1 H cat x With athrecfold dearh. r. Spiritual by the guilt and power of ; rr ſin:atthat inſtant thou ſhalt be dead in trefpaſles and fins,Eph. 2.1 F Jn 2. Tcmporal,or the death of the Body,which thalthen begin in thee, by decays, infirmities, terrors, dangers, and other harbingers of death. 3. Ecernal, which ſhall immediat!ly ſucceed the ether. 18 And the LORD God laid y, & is not good 2 | thar the man ſhould be alone : L will make him an + Heb. as help T meet for himeg. | Before bim, » Or, Had ſaid,to wit,upon the ſixth day,on which the Woman F or a: is was made, Ger.1. 27, 28. 2 Not convenient either for my purpole ® ere com- oftheincreaſe of mankind,or for mans perſonal comfort,or tor the
propagation of his kind. # A moſt emphatical phraſe, ſignifying thus much, on correſpondent to him, ſuitable both to his nature and neceſlity,one altogether like to him in ſhape and conſtitution,diſpoſi- tion and affection ; a ſecond ſelf; or one 70 be at hand and near to him, to ſtand continually before him, familiarly to converſe with him, to be always ready to ſuccor,ſerve,and comfort him ; or,one whoſe eye, reſpect, and care, as well as deſire, ( Gen. 3.16.)ſhould be to him, whoſe buſineſs it fhall be to pleaſe and heip him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God form- ed everie Beaſt of the Field, and every Fowl of the Air, and brought them b unto * Adam c, to fee d what he would call them : And whatſoever Adam called e ery + living Creature, thas 4s the name thereof e.
b Either by Winds,or Angels,or by their own fecret inſtin&,by which Storks, and Cranes,and 5wallows change their places with the ſcaſon.c Partly to own their Subjection ro him ; partly that man being recreated with their proipe&t,might adore and praiſe the Ma- ker of them,and withal be {enitble of his want of a meet compani- 0n,ind ſo the better prepared to receive Gods mercy therein ; and partly for the reaſon here following. 4 Or,make 4 dſcivery, not to God, who knew it already, but tro all furure Generations, who woul:! hereby underſtand the ceep wildom and knowledge of their firſt Parent. e To wit, in the prinutive or Hebrew Language. And this was done for the manifeſtation both of mans Dominion over the Creatures, and of the largeneſs of his underſtanding ; ir being an a& of authority to give names, and an effe& of vaſt knowledge to give convenient names to all the Creatures, which
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. f4. 4. But though, in giving them names, he conſidered their ſeveral natures and perfe&Qions, it was evident to himſclfas well as to the Lord, that none of them was an help meer for him. 21 And the LORD God cauſed a deep fleep tofall upon Adam g, and he ſlept : and he took one of his Ribs þ, and cloſed up the Fleſh z in ſtead thereof &.
Z That he,who was without ſin,mightr fee] no pain in the taking away of his Rib. Ani4 in this ſleep ſome think Adam was in an ex- tae, wherein he ſaw what was aone,together with the reaſon and myitery of it. þ Together with the Fleſh upon it, v. 23. Or, one of his ſides, for the hebrew word fignifieth a Side as well as a Rib, which may be taken Synecdochicaily,for a part of one of his ſides, viz.a Riband rhe Fleſh upon it:Or,for one part out of each of his ſides ; as if the two Ribs clothed with Fleth were taken out of the man,becauſe he ſaith, verſe 23. This is Bone of my Bones, not,of my Bone. The Woran was taken out of this part, not our of the higher or lower parts,to ſhew thar ſhe is neither to be her husbands Miſtreſ-. to uſurp authority over him, 1 7.2. 12.Nor yet to be his Slave, to be abuſed,deſpiſed,or trampled under his feet; but to be kindly treated,and uſed like a companion, with moderation, reſpeCt, ans affettion. Queſt. How could a Rib be taken from Adam, but it muſt be either ſuperfluous in 4dam,while it was in him, or defe- Give afterwards,both which refle& upon the Creator? nſw. r. It was no ſuperfluity,but a .conveniency,if Adam had at firſt one Rib extraordinary pur into him for this purpoſe. 2.If 4dam loſt aRib upon ſo gloriousan occaſion, it was buta ſcaror badge. of honour, and no diſparagement either to him, or ro his Creator. 3. Either God created him a new Rib, or hardned the Fleſh to the Nature and Uſe ofa Rib, and ſo there was no defe& in him. : Together with another Bone orRib. & (7. e.) Of that Rib and Fleſh which he took away fromthim, which was eafie for God to do.
22 And the Rib, which the LORD God hadtaken from Man, { made he a Woman, and broughe her / unto the Man m7.
{ From ſome place at a little diſtance, whether he firft carryed her,that for the de-ency of the a&ion he might bring her thence. -m A Bride to a Bridegroom to be married to him: the grear God as being pleaſed to a& the part of a Father to give his Daughter and 2 workmanſhip to him, thereby both teaching Parents their duty = of providing Marriages for their Children, and Children their W duty of expe&ing their Parents conſent in Marriage.
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