.Chap. Y4. AnExpaftion upon the _8ook,ofJos. . Verf. i. 545 the mother givesthe greateft contribution towards the birth and Api d Lyci bringing forth ofman. orfs pisper - Secondly, He fpeaks of man as born of a Woman, thereby contetur qua leading us to the Original of mans lin. Thewoman was Satansfamilia artas inftrument to enfnare the man Sin began at thewoman,though &c. A ma- it was finifhed by the man. Adam charged his fin upon the tribes gen.'s; Woman finfully, to excufe his fin, The woman whom tho> -ì gaveaafusms repete- to be with me, thegaveme ofthe Tree andIdideat.Gen. 3.12. Pauí re folebànt, charged the finof man upon the Woman holily, to humbleWo- quadpluri- ìnan for thatfin, i 7ím.2. 14. Adam was not deoeived(that is,hema fubftan- was not firft deceived) but the woman being deceived ; .was in tia gala con_ the trarfgreffion. Whilewe remember,that we were born of a f amass ma- Woman, by whom fincame into the World, we cannot but re- ternafit. member and be convinced , that we came (inners into the Piut.de,'lar. World. 111ulier. Thirdly, He fpeaks of a man born of Woman , tomiede man cap. 9. ofhis weakneffe. Sin and weakneffe enter'd Man at the fame time ; and the Woman is not onely a weak Veffel, becaufe of her tranigreíüon; but the weaker veffel, becaufe of her conftitution. (i Pet. 3.7. ) Man beingborn ofa Woman, the weaker Veffel, melt needs be a Veffel of weakneffe. The Apoftle faith , God . fins- forthhis Son madeofawoman ( Gal. 4.4.) Which imports, notonly theMyftery of Chrifts birth , that he was made of a Woman ( a pure Virgin) without the help of man; but alto, the frailty of Chrift in his birth, that he was born into the World paííible, mortal and infirm, becaufe born of a Woman. Hence when men aft weaklyorbelowmen, they are in Scripture called or compared toWeimen ( Yen. 5i. 30. ) The mighty men of Ba- bylon haveforborn to fight, they became as women , that is, weak andpufillanimous. So the Prophet Ifaiab defcribes the degene- rateGov flours of7udah ( Chap. 3. 12.) Asfor my people ( faith the Lord)Women rule over them , that is, men rule over them, whole fpirits are Efeminate, andwhofe courages rifes no higher Isnc de pa: - then that of Women. Some of the Superftitious Heathen, toad- vance theftrength and abilities of their Goddefs wifdom, fancied 're fernntfi that he was born of a Father without a Mother. And here I ne marris - conceive the Principal intendment of .yobin leaving out the men- .fdere na- tian of Man, -and afcribing the wholeProduaion of man to the tamMaat Woman, was to imply,..or rathetto prove how,weak and frail "us in Pa is a pieceofflefh man is by.nature. Hym. Va. _- Aaaa Hence
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