.544 Chap. 14. An Expgf #ionupon the BookofJoa. Verf. ae' by two fimiTitudes, fira, of a f oaver,(econdly,ófa fhadow ; Ofall which this is the fum or the'refult, He continuethaot, verf. z. Man that is torn of a woman., That is, Every man, or (a,s we fay) every mothers child. Mr.Broughton adds an Epithete borrowed from the ( ignification . of the Hebrew word Adam, Earthly man torn of a Woman. The fir(: womanwas (in a fence) born ofa man; butlime all men are born of a woman : And as the firtf man receivedhis Mader dicitur proper name Adam (which is nowbecome an Appellative, or virago quia de common to all men) from.the matter out ofwhich hewas form- viraIumpta., ed,earth,or red earth,Gen.z.7. So the lira woman receivedher proper name ( which is now become an Appellative, or com- mon to all women) from the matter out of which fhe was formed, the fleíhand boneofman, Gen.z,23. addAdamfail, rn 'tC)IR This is now bone ofmybone, and flefhofmy fleth, fhe(hall be called &MK woman, t ecaufefhe was taken oat ofman. And as in our language Cent Dct the womanhath but a fyllable more in her name then the man, sited eft fym_ fo alfo in the Hebrew, there it is, .617, *A, withus, Man, is ton gratiofæWoman. The Rabbins Faye an Obfervation, That in the words Dei præfentiæ IA and Ifhah,thelettersof thename of God,jah,are contained, f mantas it which is ( fay they ) an argument or token ofthe gracious pre- uxor vi De; fence of God with husband and wife, while theywalk in that aaat, fi ab eis relation according to the Will of God ; but if they depart from recedant,& that, God departs from them, and taking the letters of his own Deupmf teedere Name from their names, there remains nothing but fire (fo abepfie at the words denuded of Gods Name lignifie) between them no eiufo fl both. maneat xc 1,01; But,to theText; Man is here spoken"ofas born ofa woman, ¡gais. Buxtorf rather then asbegotten by man,andthat(polfìb'y)for thefe three Reafons. Fir(f, Becaufe the formation andprodueiion of man is from the woman,in her thebodyofman is framed by themighty pow- er of God, and all thepieces of it plat together ; and inher man receives his life andguickeníng.Hence it was thatAdam>who at fir(f called his wifewoman, becaufe fhe was takenout of man, calls her afterwards Eve", becaufefhe was the motherof all living, (Gen. 3.ao.) And upon this groündfoineNations have made'a Law ' that all defcents fhould be-reckonedbythemother,becaufe the
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