man , as it were suspending the expression. But he proves, that she is the glory of the man, ver. 8, 9, as it were in a parenthesis ; from which it may also be gathered, why the man is the image and glory of God . Now since the woman is the glory of the man, she might at the same time be called the image of the man ; but Paul compensates for this by another expression, and says, for this cause , namely, because the woman is the glory of the man, she ought to be covered because of the angels ; for in the diagram which we have just laid down, D is to A, as C to B. The meaning of this gnome-like sentiment1 [ expressed entirely in the same way in the notes to the Germ. Ver.] should be elicited from the very words that are added ; let the woman cover her- self because of the angels, i.e. because the angels are also covered. As the angels are to God, so the woman is to the man. The face of God is manifested : whereas the angels are covered, Isa. vi. The face of the man is manifested, [uncovered] ; the woman is covered. Nor is the man on that account exalted above the angels ; but he is merely considered so far as he represents God in regard to the woman, which cannot be said of the angels. But the woman ought to be covered especially in praying and prophesying ; for it belongs to the man, in preference to the woman, to pray and prophesy ; when therefore the woman takes upon her those functions, then some open avowal is most neces- sary on her part, that woman is still properly and willingly in- ferior to man. Both the outward dress of the body showing humility in the heart, which the angels cannot penetrate, and the external order delight the angels themselves, who also con- template the order, and look at the conduct of men in the as- sembly of the Church, iv. 9 ; Eph. iii. 10 ; comp. Eccles. v. 6, where lxx. have rrpb rrpoauinov ©sou, before the face of God. The conclusion is drawn from angels to the uncreated Angel, as from the less to the greater. Add Ps. cxxxviii. 1. But if not covered, the woman offends the angels by what is unbecoming, Matt, xviii. 10, 31. Moreover the woman ought to be the more care- ful not to offend the angels on this account, that she requires their protection, somewhat more than the man. She needs it more, on account of her own weakness just as children [minors,
1 See Appendix, under the title Noema.