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io3 *.fje ^econa part of Hon. Tis p'.:y his Family flout d fall and be ex tin If,
Gains Fall it cannot, but be diminiflied it ina;^
but let Chtifiiana take my Advice, and that’s the w
Co uphold it.
And Chriftiana, laid this Inn-keeper, I am glad
Tee thee and thy Friend Mercy together here, a love
Coup’e. AndTruy I ad vile, Take Mu
into a nearer Relation to thee : If J.
will, let her be given to Matthew ti
cldeft Son : ’Tis the Way to prefer
a Pofterity in the Earth. So tl
Match was concluded, and in Procefs of Time th to
were married : But more of that hereafter.
Gains alfo proceeded, and faid, I will now fpeak
the Behalf of Women, to take away their Reproac
For as Death and the Curie came into the World by
Woman Gen. 3 fo alfo did Life and Health : God ft
forth hs Son, made of a Woman, Gal 4. Yea, to flu
how much thofe that came after did 2
Why Women hor the Aft of the Mother, this Sex
tf old fo much the old S eftament coveted Child re
defired Chit* if happTy this or that Woman mig
dren. be the Mother of the Saviour of t
World. I will fay again, That wh
the Saviour was come, Women rejoiced in him, t
fore either Man or Angel, Lake 2. chap. 8. 2, 3. chap
37, 50. John 1 r. 2. chap 2. }. Luke *3. 27* Mat
55,56,60. Luke 14 22,23 I read not that ev
Man did give unto Chrift fo much as one Gro/j
but the Women followed him, and miniftred to hi
of their Subflance. ’Twas a Woman that washed I
Feet with Tears, and a Woman that anointed I
Body to the Burial. They were Women that w<
when re was going to the Crofs; and Worn
that followed him from the Crofs, and that fat
his Sepulcher when he was Buried: They were W
men that were firft with him at his Refurre&i
Morn; and Women t at brought Tidings firft to I
Difcipks. That he was rifen from the Dead: Wom
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