LIB. I. Of M A N. I 77.5 I A Mapofth<World; thou didll thus abridge itinto this little tableofMan; he alone conGilsofHeaven and Earth;Souleandbody.Even this mrhly parr,which is vile in cpmparifon ofthe other; as it is thine(OGod)I dare admire ir,though I can negletl: it asmine own; for Joe,rhisheape ofEanh bath an outward reference roHeaven: other Creatures grovell down to their earth, and have all their fenfes intent upon ir; this is reared up towards Heaven, and bath no more powerto looke bdideHeaven, then to treadbetidetheeanh.Unto this,everypart harh his wonder.The head isma reil to heaven,as in place,fa in refemblance;both for roundneffc offigure,&for rhofc divine guelts which have their feat in it; There dwels thofe majellicall Powers of reafon,whichmakes aMan;all the fenf5as they have their originall from thence, fo. they do all agree there to manifell their venue: howgoodly proportions hall thou B fer inthe filce? fnch as rho ofr timeswe can giveno reafon when they pleafe,yet traufport us ro ad!Jliration. What living glaffes are thole which thou halt placed in the midll ofrhis vifage , whereby all objetl:s from farre are cleerely reprefented ro the minde? and becaufetheir tenderneslies open rodangers, howhall thou defended them with hollowbones, and with prominent browes,and lids?And !ell they fhould be too muchbent on what they ought not, rhou halt given thempeculier nerves ro p~l rhemup rowards the feat oftheir reil.What a tonguehalt thou given him,the inllrumcnr not ofrafl-e only,bur offpeech?how fweorand excellent voices are formed by rhar little loofe filme offlcfh? what an incredible llrengrh hall thou given to the weake bones ofthe jawes? What a comely and rowre-like necke therefore moll tinewy, becaufe (mallei!?And Jell I be infinire,wharable armes and atl:ive hands hall c thou framed him,whereby he can frame all things ro hisown conceir?lnevery parr, beauty,llrengrh, convenience meer rogerher. Neither is there any whereof our weakneffe cannot give reafon,why ir fhould be no orherwife. How hall thou difpofed ofall rhe inward ve!fels, for all officesoflife, nourifhment,egellion,gcneration?Nn veine,Gnew,arterie is idle. Thereisnopiece in rhisexquilire frame, whereof the place, ufe,form, doth not admit wonder, and exceed it: Yet this body ifit be compared ro rhe foule, what is it, bur as aclay wall that encompaffesa treafure;as a wooddenboi: ofaJeweller; as acoorfe ca!etn a!rich inftrumenr; orasa mafke ro abeautiful! face ' Man wasm•de !all, becaufe he was worthielt. The foule was infpired Jail, becaufe yer more noble; Ifthe body haverhis honnr to be rhe companion of the Soule,yerwirball it is the drudge.Jfitbe the inllrurnenr,yeralfo the clogof rhar D divine part.The companion for life, the drudge for fervice, the inltrumenr for aCHon, the clog in refpetl: ofcontemplation. Thefe externall workesareetfelted by it, the inrernall which aremore noble, hindered, contrary to the bird which ling!mofi in hercage, butfliesmollandhighellat liberty. This my fouleteachesmeofir felf, that it felfcannor conceive how capable, howactive it is. It can pa!fe by her nimble thoughts from heaven toearth in amoment: it can be all rhings,can comprehend all thing!; knowrhar which is; and conceive that whith never was,never fhall be: Nothing can fill it, but thouwhich art infinire:nothing can limit it, bur thou which 3ft every where. 0 God which madell ir,repleni!h ir,po!fe!fe ir,dwell thou in it,which hall appointed ir rodwell in clay. The body was made ofeanh common ro his feJ. E lows, rhe foule infpired immediately fromGod. The body lay fenfele!fe upon the earth like it felf: rhe breath oflifegaveit what itis; and that br~rh was from thee. Senfe,morion,reafon,areinfufed into it,at once. From whence then was this quickningbreath? No ayre,noearrb, no water was here ufed to give helpe to thisWnrke: Thou that brearhedll upon man,andgavell him rbe holy Spirir;didfi alfo breath up on rhe body& gavell ir aliving Spirit; we are beholden to nothing but thee for our foule. Our flefh is fromfle!h,our fpirit is from theGodofSpirits. Hnw !houldour foules rife up to thee, and fix rhemfelves in their thoughtsupon thee, who alone created them in their infulion, and infufed them in their creation ? Hnw fhould rhey long toreturnback to the foumaine oftheir being, and Author ofbein~ ~lorious? , Whymaywe notfay tharrhis foule as it came from thee, fo it is like thee? as rhoti.l fo ir, is one,immatetiall, immorrall, under!landingfpitir , dillinguifhed inrn'rhree powerswhich all makeup one Spirir.So thou the wife Creator ofall thing•, vtouldfl- . ~R
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