*y , 1 _ ; Og 0 I. 12, 14. I Theſſ, 2. 20. SO David calleth God his Glor F ry pneany as ye I an emialtring an wg things | p,ov. 17. 6. Solomon tells us, that the Glory of >9" ans Ge. 6 Mey ews and —mt ig , a the th RINSE e he a: or poſture uſcd | ,eyrs. So as the Apoſtle here uſeth a double Aegument for the man's ity over the —_ Dato W hall by J b —_ and ſupe. c30T covering of his head. 7. Becauſe the man is immediarely ſub. "* agade _ " - Nw _ bet an oo 0 [vary gan 6 je& roGod, and therefore ought not by any habirs, or civil Rircs $ the Head of the Chur b Th i V 1h. he wy h J hes 0 | to ſhew his natural ſubjeftion to men thar arenot by Nature his Su- fe dat ou ie aro cring " the hea ing} periorg (for we muſt not think, thatthe Apoſtle by this Argamenr with us of ſub; -oobe 1gN OL LUperIOrity ang Preneminence, As It 1 fgrbjddeth ſubje&ion to Natura), Oeconomical, or Political Supe- , jeffion.. | _ '2, Becauſe wo gry in man ; s But the woman is 1h: ut _ | glory of the man, created for the honour of the man, and + with 6? Sow open that my Ay or pr opheſi help and affiſtance,and originally made.our of man, fo as err ol.IT ad Uncovered s, l onoureth her glory of her, as 4dam did of Eve, Gen. 2.23, This is nw bone of
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: E-rethe Apolt'e openeth or proveth what he had before ſaid oO: the woma,.,y bring the glory if the man, the woman was made of tie man; the man was not made of a rib raken our of che wo- 1:20, bur the woman was made of a rib raken our of the man: we have the Hiſtory Gen, 2. 21, and from hence che Apoſtle argueth br {uvjcction to the man.
9 Neither was the man created for the woman ; but the woman tor the man #=.
# We have rhis expounded, Gez. 2. 18. where God ſaid, It is nor £vact tnat teal ſhould be alone , I will make him an help mect for him. God J1d not tft creare the woman,an for hcr ; buc hic firft made the man, might be a meet help for him, Now whoſoever or wharſvever is made for another pe! leſs excelent than rhar perſon or t Fur the man, ſignifies to ſerve and help rhe man,
10 For this cauſe ought the woman to have || power + herd wp, becauſe of the angels x.
7h: Ark of God's jtrcngth, Pal. 132+ 8 is it ſelf called his Strength , 1 Chruu, 16.11, But others here by Head, do not underſtand the womans natural head, but her husband, or the man who 1s the poll- tical head ofthe weman; and by having power on him, u her excrclling oi
head, and think this Text w=l) expounded by 1 Tim. 2. 12- where' che Apoſtle forbidderh the woman to uſurp authority over the man. He addeth another Reaſon, x Becauſe of the Angels. By Angels hore, forne un
cieated man and w woman. Crhers under{tand thoſe Meſſengers which the man ſent jomerimes, by whom the woman was berrothed (bur this was a cu- itom only in uiz ſand the Miniſters and Officers of the Church, who are ſometimes
in holy Writ callzd 2ge!s. Ochers underſtand the ev?! Angels,who watch to tale advantage to tempt men from objetts appearing beau.
ha:diy have ſpoken of Devils under the notion of Angels, eſpecially ſpeaking to deter perſons rom the good Angels whoare Miniſtring Spirits for the good of God's Ele&, at all rimes have a ſpecial miniſtration, or at leaſt are more
oo «cY particularly p {k1p, obfervu | which ought toawe all perſons, attending thoſe Services, from any indecent and unworthy behaviour.
11 Neveithele , neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the
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y Left the man vpon the Apoſtle's diſcourſe of his preheminence and dignity over the woman, thould wax proud and infotenr, and carry himſelf roo imperioufly , the Apoſtle adderh this, That they both land in need of each others help, fo as neither of rhem could well be withour the other, either as ro matters that concern God , or rhar concern the World : the Lord fo ordering and diſpoling ir, thar they is, They are <qua)} in the Lord as to a ſtate of Grace, in Chriſt there is weithcr male, nor female; though there be a difference be- twixta man and a woman in other things, and the man hath the priority and ſuperiority, yet when we come to conſider them,as to their ſpicitgal ſtate, and in their ſpiritual reference , there 1s no difference-
12 For as the woman z of the man, even fo zs the man alſo by the woman 2: but all things of
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