s;;;;,;s. ods onely. Every one oftbefe chi!drm, every barrel!of powder, as much 1 nay more force in it to doem~[chicfe, than twemy. of thofe 1n theTroJan horfes beUy. . The more I thmkoflt,the morepomts ofcorrefpondence do offerthemfelvesto me, of abirthand comming to abirth,and that in every degree. 1 Thevsf!e!s firfi give: forth themfelves as fo many embrio's: • Thevat~lt,as the wombe, wherein they lay fo long: 3 They~hat conceived this device were the mothers, cleare: • The fathers; were thefathers (as they delight to be called) though, ofr, litrlemorerhan boyes; but here, right fathers, in rhat t~ey per[waded, it might.be; why not'!' might be la'!'foU; nay meritorious, then: fo, lt .was they, that dtd ammate, gave-a forde (~Sit were) to the trea~n. 5 The conceptien was, when thepowder, as the (eedW:!S conveighed in: 6Thearticulation,thetouching ofthem,in order,jufi as they fhould fiand: 7 thecwe– riNgofthem,with wood:~ndf•gots,as the drawing a skin,overrh:m: 8 TheVenerunt adpartum,when all wa~now ready;trameand all : 9 TheMzd-wr{e,he that was fou~d with thematchabout htm,for the purpofe: 10 Andpartm, the b~rth fhould have bm upon the givingftre. If thefire had come to thepowder, the children hadcometo the birth, inclujive, had beene borne. But, Noner•nt vim (which, I tutne)rhere was no ftre given: andCo,partus they wanted, as God would. And, thatonely wanted: for, all the reft held to an haire. Noth!ng,that could be in abirth, was wanting: all,to be pointed at,from point to point; thar,the Text is fitly enough applied to it. By rhistime,ye fee thechildren;both hodyaoofMle.Now, ,whenluokes the mother; when reckonsjhe, her time will came~ Willyenow(which is the fecond point) weigh a little better, what is in thefe ·three words,venerunt adparwm. ' Firfi,they were not upon their way,commi11g;but, i , veNerunt, they were evencome. • And come; nor, verfru, toward; bur even, ad, to. ~owncc~~i~~ 3 Ad, to; nor, loca pArtui vicina, fome parts neere, or next to it; but,adparttrm., to "'"' the very birth-place,theneck, or orifice ofthe matrice. Or, ifyou will takepartum, for the time;not adtemporapartuipropinqua,withinfome few dayesdftheir·recklfning; but, adpartum, tothe very time, theday, and within a very little,to thel ·o11re it felfe ; itmilfeanot much: (thatis)as neere, asneere might be. · Ifever there were a vene-, runt adparttem, and nopartu. upon it, here it was. · . And, if you marvel!, it was .:dpartum, and not ad.partnriliowem, firfb: Marvdl ·notat that; why,itwould have beene a veryjhort traveU,that. Thatofrhe Prophet ~in the !ixtie fixt Chapter) Antequamparturiat, peperit, would have beene fulfille-d in 1t; fhe would have beenede/ivered,before ever fhe had fallen in labour: To tlie.birrh Ch:tp.~6.i2 theycame, then. And you will remember, how farretlwy came, how many degrees they palfed, before they got thither. They came, 1 togeneration; they camel • to conception; they came, 3 toarticulation, • tovivification; 5 tofuU maturity; a~>yer,' none ofall thefe, our venerunt, here. P.alfed all, and every one ofthefe, n~ver.lbid till they came 6 evenadpartum;could come no further, milelfe they had comeforthl which God forbid; and fo He will, you lhall fee. For, thus have vie done now,wtd'i ~helirftpart(theCbildren.) - . · :r• . ,.> ; . Now to th~Mothers part. TheChildren came to the birth,.tnd: The i:ight·ttfid,rhe ii: kmdly CopulatiVe, were, To the brrth the!J came, a11d borne they were; fn a kind confe- l"lleMtt/ieiil quence, who would looke for other? It is here,Venerunt, 'eb" noh :thitherthey came, ·· · · an~ no frrther; there !topped. Ad, in [ttdp.mum] is but ufque ad, ex•lojive; that is, .to ltthey came; through it,theycamenot. · _ ' And,why came theynot~By meanes (as is here [et downe) ofa Non erant.Some~ ., what there v.:as not,that would have beerie 3 fomewhat milling: a 71611 er ant there was; :Whatfoever1t was. · Whatnon era11t was that ~It was not,Non erat ingenit1m(I am fure) Pefiilemwit theylack~dnqne, :~s deepe, asdangerous an·invenrion, as ever came into the braineof ma~. Nw~ercaineitrhither, or was bred there wirll'out theSm/Qfthe Serpent. Nor tan1t befa1d, None~At, that Ghey Wanted will; For~fomalicioufiy were they bem iLi 9.3 q q ~ tl.u~
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