fay) without Im care, ad- vice or counfaile was (lie cre- ated. cc From whence fom e cc gather 5 that the affeftiens of **Men (houldyZ^ 2 when God )by Gods eter- nall wifedome 5 asthepfr/Wof all} long ere the reft were be* gun robe framed. Thus much then for the time Cap. 2 • Hac Home. 1 5 time of her creation 5 which appeares not to be till all things were provided for her ^ not till Adam f aw be bad great needoi her $. while be (left * [aft, as the perfection of the reft: And, though laftmcre^- uon^ yet firft- in determina- tion. Cap. II.. ECONBLY^t is dignified in the place of her crea- a .p/^ tion. And, that the place of bit th 5 making, or education, makes much to the praife or dif* praife^ not onely oimen^ but of hafts } and fome times of {wceleffe 16 H^ec Homo. Cap. 2. fencel the company, I : Cap. 2. H&cHomo. 17 I will begin at the /aft, firft, artd(for once) let the Cart be- : ore the Horfe. For the C° m fMJ : it was an 1. habitation of Angels $ one of Ths com ' vhich afterwards kept the w ' place with afiery fword : And, it was aifo the walking-ylace of GO D 3 andisj had in it all manner of things The vlt + gW for Mans Jife^ it wanteds nothing, either of pleafureot necejfuy: The beafts were obe- dient 5 the trees fruitful! 5 the fun nourifhing • the hearbs pleafant in fight 5 the flown s delicate in finely the rivers-, not onely watered the Gar- den (anddividingthemfelves into l8- H&cHomo. Cap. 2. into foure parts 3 made it both fleafant in form, and fruitful! ineffeft^) but alfo > brought forth moh fine gold for orna- mented precious Gemmes(p( more eftimation and worth then gold > ) for beamy and medicine. There was no evill thing in itrnay, the Tree of 'good and e* mil, (though the eating there- of was a deadly poyfon to Adam and his pofterity, ) was good in it felfo and ill onely in refpeft of the commandement : Quid bonum ? quod D EV S i'uh: Quid malum} quod T> E- V S vetat. 3 . Thirdly, befides all this fer- mmd'f tility aQd rich P lent y 5 ( wich f fmUj! thc [* ke whereof God hath alfo in fome meafure inriched fome other places. ) There was Cap. 2. H&clHmo. 19 was that moft defired rich Jewell, and ineftimablerm/*- ous treafure> (the Tree ofUfe^) M <* *>k no where elfe under Heaven **' to be found : whofe fruit in* creakdftrength and lengthned the life of Man. Not as other fruits 5 which alfo being ea- ten, bring health and increafe the vegetative part of Man,for a time 5 and were made to drive away thiriland hunger: but(as venerable Beds writes 3 ) Bda« • it had Divinely received this vertue 5 that who fo rafted of it, it iliould preferve his body in ft able health and perpetuall foundnejj'e ^ fo that it (hoald not fall into morfe eftate, by . any infirmity or weaknefle of age; nor ever die, ( addes Zm- % ^^ chiw.) Which proves 5 how much in vertueznd value , ( as well 23) HdtcHomo. Cap. 2j. well asin/?/ which are joyned with CannehandHaratwhich place ( being alfo the habita- tion of 7>r*fe D and Abraham^) is now known to be a Region of Mesopotamia. As for the particular fite of this garden^ it was f in loco edit 2 {ft mo ^ ^ i n the high eft part Adrkorr, °f blithe World, (faith ^ Deiphiuj dricomim Delphius 1 ) and nee- reft lift up to Heaven , where is the height of all happinejfe, and Cap.2. H ac Homo. 21 and happimffe beyond all height. ivf//y 3 for the names of this ?. place: They are three. Oneof rhe *i s* r ~* r ■ n Barnes ef the Countrey\jJWeJopotamta : J ^ E /«e. the o//7fr 3 of the Region [_E« den^\ The third of the garden £ Paradife. *] The jfr/£ fignifies a place r. between /»* Rivers ^ as that Mcfo P 0- lies between Tijf ri3r and .£//- phrates^ which is thecaufeo£ the great fertility. sJktefopota- miamfertilemfach Euphrates jn quam quotannu D #///*// ;w0.r .agrosinvehit. For the name of the Regi- ., 2; ow\_Heden^\ it is (in Hebrew) Hedcn. no more but Delict* 5 a place of Delight , (faith Ifidore : ) '.*&*«*•< and it muff needs be very £ frukfnll , fince from thence runnes the mer 7 that (fprea- ding 92 H&cHomo. Cap. 27 • din g into foure parts} ) waters and makes fruitfuil the moft part of all Afia. 3. As for the particular name n r»^ , with a fiery blade in the entrance and face of this Garden: that D with the fodain flafo ofcrimofine hlufhes 9 beats back all prefumptuous and tmlawfull aflaults of fuch as bouldly venture to violate the forbidden fruit. g. Secondly as the Tlace of her creation was elevated^ and in the htgheft place of the World ^ fo hath it given Women fome remembrance thereof in /^/r '/gtippa. nature. For 5 mofiof them are notfogiddy^ in looking down jr0/» fogfc p/^j- 3 neither are they \o foon dimme of fight , or ^/i/wftf in Age as Men are. Thirdly 3 as the /?/*«■ was ^" very pleafant and fruitfull ^ fo was the;m*<«# : whofe Chil- dren Cap. 2. H^ec Homo. 27 drenftncehave fii'd the whole World. And, as the plenty was rich p and precious 5 fo is her fruit: Which not onely filleth the tarth with Men^ but, the /fo*- vens with to/, who areas deereandpreciom in Gods fight- as his ^j ; Who ( being the true Treeoflife, J hath W himfelf from Heaven, as /£ as the flr^* that we might eat and live ion ever. Laftly, though (he be (for a while) banifhed from the company of thofe Angels 3 that inhabit and keep the fi~ ery pajfage into the place of I Ifer creation^ yet, in the end, not onely /fe^but hex offering, I (the children of GoD,){halbe with great joy received into the heavenly Taradife, byre- G 2 demotion* u * 28 &<*c Homo. Cap . 3 * demftion-jhere^o remain with- out danger D or feare of falling for evermore. And fo much concerning the obfervations of the flace. Cap. III. 5-^^.S^^^? E th'rddtfjerencfi is of matter. For though (as Ifaid) they were made both of one fub- ftdMce^which was 5 originally D earthy J yet was her tody made when it was more refined and purified. Allyfr/fc isgraffe indeed^and all grafje comes out of the ttrth : but D neither of one form j VLQT}Qionevertue. 'Adam Cap. 3 . Hac Homo. 29 tAdam was made of duftJ^pE red earth mingled wich yellow^ faith Jofephut-Jwhich he holds Ioftphui, to be the right colour of the true elementary Earth : Bat woman was made of a more noble fubftance 5 that cannot (of it felf properly) be called earth ^ but onely in refyeft of whence it was taken. Earth is deadend fenfelefle: but the matter of her creation was fenfitive and living. It was (faith Mofes) a bone taken QttuiM. from Mansfide:But £0;^ (faith Magtrm ) are fenfeleffe, nullo M^n*. fenfoprtdita. Therefore ^# was not a bare bone D but took with it a part of the adherent flefh, by the confeffion of •/*- • ) his Wis • compared to the round Hea- vens^ his eyes to the Sunne and ^**5 his fains to thc/rw wdgrafchisflefb to the «r/fc nis **/*« to the rivers : but his more fohd bones are com- pared to the precious^w^ r and I hard ****//, and w W*/r *hich are the r/Vfej of the earth : Cap. 3 . H*c Home . 3 3 earth: And 3 as thefer/V^/lic deep and hidden D and are not presently at handrfo thefe £0/*^ lie deep, and round, inclofed in the flefh 5. that they might /#- ftetnit$ and it^cloth^ and cherifh them. Of this rich and necejja- ry part of w^/ body, was #v- *#4/*compofed. From whence may be ob« ferved 3 that God made her not of what came next to hand 3 ei* ther of skin or flefh onely^but pierced into the intralls y and very bones (or her : that cflfo/* might acknowledge her to be^ very #«r•<• • and, that the reft of her body ( in the compfition) was added and fuppli'd by the Lord himfelf, whofe (indeed)/^ is by right .-and who hachoneJy lent Cap. 3. H&cHomo. 4.T her unto him, as afellow-helper$ and not as afervant* Sixtlj) and laftly ^ (for I la- 6. bour in all to be very brief:) rh "K& Iobferve the place of this bone.™*^™ it was the fide \JLatw :~] fo cal- fide, led[ a Latendo^]oilyingfecret or hidden. For, it is fituated under the arme 5 n?i&i^ , both hides it,and defends it. Which gives a good admonition, (e- venin nature) to the unruli» nejfe of ^/*j Tongues (in our age : ) who would not fo care* lejly difcover, and lewdly fpeakj or write againft fome debits and trefpaflcs in Women y (which, peradventure, they themfelves have canfed , and been guilty of 5 ) if they did but confider , that (lie was ta- ken from the fecret fide, which (hould rather be a place to hide 42 H&c Homo. Cap. 5. bide and cover them, And^from under the arm • that fhould ra- ther be jl retched fohh and lift up to defend and pretetl them^ then D either by their deeds or words^ tooppugne 3 ordetraft them. From the fide^ (I fay) fhe was taken. Latm , the very place of reft. For, no way deep we fo foundly^ nor lie we fo eafily as on our fide. They ufed not (in 0/^time) to reft or deep onelj on their 'fides, butalfo, to lean at their Tables or Couches 3 at the ta- king of their bodily fuftenance. Which cuftome, many Coun- tries (in the Eaft 5 ) even at this day 3 doobferve. The consideration of ihfi, gives us occa/ion to obferve, that no Manfleeps more found- Cap. 3. H/& by one work- man$ yet 3 not in 0»e manner* For it (hould feem(by the defcrip- tion of their Creation,) that the 46 H&c Homo. Cap. 4. the Manwas (as it were) but a work of nature^ and D the^a- man^ rather a v/ork of miracle: For 3 the c%z» was brought toithoi the earthy ( not onely the generall and naturall Mo- ther of him^ but 3 of all the beaftsyZnd bruit creatures of the ^n/;befides.) From whence/ as hetook/;# beginnings foal- fohe took bis name, \^Adam^\ ^nkWhichalfo^at the fame time) with him 3 brought forth divers 0//;*y creatures 3 of^/- v*rjr forms and qualities 5 but indced,/aw* jritfatt 4 i&fn : as our £#iw«r Cfo#. by the blefied f&2'0 ^7, (miracuhujly.) D2 Thus ro Hm Homo. Cap . 4. weremade, and produced, by the miniftration and opera- tion of naturall Elements, (ei- ther out of the water or earthy which arc ( of thcmfclves) fenfcles} but fhe, from Adams owne fenfible fide^ to whom, God had(hefore) not onely given a lively body, but a living fouler. Had (he been made but of the living)?^ of fomegende hafty it had yet been (inre- fpeft of the lively and prepared matter,) fomwhat more ho- nourable 9 then that of his 5 whofe fubftance of Creation was bafe wdfenfeles y till it was purified and enriched with a foute : but to be made of his refined, living, and fenfibte bo- dy , and, after fo miraculous a saa*mer s muft Deeds give great co» Cap.4 . H reSedit. fmmrtngim&ii&t vmnu a skilfullArchiteBof) made the ^w» .-which is (faith Ifidore)nova finftruftio, a »*ir building. This word {jtdifrcavit^] is derived from£c/£<&/) a hovXt^ the buildtng whereof is called \jtdi$c&tio 7\ The woman therefore be- ing [tdificata,] and builded af- ter the manner of a k/^muft have and retain fome qualities of Cap. 4- HdcHomo. 57 of an boufcs alfo. A houfe is thus Etymologized by Sexcus "Tompeim : ^£des 7 eft Se * c « ". domic ilium in edito loco pofi"^^ l * tum^fimplex^ & mius &ditm : 8c tides 'z'ocatatfudd in eo &vum de- gat ur$&&des(i aith he)is a houfe built in a high and eminent place: (So was woman^ being made in Taradifc [loco editijfh mo^\ the highe ft place of all the earth.)! t is(faith he)femplex>& unit® adit u% but one houfe j and hath but one entrance : (fo is a woman:YoiQ\z muft be but one\ ; oneWife r to (W -#/<*# .* j who , being joyned, notwithftanding are £#* one ft ill. Arid, there tnuftbebut one entrance unto her 5 and, that is, by the fowfull way of marriage. For whofoc- ver comes other way, is but a libiffj as I have faid before* D-5 ^M- 58 Km Homo. Cap. 4. —————— Laflly y (]ne faith) it is called lAZdeSfluddin eo dtvum degatur: becaufe a tMan liveth allhti life in it$fo> when God hath framed a wife for Afan.he muft dwell with her , even un till he rfi^or till this beautifull buil- ding falls into the Lords hands before him. When, either he muft marry again^ or be coun- ted no housekeeper , according Cor. A- to that oiAgrip^a ; he that hath ttippa. n0 mfejhath no houfe. One property more of a houfe I will adde , (he is alwayes at bome^ and, as feldom from out the comvaffe of the foundation y as the whole frame is : or, if ne- ccffity 3 (like fome violent wind,) force, or drive her forth$fhe goes (like the fnaile) with her houfe on her head\ the care of that is ftillin her brainy con- Cap. 4 . Hand the Heavens of Heavens \is unable 10 contain him 5 much leffe the houfe which lhave built. Which Saint Stephen confirmes in the ABs : The mofi high dwelleth nat in Temples made with hands :B ut yet neither of them faith, that he dwelleth not in Temples D wade with his own hands. For it is fo plain in Divinity , that Saint Paul wonders^thc Corin- thianscoxA& make a queflion of it: know ye not (faith he) that yeur hodie is the temple of the ho- ly Ghofi > As if he (hould fay • Jfyeuknow not this y you know ffor£/#£.Nay 5 it is not only the Temple (which is the houfeof ^raier y Cap. 4. H&cHomo. 61 Praier^in which xhefyirit males petition font* 5 with pghes and gr ones that cannot be exprejjed) Rom s but it is his private dwelling houfe, and fufptng reom^hmn. Chrift^bozh eares and is eaten. As he hirnfelf acknowledges in the Revelation. Behold^! ft and at the doore^ and knock ^ If any , 20a will of en 3 / will, com e in and fan with htm. and he with me. Moreover the material! Temple^ (the place for Gods mrfbip and honour ) to which - the woman is compared 3 was, at the firft 5 but a houfe of Stone and buildedwith hands : ( to which (he may be compared for form and outward beau- ty : ) but the fpiritudl Temple^ (of which the former was but Ephef. 4 ; a figure, ) is a lively habitation , ^j£ffc» cwpaBed and knit together with A%%% ' living 62 H*c Homo . Cap. 4. living ftonescoi which theprin- cipall and head ft one oft he corner, is our Saviour himfe/f who was fcan'cl cutfromtheMountain(\n Ttani- 2 ' 5 «" el) without bands. Which li- ving Temple , and Church of God, is alfo (throughout the Canticles^nd many other pla, ces of Divine Scripture and fa- thers^ ) compared to a Woman. whom C£r//? cherifhetb, com' mendeth , and efpoufeth. So that fhe is fc/ Temple^both Ty^ pkally and corporally. And, not onely a houfe of repofe y for £#**>< but a concUveof reft^ for God. Who though he account au>* his livingTemples. becaufe he «b«fr/£ ,„ them Ail rttually, as, well as in women (according to that of Salomon] bis delight is to be with the chiU & en of men : ) yet, did he never dwell. Cap-4» &*c Homo. 63 dwell with anyoi them (cor* poraOy^nd in the flefbj) fo »/- racukujljy as he did in the£^ of a woman, (the bleffed Virgin Alary:) whofe n?0w£washis place of repofe : and whofe armes were his cradle of refh, during his infancy. Then is (he (certainly) not onely adificium^ but, Templum Domini. Nay more,fapiensmu~ Her (/& *y*#) buildeth her houfe : So that^fhe is both a building, and a builder too. You fee now the manner of Jwr making to be admirable 9 and r*t JEw miraculous^then &#•• after the order and difpofition of a building: being therefore made a fcw/i? for JAw j and a TWNffefor-GoD.. Bat 64 H&cHomo* Cap 4. But befides all this, feeing (he is made [ auxtlmm 3 a help for Man, She muft not refem- ble a fixed hot/fe for Man to repaire unto ondy and repofe in: but (feeing his vocations are divers, and call him every where.) to the end that (he may bbiqueauxtUari 3 aidhim whcrefoever (he n^yet, com- pared to another moveable buddtngfaovicoi the leauyior mcAveft) for art and workmai- (a)M. &vp) which is like her own. Wilkin- And that mod fitly 5 by one HbiuHaU °f ^ er ftx(a^//«?^,and Salomons *t the Aia- Mother 3 ) I care not much if I mgeofibe give you a /0#^ of it ( though £i*&Ho. W "^ have m «ch more ncria, learnedly defcanted on it, be- daughter f or e : ) but 1 will be the brie- Pennyi kT.Similifeft navibu* Negotia- nt, ' tmis^ox mercat9ris:)Shets like 1 (faith Cap.4* H&cHomo. 65 (faith (he) a Merchants fbip^Vto^ $u wherc D in the fame chap, from the Tenth verfe, to the end of the chapter, (nay$ as if it were the beft matter, to end withal];,) (he goes on through althe letters of the Hebrew alphabet, (after the manner of Jeremiah,) in j ere m, »» the praife ofwomen,cvcn untill f hrenis« the end of the whole Book . But 3 like (indeed) (be is unto a Ship\ not onely in Bodft but ia ufe. For ( fomwhat to fit her body, to it,) there is an o- pinion of fome, that the Firjl woman (being made of a rib, ) was like it in fhapeaud crooked* nes : wherein., (he aptly refem- bled the comparing part of a Shippe. But ,. this old wives fable is to be reje&ed : and, in- fteadof that,is to be obferved out 66 HdteHomo, Cap. 4* out of the o\dj4nstomijls,that the Spina or backbone of her body, (from which the ribbes y like rafters 3 arife in a bending manner,) was called Carina^ from the likenes it hath to the ieele and fides of the ribbes of a -?/;//> $ the 4/70/ and /<&£^ ele- vated, refembling the ft em and forefbip. And ( indeed ) much more refemblance is there (to a Merchants jbip) ,in ixwoman^ then in a -#/\s derived [ fonttmpla- ***! ferioufly to contemplate or *dvife. And certainly./^* beau- teous building carrieth fuch a grace and Majefty with iyhat as the Epigram hath it, S fed at or quicunque venit? de- cedit amator : tAut illufo vim$ % aut tus forma capit: Who 72 H&cHomo. Cap. 5, Who comes to x/^thy look a lover makes bim : Either thy venue 5 or thy beauty ^ takes hinu Let us therefore examine, what form it carrieth^ and to what ufe^ it is fo built 3 that it may>infomefort> appeare 3 how it can juftly claim fo great praife and Commendation, %.Tom< Ovid. CIIllIlIIllllIl) Cap. V. IR S T (then) in generally for the forme. It was gi- ven of Go D^For* ma^ DEI manu* (faith Ovid. ) Therefore, it mull: Cap . 5 . Hlac?tum:buthere adimaginem : in this ^ the workman gave his own form to his ownwork. So, /?? cc that the Son of GOV, (f rom c: the creation of the World,) cc was wont to take unto him the cc form of a humane body, and c < intkattoappeareandfeedk to E the 74 H* c Homo. Cap . 5 , cc the Fathers 5 to wreftle with "Jacob, &c. as it is plat* in the c< Scriptures : and that, when he was to make Adam, he then firft of all took that form , and made Man according to that iodtlyfhape that he himfelf then ir^r^, &c. and that the f*me CHRIST, in the fame form (from a r/££* of Adams \) made alfothewoMff. Befides, more plainly 3 in his Book of the Image ofGOD^ in the Thefts, that begins homo fuit totm faftw, &c. he faith , « when I fay \Homo fuit, ~]that cc Man was wholly made in the /- "mage of(fOD;l do not oncly comprehend Man , but wo- man alfo. And , afterwards fie qualifies many obje&ions , (together with that opinion of Saint *4mbrofe ) (hewing whetem Cap • 5 . H (of which 'it is an rpitome) but D for the molt parr> to every particular//£#r^ cba* r afier \bttilding,zvL&fabrick, in the World. As for example (to givea light of fome, inftead of the rtft : ) if the armes be ftretched forth right, from each fide, inmanerof a Crucify the body ftanding up- right: Cap. 5. H£cHomo< 77 right} and the feet together ^ it. Vltr H vi - makes a perfeB Square* For,^ ^' ic is juft fo much in lengthy from the one middle fingers . end) crofle over the body 3 to the other &$ it is in length fiova the head, to the heel: Which is a juft fquare in Geometricdl proportion. Which was the form of 'the Temple^ and of the myjlicall Churchy in the %e%*e~ Ution. Likewife^ when the bo- dy ftands in that form^ draw E 3 a //#£ 7 8 H&c Homo. Cap.5. a line from each band, to the feet^ and it makes a juft 7V/- angle : which is a figure of the Trinity. Again, let the bands fall femvkat firadling a little wirh the legges^ and then, the extreames of the fingers , head, and remake a juftwrc/^ the navell or botto^e of the ^//y being center ^ which is a true ■ figure of the Earth. Moreover, elevate the bands again 9 Co that the feet (ftradling) may imitate a Saint Cap. 5. H&cHomo. 79 Saint Andrews ct^e^ and you may draw from this figure a true form of the twelve b&ufes ofthcfeve* Planetsm Heaven^ All which dtfcourfe concer- ning the fever all pupmions of the hody^ are very elegantly and briefly contracted, by the latedead Spencer 9 inhis everli- &* s pen - ving fairy Queen^-whetc, com- cer *W ing to defcribe the houfe o^f Alrna^ (which, indeed 3 isno & o«. ether but the W^the habit ati- onoi thtfoule^) he faith. The ftametbereeffeem'dpartly circu- E4 Ur> 80 H equally. Bur among all the buildings of our time, a Roman H. feems to be m greateft accompt. Which letter notvvithftanding {in meft language s)\% not a letter of weight ^mx. onely a note ofaf- firation or breaching: From whence a Man (that would let no occafion efcape y to' warn him of his mortality)' might eafily obferve^ that all buildings , honours 3 and richer, ( which the world feems moft- to imitate and rejoyce in) are but. an H. anoteor^ri of * E i breath- 82 HdcHomo. Cap.5« breathings figne and figure of frailty : which in the leaft flopping of 'the breath, pafleth away 3 and falles again into the earth, from whence it was taken. Bat of all letters , it is the hardefi for the body of Manox. woman, alone of it felf to imitate an H. For it confifts of two feverall disjunft parts of letters : that is to fay 9 pf two II: both which are fignes of the fingular and firft perfo/t&nd are of themfelves 3 both good formes of building too 3 but unles there come fome-what, that(after a friendly manner) may jojn them together, they both iiill remain lingular and alone : and the building can never come into its defired and beautifall form. Whes>.; Cap. 5 • H covered and interlaced with flefli and blewifh veines 3 refemb!kig the prety rivers in purcft Marble) do fupporc and beare up the whole body, with an cquall diftanee. According to that in the Cant.j, Canticles .Thy legs arelikepilars of marble, fet uponfockets of fine And again. As gulden pillars *re upon Sockets of fiber; fi are f aire feet mth a confiant mind. Wherein the fame^^fhe her felf is called a pillar to. reft *pon. Thefe Pillars ( I fay ) with a comely proportion, beare Cap.5» H&c Homo, gi beare up the whole body, like a cur 10m Arch : whofe joynts are compared to jewels 3 the work of the hand of a cunning workman^ by Salomonm the Canticles. But here is the difference 5 thac thefe pillars are more large and faire in Women s then thofe that fupporc the bodies of Men. And not only fo in humane bodiesfixxt almoft generally in all bruit tesfis 9 and creatures of the earth : whofe females (for the mod part) are larger then the males. The reafon (for the large- neffe and firmneffe of this foundation 5 above that of mans) may be cafily gathered from the obfervation of the Coxflru8iO)the frame or fabrick of the reft of her body: to which 9 1 HacHemo. Cap. 5. which by order we are come : For as the greater the boufe^ and the weight thereof is-, the more firm and ftrong the foundation ought to be ; So womansbo&Y > (being a more large and fyaczow building ) requires a more round and folid fupport 3 to uphold and beare it. For the female body hath in it not only all the rooms and divifions in the male body, but diverfc others befides that he hath not : And it is made of purpofe 3 fo large and fair e 5 not to be a weighty trouble^ or burden unto her- but thatfhe might with more ea-fc contain and carry that burden $ which (hall after grow into fo/k/>* aa edifice athciklf. She is therefore fo largely made. Cap.5- H^c Homo. 93 made 3 with fo many more rooms then the mafculine^ building 5 becaufe (he muft contain another boufe within her 5 vj'ithzn unruly guett, and a\\provifio.n neceflary for him. The particulars of which I leave to the Anatomies y who have not only attributed this fohefmoothnejfe &nd large fpa- tioufnefle of body ( which is both beautifull 8c commend- able in ^//creatures) to women alone : but (as I have faid)even to many females among beafts D but efpecially to all female fifh ) which for form and beauty 3 farre furpaflc the males. But befides all this, there is in the conftru&ion of this building another thing,that is to all buildings both a great grace 94 H * c H omo. Cap. 5 . grace and commodity $ and that is in the houfe of Alma thus dcfcribed by Spencer : But all the liquor that was foule and waft • Nor good nor ferviceable,elfe for ought : They in an other great round veffellplaft; Till by a conduit pipe D it thence was brought. And all the reft, that noyous wasandnought 3 By fecret wayes ( that none might it efpye) Was clofe conceiv'd , and to the back gate brought That cleped was Tort Efqui- line^ whereby It was avoided quite 3 and thrown out privily. From Cap. 5 • H andpreferve the modefiy thereof 3 that it might be found more fair e and beautifully then the other. From the fabrick there- fore of the foundation and bo- dy y let us afcendtothe/;^.- to the which we muft pafle by the neck. Which rifing in comely manner out of the bo- dy of the building, is compa- red (in the Canticles) to a tower. Cant. 4 , Thy neck if like the tower of Da- 4. vid: And (in the feventh chap* ter, verfe the fourth ) thy neck is like a tower of Ivory. Upon 7 ' 4 ' the top whereof (lands the bead^like a faire turret jo cover all 5 and fo it is called by Spat- ter. Uo j6 H&cHomo. Cap. 5. Up to a ft at el) Turret (he them brought^ Afcending by tenne fteps oiA- Ub Lifter wrought : For fo he calls the joynt bones in the neck. But for the defcrip- tion of the Turret it felf, Spen- cer ( going on in the fame place) (hall fave me a labour. The roof thereof was arched overhead., And cfeckt with jlovers, and harbours daintily: Two goodly Beacons fit in wat- ches ftead. Therein gave light and flam'd continually. For they of living fire , moft fubtilly Were made, andfet in fiver fockets bright ; Covered with lids devis'd of Subftanceflie, That Cap . 5 . H bands might find fomwhat to bind and hold 1 hem by 5 while they beat them. ButS. Taul faies, it was for a covering. And thus much briefly for the Foundation 3 and the Co** flru&ion of the womans body : which is ( as Salomon faies) ia ftaturelike the Palmtree. I haft to the Venufias or or- nament^Exitm aBaprobatfiiith the proverb : the end proves the work : And Cicero compares a Man that hath lived well, ^ and is carelefle to dye well, to a negligent comoedianphat hath plaied well at the beginning ^ and is out at the latter end. Fa This ico H&c Homo. Cap. 5. » > «*«■•• ■ ' — -~— - - This imputation cannot be laid to the workman of this buil- ding ' For as he began well (laying the foundation firm- ly 3 andraifing the fides largly) fo hath he finiftied it with or* naments as beautifully-^ and fuch as are not to be found or e- qualled in ;#04g pleafure, grief, envy 3 mwh fedntjfe 7 chafttyor whore- dome$ H2 HacHomo. Cap. 5. ^w^.appeare not from us 3 in a- r.y one part fo apparently, as inthc/j^, nay in women (in whom indeed they are faireft and moft powerful] ) they do fhew certain fignes of Barren- nes. and Truufulnes^ which (in that Sex) is greatly to be re- Aiiftotl .fpefted 3 as ^rtftotleteftificth. Put as they difcover much in themselves 5 fo have they a very great/^/w in ruling the B , *ff*8ions of others. For from F orta'. pt ' their heams ( kith Johannes ds B apt ^fia porta) proceeds health or fickntffc, love or hate> life, or death to the. objeft that they view , according as they carneftly behold it (either in V MgiU l ove 0r fc ate: ) Ne f ctQ ^ tenerQS cuius mihifafanat agnos (faith Plutarch .^ ir £ iif: >And thefameiscon- ' firmed by Plutarch : for (as he faith) Cap.5« HxcHomo. Hj fa\tli)Tbe eyes of fair e and beau- tifullwomen^kindlefire (like the Sun)in th every hearts andfoules of their lovers^ though they look not on them hut a far re off From whence grew ( no s doubt) the opinion of Strata tmo ' (thePhilofopher) who held that the commanding part of the Soule } remained between the Eyes: feeing that hefaw fo great power in them 3 and their affeftion. But if I (hould write of all the particular beauties in Wo- mens faces , Ifhouiddrawthis part ( which even already growes too long) much far- ther then it ought. Wherefore to conclude this pointy take the generall commendation of the facc^ (out IT4 H <&c Homo. Cap. 5. And. (out of Laur.emius) thus: In ^' en " ; the face onelyis the particu- lar feat of all the five Sences ( becaufe it is called the Image ofthe mind.)For in the brows^ loftiness in the Cheeks^ grace- in the Cbh 9 majefty 5 in the* Forehead j wifedorae 5 in the Ft/age* beauty 5 and in the Cheeks and chin , honefty dwelleth : in it is the diffe- rence of Age and 5amono{t)icvnmd. F01 we may obfcrve it to be the chief agent^nd heft interprets of our words and meaning; which with Jively aBion it feu forth and exprefles in inch fort 5 that if the tongue were "tiffing , it would moil aptly fupply the place. For with it we call untous; we give leave to depart 5 we command . we intreat ; w$ threaten^ wc promife 5 we fa~ lute h weftrike^ wc give 5 we ram* 5 we make $ wedeftroyv we defend; we affe*d: fo that; it is (in the morall of a build* ^gjikc the guard for defence; j tbell flier for entertainment;, thefervant for imploymentj the Cater for the provifion I and the Cook of the provifi- ' on. This Cap.5« H^c Homo. \\y This excellent and necefla- ■y part, is in women 3 much norcdW/r.^then in Man^and lath qualities equa!lt$ alibis 3 md fome farre above them : ?or fhe doth not onely fuch \rofjer workes and a&icms of neaner c&imaxion) as well as )e : but expreflTeth all muficke 5 tfithas fwift motion and per- formance ( together with "uch arts and works o(curiojity) 3y reafon of the (lender foft- tejfe and nimble nejfe of her iand$ as arc too hote for his Ingers* But one thing more I will >bferve(out of jigrippa)hom A grippe he hand 5 for the greater com- mendation of this creatures ureneffe and innocency^ guift *iven unto them infeparable, Svenin nature:) that let men wa(h 1 1 8 H and (he foallaferfouleitnomore. To conclude this pointrthe hand (among the ^Egyptians) was ahierogfyphkk of fortitude. Andtherfore they that re- quire [auxilium] help , took hold of the right hand^ (not of the leftjwhich was ^figure and pledge of faith: to which may be alluded ; that as Woman was made \jutxtlinm commodum~] a fit faithfull and right hand help, for Man in all his voca* Pliny & tion : So icis even exprefled in Hippo, her by nature. For zs(Pliny and crates. Hippocrates obferve ) though many Men are oftentime* wholly left-handed D Women are veryfeldomefo, or never at all. Foe Cap. 5 . H. Firft for their form : they are round: a figure moft capable of all others $ and fitteft for them $ feeing they muft con- tain ( like fount aines ) moy- fturefor nourifhment. And they refemble in ma- king too little hills^oi mount?, pleafantly garnifhed with dif- parted and ftreaming veines^ on whofe tops a rife the Con- duit heacs (in hew like Straw- berries^ ) from whence pro- ceed the fireames Co much commended^both for food and phjfick* This form (imitating the world) h very beautifuil. From the obfervation of which, the skilfull beholder (hall not ondy diftinguifh the difference of Sexjadc alfo of age and Cap* 5. H&c Homo. 12 j and health in mmen; as Lauren* *m noteth. Secondly ^01 the place; they z* \ are not fet in the lower parts of the body 3 (as in other crea- tures) but(toprefervew^j?/, and for comlwejfefake) in the very bread neer the head, and right againft the heart. For this caufe (as Wlutarch Plutarch; faith) that women (being moft loving and tenderly affeBed to their children) might at their greater eafe, in the earneftnefe of their love, both feed with their milke, imbrace with their armes, and kijfe with their lips their children at one time to- gether : which they could not doe were they placed elfe- where. Laftly, for their ufe. Firft, £ they are to feed: and tcJ.thac G end. 122 H^c Homo. Cap. 5. end 5 they arc indeed with milke 9 and fuch as no other creature hath. For there is no ^//^(whatfoever) {onou- rifywg >and cheriflnng in effeft, nor fo fweet and honied in taft, as that of a woman. Which milky it is pofflble for them to have without the help of Man 9 Hippo. (zsHippocrvesafames.) craws. So that , feeing fbe is com- pared in Ecclefiafticut) to zpof- feffton : and in the Proverbs, preferred before a pojpjfion : (he may well be likened to that holy habitation and pojfejfion, (the Land of Promife ) which flowed with milk and honey : or, with homed milk 3 which was promifed to thofe that feared COD: For (he alfo (being Co indued ) is both the gutft and pomfc of GOD : Whofe brefts have Cap. 5. HtcHomo. I2 ~ have the properties of a *. fend h for with their round fiefhmejfe 3 they proteft and preferve the Heart from out- wztdftormes, more fafeiy then rhofe in men. Thirdly 3 they do adorne the habitation : And therein not onely give delight ^ but farisfaftion to man. So that as a man , content with his ownepoJfJfioK, which hee hath obtained from the Lerd- y he neither can^ or ought defire more. (Which is well advifed by SoUmon in the Pro- verbs 5 Rejoyce with the wife of th}youth 3 &c. Let her b reap* fa- t is fie thee at all times., and delight in her love continually^ So that boch delfyht, profit, and fatisfafttonliytocecfc from ■ G 2 this VccaU beamy* 1,24 H&c Homo. Cap . 5 ' this form of hers : as is decla- red fufficiently in thedefcrip- tion of the beauty of her face^ hands > and brefts. And thus much for the beauty Corporal/. For the beauty Vocally which is in women. It is fuch as makes them no whit inferiourQyxit tather fupe- riour ) to tMtn. And it is of good consequence, for their commendation. Firft then (in generall) for the voyce: Though it have nei- ther dimenfions^ proportion^ or fubftance, (whereby it may be feen or felt :) yet is it like a- nother/i^andvifage in Man and hath many of the fame properties. For it not only(lik the face ) diftinguiflies tJIfa, from beaft : But CWan from pfe/sj and Man from woman : who \ Cap. 5. HficHomo. lay who ( being not in fight) arc as well known by their voice as countenance^ and much foo* ner : (as Pliny teftifies .) Pliny; Moreover, it is (6 fingular an ornament to the body$ that Zeno Cittiem was wont to fay 3 Vocem ejjg forma fleremv that the voyce was the very flower (or chiefeft^JWf,/ of a good form : For the eloquence of the voyce , commends the formes much as the form com- mends eloquence : Nay, it not onely fees forth the form $ but declares the difpofition as well as the face : For a foft , gentle^ and tender voyce 3 de- clare a gentle > tender , and tradable Sou/e 9 and afFe&ion in the body that owes it : as that excellent Scholar (^Michael Mich; Scot) hath well obferved. Sc9U G3 Where* 126 H^c Homo. Cap. 5. Wherefore 3 the voyce in women (being much more gentle , tender ^ and delicate, then in men) declares, chat in the modefy , gentlenejfe 9 and fweetnejje of affeftion., they far furpafle them. Which may be obferved even in this : that w^alfo (while tbey are in their child- hood and infancie, free from unbridled affeftions, full of tendernefle and pitie) are voiced like women; whom (in difyofuion) they refembje: But ( being once grown to movchardneffe.and inclined to more unbridled immodefiy.) they change their voyce wich their manners : Whch is ob- ferved not to happen to women: whofe voice continues rtijl in their firft purenefle and mm- cewy. More- Cap. 5. H&cHomo. 127 Moreover, man hath no ufe of his voyce that woman hath not^aad as excellentlyrFor, Fir ft y her eloquence is as fweet andplentifull. Secondly , her fteech more pleafant 3 and fluent. And good reafon: For/eeingher^/zg^.* is her chiefeft tveapon of defence therefore (he ought to handle i/the teadieft. Laftly,thcir skill in Muficke hath not been e meanely prai- fed by divers : But their weans of expreffing their skilly (efpe- cially 3 in voycejCo farre excels above that oi mans^ that all they are faid but tofeigne^hzt feeke to imitate it. Wherfore Ovid 9 (that well Q i Ifeo «W(with like /*** brevity) f pea k of the beauty jpirttudlf y and inward. At the fairenejfe whereof, you may guefle by the Phyfiognomic of the face, and the reft : But be- came I intend to fpeak of their Cap. 5 . H&c Homo . 129 their vcrtues (which is the true beauty inward ) by it felfe 5 I will refcrre you thither. And (to make this corporall and vocall beauty compleat with the forme) fee if it hold good with the defcription of an abfolutebeauty, in PauloLa«V*& tzn mazo- ( who was a cunning maxo ' Painter^ andcould well judge o{ beauty.) Beauty (faith he) is compleat in forme, motion, zndaBio/foS head feet and hands. Foi the forme, you have al^ ready heard what it is : For the motion,! wil only tranflate you a piece of Agrippa, ( who Agn>fg, j joines it to the forme , and ftands wondringat it:) Adde to thefe(fz\th hee ) their modeft face and gate } their more come* ly behaviour 5 their more wvr- G 5 thy 130 H (ZC Homo. Cap.5 thycarriage^ together with the whole Symmetry; and order of their whole body y \n figure and ha* bit, every way mofi beautiful/. Not any fight in all the order of Creatures, being fo miraculous • nor any miracle , fo worthy the fight $0 that any(but ablindman s y may fee how Godhimfielf hath ga- thered together what beauty the whole world is capable ofand pla- ted it in womanjhat all creatures $h$uld ftand amazed; and (for many caufes) fhould love and ho- nour her : infomuch that not only men but incorporate jbtrits have very often mofi earnefily af- fe£fed,and doted on their beauties. Which is not a falfe opinion 5 but a truth confirmed by many experiments, Thus far^gnppa. If thea, a large* foacious D and fairs building, where no- thing Cap. 5. Hcec Home. 1^1 thing is [cawed, nor any un* comelinejfe feenej but all the piltars, nerves, joints and r both to the eyes and body of Man : Yea even to dumb and reafonleflb creatures : For if but a dog taft of it , he will never run mad. I omit not only the general! benefit, by the moftneceffa- _*3 6 -We* Homo. Cap. 5. iy difference of Sex. But many other things to the Pbyfuians : whom it better becomes to difpute thereof. *%• Concluding this point ftiU with the fame Pl,»y, whoob-- feryes her body to befo natu- rally inclined to doe good to man t that if any thing do but touch her, it (hall be a medi- cine for him : For he affirmes, that if the head be but bound with a woman hatre-lacejt pre- fentlycureth (or much aba- teth) the grievous paine of thehead-ach. Thus have you heard in the defcription o£ the forme, what it is like, how beautiful!, both Corporally and vocally : Andlaftlyj how helpfully */>toman. " Which St&n 9 y 0B „(,£ Cap.6. Ha c Home. 137 pardon in the lengih; for this argument hath caufed others to write whole volumes • and therfore a few leaves may well be forgiven me* Cllllllllllllil) Cap. VI. HE next (that f« sty** comes in order to be handled) istbe#*w*. Firft then/ that it may appeare 5 that this obfervation of tht'Kame^ is no idle nor unneceflary commendations to the/** • I will (firft) in generall de- liver what the civill Law, and the Nations themfelves (both Jews 138 HtcHomo. Cap. 6. Jen>€S& Gentiles)hzve thought of names ^ their force 3 and venue. The CivillLzw hath a rule : Condemnart nemo debet , Ante- quam nomen ejus dehtum fit : None ought to be condemned, before his name bee knowne. And their reafon i? 5 quia no~ minapierumq\ referuntmoresiU lorum^ quibm indrmur: becaufe names (for the moft part) doe cxprefle the condition of the perfon, on whom they beim- pofed. This reafon being (by much experience) knowne true^hath made the wiCeft parents among the Nations $.0 have great care in giving of Mames : and as grea; refpeft to names given. Among the Gentiles,thc Ro- manes > the moft Famous) gave not Cap.6. PI £c Homo. 1 39 not the names(pi C #far Cicero, Caligula, Sc&vola&c. without fome fpeciall outward, or in- ward obfervation of the quali- ty, or appearance of the Perfon: Andtonames£*iw 3 they had as great refpeft. For (as Pliny piiny, faith ) every fifth yeare , they fought out, with great care 3 per fins (whofe ntmeswettoi good and happy figmfication) to prefenc their Sacrifices. More particularly : In gi* vmgoi namely theyobferved time&n&numler. Firft , for the time : They t; were wont (as Tlutarcbtefti^M™^ fies) to impofe names fooner on women children , then on wen : and their reafon was , (as he feems to affir m ) becaufe they came fooneft to ripe* nejjeziid perfection. Which feems _T 40 Ho c Homo. Cap . 6. feems t*p be granced by the CivtU and common Lawy er J :Fov they make them capable of inkeritancejnarriageznA dower , (with other benefits of Law ) fooner, then men - y as being fooner ufefull in body and mind, then they: Which A- /grippa £"/?<* obferves to be no fmall benefit in nature, (or comment dation)unto them. ?• Secondly y for the Number^ which they gave : They were unto men (for themoft part ) three : as Quintus , Fabiut , Maximm : QjunmJIoratTlAc* *m,&c. but«^» (« the fame />/*- ! wr^affirmes.) Perad venture, pythago- obferving the rule of Pytkago* ru < ras.vfho held the odde number to be mafculine^ and the eaven, feminine. Cap.6. H i n her eye, at the firft daft , and caft all the blame on the poore *£l man, (who if (he offended her husband,didit(as fame think) in kindnejje, finding the fruit faire:) and not of malicioufr nejje (finding the evill : ) For her eyes were not opened^ ullfhee had eaten. ■ Buc Ad *™ > being at that time (when he married her) a Man of the beft wifedome and eavenne(Te 5 (as one into whom God hmfelfe had newly brea- thed hisfpiric of understanding and judgement) impofedupt on her a name : which out of the depth of his owne know- ledge, he well perceived, (hee both well deferved, and beft fined hex difpofition: as wee H 2 (hall 148 H&cHowo. Cap.6. (hall fee hereafter. So that the ferfon (naming her) being of the contrary Sex^ and one that would not fpare her faults, even before God, but would have told him to his face ; The Woman that thou #a- veft me, did it: It may feem there was fmall favour : but chat it was given even as the truth conftrained. If v4dam (after his fall) had likewife had the naming oihimfelfi^ (as he had of his wife: J no doubt, but that he would have dealt better with bimfelf 9 then to have been called ^Adam^ (Earth:) But Go d 3 to curb his pride, impo- fed that name firft on him \ when there was none elfe to name him. That (thinking humbly of himfelf) Cap. 6. H&cHomo. 149 bimfelfe) without defpifing of the reft ^ he might give due mmes^ (and therein honours ) unto others 3 according to their natures and difpoiitions 5 without partiality \ Adam then ( the fir ft man) gave the name unto the fir ft woman. Butthereafon why he (ra- ther then the Lord that made her) fhould doe it!, feemes (unto fome) to be this 5 that tht man ^ in naming he;!! himfelfe with a good and fignu ficant name s ('according as hee knew, (hee dejerved) iho\i\d have the greater guilt and finne; if that (at any time af- ter) he fhould either wife all*, ' or mifi&treathci. Albeit others thinke , that hee thereby exprefied him- H 3 felfe 1 50 H ac Homo. Cap.6. felfe to have greater authority over her. But by that r#/ fome wo- men might claime authority overmen: feeing it is evi- dent in Scriptures., fand elfe- where ^that women have more oftner given names to men-jhen men to women : ( as is pkine in Genejis^ Judges^ and Rutb^ &c. ) And it is more then pro- bable • that as the man named the firft woman ( that was m^de after b/'m:) Co the woman named the jirfl man^ that was borne after her : For the text Caine, faies,S bee bore Catne y ("that is, Gzn<4.i-dp9jfeftov : ) and faid 3 / have obtained a man of the Lord. It fhould feeme then : by her I interpreting of his name, that fhee her feJfe had given it un- , to him: (As may beefeenein the Cap. 6. HacHomo. 151 the examples of Leah and Ra- chel-^ who named the twelve Paviarchs ^and in the daugh- ter of Ely; and in the mother of Samuel. All which (having the pri- vilege oY naming their fonnes) gave them names of fignifica- tion, and expreiTed after- wards the reafons that induced themfoto doe: as Ei^ in like manner had done before them. If therefore D man may claime authority over roomm by naming the firjl that was made :Shce may claime alfo preheminence over man 5 by naming the firft that was borne. So that here youfeejfirftj who it was that gave the name, MA N. Secondly, that he was om H 4 who 1 52 Hth.cfe words following' [becaufefoe was taken out of man] Geo. i\ are not the reafon$ but the*?, explanation of the reafon 5 which goes before : which are thefe words _, [ This is bone of my bone, and flefo of my fiefh : ~j For .when God had broughc H =5 her 154 H&cHomo. Cap.6. her to him} he firft viewed her, and beheld her well^ and when hee could finde no fault : but that (according to Gods pro- mife before) (he was Cowwo. dum auxilium^m allthingsrthe very confederation , that (hee was alfo bone of bis bone, and flefh of bit flefh, grew to be the reafon of her name$ which hee (after) explaines, in faying: She was taken out of Man. This reafon therefore goes before the firft name of her Sex: to (hew, that Adam (be- fore hee named he*) had a great care to view and con- sider hex nature and difpofiti- on$ ere hee could finde Co apt a name and fo full of mjfterze to adorne her. Which till he had n^advifed., he gave not. (&) For the (2 fee ondfahteh was her Cap. 6. HtcHomc. 155 htv proper name ) it was impo. Eva. fed on her after the fall. And the reafon for it 5 * is rendred by Adam ( after 'he had called her by it 3 and not before ? ) as if he did acknowledge that name to be made to his hand, and without his flt/dy. And therfore he fets the reafon after it. For > when God had given a proraife of life , in the feed of the woman : he could eafily conclude to < call her 3 the Mother of the (c) living. So that both were (c) ^ given to dignifie her 3 in re- £ havafu ipect or the */;# i Q tn ^ her two names were /j/?, />^/w the fall ^ and the j6y?, 4//^ the /*//, ( which #fc*# tookenocare to beftow withfuch confideration upon any other creature, ) there ap- peares(as I have faid ) the care and love he had to his fr/Je (both in his happinejfe^ as a Companion of his )cy : and in his unhappinejfe^ as a comfort in his mifery.*) his minde being (J&y? and loft) on her. Wherein he Chewed a good pre- Cap. 6 . H&c Homo. 157 precedent for all his children, ( even to this day ) of love and tejpecl towards their wives. Which, if it were well ob- ferved^ no doubt, but the quiet and go/ de /a world of time,, would againe returne unto us. Secondly , in that he gave not £. hctfirfi Ntone^ (when he him- felfe was in perfection') with- out good deliberation • and then fuch a one as much dignified her: hee may herein teach the reft of his Sonnes^ ( if they will everftrive to perfection) that they never tnifcdl^ or give o- ther names unto women 3 (efpecially unto their wives') but fuch as (hall dtgmfie and adorrie them. Thirdly, and laftly 5 as hee y* prefumedjiot to give the/*- cond 158 H:) But the word which we trans- late for it 3 is tvoman: being (as the other) the name of the Sex ; and is Significant e nough of it felfe; As we fhall fee after. Notwithstanding the firfr originallname (in Hebrew) is moil of all to bee considered ; becaufe it was the fir ft and moil fignificant : and . that Cap.6. HacHomo. 161 that was written, qjpns, l(ha. In the giving oi which, ^4- *to ftrove to (hew the tingu- lar neereneffe between Man and fraw^ : and (therein) fuf- ficiently (hewed the force and ftrength of his wifedome. For he ferionfly confide red , (ere he named her ) from whence (he was taken 5 for what pr- pefe; for wbom\ and whither (he muft return. She was taken from hu pde\ for z helper for him; and to his ^? (he muft return, [They/ball be two in oneflefb.~\ So that he ; muft forfake Father and Mo- ther for her. Therefore he concluded, (he fhould be ifha 5 joyning |her unto his own name> by I adding but one letter $ (as God I had added and joy ned herun- to J&2 Hoc Homo. Cap . 6. to his body, by taking but one Ribbe. ) So that as her body was taken from, and joyned unto bu, by God: fo her name was taken from, and joyned unto his by him/elf e. To (hew, how well hee did approve of GodsgMdncjfeuntohim in this Htfimg, Wherein fas I fold J hee firove to ihew how merely i and how firmefy man and woman are conjoyned : which cannot fufficiently in one word be rcn- dred by any language 3 fo well as the Hebrew. But among the reft, our language comes not fartheft . behind, in expreffing it to the firftfenfe. For as be is ijh, (of whofe name ijha ( the woman ) ~^ is formed:) So wetkjjbeeil mn, Jjh* ( the woman^ or Womb-man:) out . Cap.6. H&c&omo. 165 k)ut of whofe rocmbe^ man\% formed: For that is our old orthography, as Verjiegm wit- ncfles. To which I could adde (if if it beelawfull)anew ortho- graphy for woman, in the plurall number 5 and write 3 not women ^bm wee-men, according to our pronunciation. Seeing indeed we are the fame 3 and all of oxepeece* And this will offend none, but fuch as will have them derived from woe, and call them wo-men: becaufe they thinke it was long of them wee fell. In which they bdeeve they have got a no- table a-gument againft thena. But till I come to anfwere this 3 let them ftay their fto- macks with this old rime : How • 1 164 HtcHomo. Cap. 6. How ill did het his grammar skan, That call'd a Woman woe to man? Ttox(comrary) who doth not: know, Women from men receive their me} Yet lore men too : but what's i their games} Poo re Soules ! but travaile for their fames : Then let them all (in this) agree: Tis me from man^if we itr bee. It (hould feeme (then) the] name is not. fofullof w^ and* define, as they would makej it: For the name of woman\ hath been held fo honourable and helpfull, ( even in our owne Cap.6. H etc Homo. 165 own Nation) that thebigheft dignity^ that can bebeftowed on that Sex (amongft/^ J is expreffed onely in that name. For Queen (or Quena^ as Qu^nr. Verflegan writes it) figriifies JJ* 1 " but T/&4., a woman^ or rwjfr) and that is all. But ( to proceed to the original! 3 ifha: J Ink, A^« and tvoman are lb neerely joyned; and made one^ tharic cannot be to us a difgrace^ (no more then for our Father A- dam) to call them ivee men^ and all one with us, chiefly if we confider of how great excellency the name island how great a myftery it contaiues : T^Myfle- For ( befides all this before- ^'* llha - faid$ which may be gathered out of the neerenejfe 3 and very fiund of the names 5) tA'Jam had --. _* 66 H&c Homo. Cap. 6< had a further refpeft : For in this name hee contained a, myfiery. And Cuch a my fiery as containes many other myfte- ries within it. Amongft the which , the mjftery of cbnfls love to his Church j is none of the leaft : which the Apoftle calls D ^l num myfierium. And that is compared to a Marriage. No Wg '* carriage more perfect- nor no couple fo juftly kept it, as that 5 and thofe whom God himfelfe perfonally maddl And that was the firft ; which ] Adam (confidering)did (in his Wives name)comprehend alh the dunes of Marriage. To which the conjunftion of Ckrifi and his Churches my J finally compared. So that as her body being taken Cap.6 . H (tic 'all name then his : for from rro^ ( J foa ) may myftically be gathered: Fir ft, the Author of Marri- m »bkb age. HSi Secondly 3 the Perfons, ° ' c : Tbzrdly, the duties. Fourthly,\vhat may bell cm* time it And fifthly, what may <*/"- foke and break it. Of all thefe in particular, briefly s and firft of the Author. Tbe author The Hebrew Cabdlifts have ^<™- obferved that (in the compo- age * fition of lfha^^)Adam took two ejfentidll letter soi the great % and divine name [Jeho- Hc v a h 3 that is to fay n and t : i# £** and 168 HdcHomo. Cap. 6. and LWOother 5 outofhisown j£P h name ( m and ^ : ) of which bhinne. (mingled and put together) he framed and madea Name for his jpgfe. In \vhich(by this conjunfti- on) he expreiTed both from whence (he was taken a and who gave her unto him : there- by declaring her to be taken fiomMatti and acknowledg- ing Jehovah to be rhe^- thor and fanftifier of this mar- riage and conjunction be- tweene him and his wife. He and For without the helpe of J°d- thofe two letters (H and ^ ifh and 7/1^. could not bcjoy-- { nedintn one name* So that in her name (thus framed ) the u**/fcor of thid and nil other marriages, is fed downe to be the Lord Jeho- vah, Cap, 6. Hr*-J €r -3'» pket • Muiier ciramdabii vfrum. %u Which(though it was fpeci- ally meant of our Saviour and the B. Virgin- yet)is it literal-' \y tme in nature. For all men are contained** bred 3 and propagated in wo- men 5 which is expreffed in this name 5 I/Jja : which ( in like manner ) comprehcndeth Fourthly, innm** is con- 4-' tamed, what may belt conti- befi conti- nue mar'uge^ in the moft com- nuc Mar- mendable perfeftion: -Artd*^ that is unky. Of v/hich they ' fhallalwayes be remembretf, if they doe but looke on the w$mansmme % For (as I faid)' Gods/w*rmade their bodies 1 5 *;# 4— 178 H&cHomo. Cap.6. eneflefh by conjunttion : and Gods name made their names 5 one name,by interpofition . 9 Wis unity : And unity con- Joynedthcm: fo that, if they doe but confider 5 that(in their converfation) GOD is in- the midft ofthem^ it (hall alwayes be a meanes for them to walke as in his prefence y without con- tention 3 in all concord and unity: Which is able to efta- blifti and confirme their holy conjun&ion 3 in all peacea- ble and happy continuance unto the end. f m Fifthly D and laffly^ there wUt my may bee gathered from this f e > l "f name, (if it bee Well confide- Mwiage. red) what may diffolve and unknit this holy knot of mar- riage. And that is (the oppo- fite to wity,) Difcord ; Which (halt Cap. 6 . H a -> nwx- For take from thence, ''andft (the two eflTen- tiall letters of the high Je- hovah^ which makes her /- J£**M fba, oV(b and there will re- maine nothing but ^ Qgnis) Efb^m fire : fo take from ijha ( that is - from man and woman in marriage )xhteJJenualUndef- fettmU blejjhg of JeHOVAH (the high God which pre^ ierves them in love and unity) and there will remaine no- thing, but fire and r*g* 3 d'tfcord y and )ealous contention^ which willfoone confume, diffblve, and difunite that holy band \ andleave them (at the laft) > ■ ■ i8o H&cHonu. Cap.6. in danger of fire eternaM\ to their everlafting condemna- tion. And as this name ■[ m lfba'] cannot be divided, (in taking ifh from ifba :) but, that the manft&M remaine alone $ and the woman without a name: fo cannot the firme krot ( wherein they were tied when it was given) bee at any time (through difcord^ or adultery ) diiiblved $ but the man (hall remaine aione, and the Woman without a name 5 at leaft without a good me. Thus you fee how myfiicaU this firft name \_lfoa~] is ( the generall. name of woman^) in thar, thence may be gathe- red the Author, Perfons^ and Duties of marriage^ what way , beft Cap.6. Hac Homo. 181 heft contmuekyaad what dif- folve it. . A name impofed upon her by Adams natural and humane reafon^ and therefore (though excellent apdfignifieant) yet it contaiaes but a m§ fiery of marriage: which is an eftate bat for this Lfe : for in the Lfe 10 | come^ they neither marry. J nor are vixen 'in man i aie : as our Savi- our latch. Wee will therfore fpeake but a word of the Second name^ containing a myflery- of the fecoa/i life. Which, name 7 though it was pronounced^ . mrn\ yet 3 was the reafon gi- % en by God^ ere hee impofed it : A"-* therefore more di* Iler/^Wand proper name chara? was Eva: For which if we will or &**«" feeke 182 HdtcHomo. Cap.6. Concer- feeke Etymologies D wee (hall 1 tilelf- finde enow 5 and their reafons. j twoUgics Firfl^ from our owne Ian- I £5feL guage of Engli(ll > (thotagh ic hd, C u- little concernes ic ) Verftcgm lous to will have iv^ Eva^ quaji Confimi- defire the '* : C £w; 3 r ^ e ^ am C as ^ OW Reader with her husband in office^and toconf!- iik cne ^ Others fin Latine) der what . - l AV V learned *Jidvigw : But her fccondname [Eva{] was not taken from his fecond name I Adam'] which fignifies but flay or earth. Somewhat was the caufe (chen ) why fhee was not cal- led Adama (of Adam) as well I as Ijba ( of ifb.) if wee will find the caufe, wee muft goe backe to die Time. For wee faid .that ijba was given before the l86 H<&cHomo. Cap. 6. the fall> (when man knew of no hfe, but the Prefect $ where- in he (hould never have died.) And therfore (ivizmyfticatf fafhion} he framed a name for her, from the beft of his:, to ex- prefle their neere conjunBton and officefov that //zw^beyond which, (as then) hee faw not : But afterwards, when his eyes #ere opened^and that he per- ceived two lives, andtwo deaths before him (the one tempo rally the other eternally) and no comfort of hope in either of their prefent names, (for ifba, could not ferve 5 (he was but amyftery of this Itfepnd Adam was earth 5 and to earth muft returner) Being therefore ac a Nonplus^ God tells him the womans feed fhali break the Ser- pents head. \jChrif\ (hall over- come Cap.6. H life (faith Chip) and Chrifii* I the feed o£ the woman. So 1 83 HdcH&mo. Cap. 6. So here is Heaven and Earth met: the^/z/^flfG^andthe feed of 'the IV cm an ^ the life p ft* fent,2indthehfetocome. And this is the my fiery which then was revealed, but as in a doud: butfince hathinlight- ned the whole world. iflia feemes (now) to bee of no ftead 5 feeing in Eva th,e prefent and foture life is con- tained. The prefent life of man fliee maintaines in pro- creation, and being the mother of the living : and the future life, in being the mother of our Saviour (whoisthe///>ic JV/O So that if we raife oxxxfelves into the contemplation of the life to come, ( fignificd in this name, Eva) wee (hall quite lofe ifba. ^Mortality (hall put on Cap.6. H&c Homo. \ 8y Onimmortalitie : ijba (hall bee tranflated into Eva. women (liall lofe their name of ifha $ they fhallput off" the name of th eir Sex .' But £va (the name oilife) they fbaJi never lofe. For in the life to come,they | neither marry > neither is there 1 difference of Sex or Perfon-> Luk - 10 * but men and women (lull re- \^l^ ccive like bodies, in etemall glory 5 according to the fimili- tude of Angels. In which likenes and fimihtude^ I leave them : Andforbcarealfo to torment the Reader with any confuta- tion of unfavory objeftions, brought againft that Sex, by the raylipotent Linderacb'and others) who (ltfeemes) have forgotten that they were ever borne of their Mothers. FINIS.