• L'C \' a 9 74 .Ofthe GuN-.:.PbWDJEa-Tax.AsoN; ""'S;;;;;g nerunt, &c. On the other fide;ifit be die feed ofthe serpent, ~~' come to thebirth: ifitdoe,let it not beborne, fiille it inthewombe and be' 'I ~It not you have done, and fay with joy and fpare not, Yentrunt, &c. ' ga when . . .And yet I cannot tell neither,. whether we make the rule _fogenerall, as to ~ !lcb.u.13.[ tendtoalltheW•ma»sSefd. But,lfthechzldrmbe,asofMo{esttisfaid Heb ex - ,;_,..<, prDper(weetthildren: Nay, ifthey be but accordingrokinde r~gula''"b11h1' h h b r C. • • • fi "f h fi > t lrt S• w en t ey ecome LOLarre,ltisgne c,I t eycomeno urrher. Bur,orhetwhile' there fall. out thefe fame ,.1,.,,;.,,.,!.:"'~·'' NAttlr£ errores, Ulfijhapen monftr~IIS birthss ahnd then, 1ntl)at cafe,Ianddfo~fuc~, u_s 1filsnod~;vhen theyhbe thither come, if farrhe; t ey com11 not. Yea, are tay, it w1 not. ILCOntenr t e unhappy parents rh b gat and bare them, though thts Verfe bevenfied ofthem, that when theycome~t l" birth, they might not be borne,but have thew1mbe for theirgrave, and no ftrmgthr;~,~ ltverthem. · Since then, upon thematter, all is thereafter as thechildrenbe, our firl! en u·r is to be, what thefe childrenwere~ Where let me rell you this, you !hall not l~~k~ for fuchchildrenas wommgoewith: (the verfe isproverbiaUy, not vtrbao 1 tobe un– derll:ood:) Nor of anywomans bmh ; none there was, at the fpeaking ir. Ezekio# meant It ofSennackmbs mrenr, rofacke leru(alem: and we of their attempt or en· terprife, this day, to have made amAj{acreof us all. Ofrhern, that wenrb~with this monJier. · ~obegin_with rhe{uulethen, ofthefe childrm. For, there isnotonelyfrul/ 1 ,– 'l.ietJtru, there Is partu. menlu: themmdc concerves, as well as tbewombe: theword [conceiving]is like proper, to both. Men have their wombe, bur it Jiethihigher in them; as high as their hearts; and that which is therecenceivei, and6nd, is abi/th. Pf•l.7·'4· So, I finde, theHolj Ghoft in theP{almecallcth it; Behold,he travelleth wilhmifcbiefi, hehAth conceived{orrow andbre11ght forth rmgodlinejfe. Anddm is,when anevil/man, intlieevi!l wom6e ofhis heart, !hall hatch or conceiveComedevi!lijb dwice, and goe with k as big as any woman goes with hcrchilde, and beeveninpaine,tillhehave M.lr.r ps •9 brought it. Thisisrhe birthhere meant: and there in theheart, is thematrixow,. ' ceptory place, ofall mifchiefe. Thence (faith our Saviotlr) de ctrde exf!mt, From the hMrt they come all. Vfually they fay in Schooles, Conceptm, conceptio ;partus, ~pm : tbeconctift isa kinde ofcoueption ; and the work, a kinde ofbirth: the imaginationofthe he'an isan embrio, conceived within; theworke now brought to palfe, is achildeborne inro the world. Nay, they goefurther, ro more particularities,and carry it alongthrough all the degrees of child.bearing. ' When adevice is intended, then is (fay they) thechi/J. conceived(as it were.) • Whenprojefledandplottedhandfomely; then, thechildar11~ ctdate, ~When once afluated, and fer in hand, then is it quiclce. 4 When (o farre brought, as all is ready ; thenthechildis tomtto the birth. sAnd when, 1fi'um "J'1,all is done, anddifpatched, thechild i5borne. 6 Bur, if it fall out otherwife, than was looked for, noftrengthtobringit.fortb; then have you a dead-bornecbilde. 1 And John''·' 1 • looke, with thenatsraUmotherwhat joy there is, when there is a m•n-childhorne mto the world; the fame for all the world, is there with diefe bad men, when rheirinMgi– nations profper. And, what griefe thepoore wuman hath, at the perifhing o~the fi·utc ofher body-; the like in a manner is there with them,when rheirpuwder WJlltake no jire. So have you theJoule, or fpiritt~all parr to begin with. Will ye fee thebody alfo,in thebirthoftbu day i' You may,.evenadoculam,have it laid out before you.In imitationofthe natt~r41l womhe,wberein we Jay,and whence we come all, there is (by analogic) another artifi•iall, as art dorh frame1t:. Suchl rneane,as was the Trojan Horfe, ofwhich thePoet----rterumq11e armatl mtlltec~mplent,rhe belly or 111om6e, when it wa• full ofarmed men: and fomany armed men as ' there were, fo many children, after a fort, might be faid robe in ir.And,tfchar; mah we not affirme as much ofthe va11lt, or cellar, with as good rea(on~ Thevenewt hold ofit too-·-rterumque nilratopt~lvere cemplem. The tlte~us orwom&e of It, era~\· mcdas full withbArrels ofpowder, as was theTrPJAnF!urfe, With men ofarmes. Tddts 0 CS
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