Firſt in reſpect of God, ſhe ſhall be praiſed for One of his Excellent[199], Hidden Ones[200]: for one of his Iewels, which hee will make vp[201]: for His Daughter[202], His Siſter[203], His Mother[204], His Spouſe[205], His Loue[206], His Doue[207], His Faire[208] one, as Faire as the Moone, as Pure as the Sun[209]: as the Moone by inherent, and as the Sun, by imputed Righteouſneſſe. To her Huſband ſhe ſhall bee commended, as the Louing Hinde and pleaſant Roe[210], the Deſire of his eyes[211]; An Helpe like vnto Himſelfe[212]; His Companion[213]; for A Pillar of reſt[214], ſo that He ſhall haue no need of ſpoile[215]; for a Good Portion[216], a ſpeciall Fauour[217] and Gift of the Lord[218]; a Double Grace[219], Doubling the number of his Daies[220], Fatting his bones[221], and making him knowne in the Gates, when he ſitteth among the Elders of the Land[222]: for a Tower againſt Death vnto him[223]: A greater Bleſſing vnto him than either Houſe or Inheritance[224], Aboue children and the Building of a Citie to continue his Name[225], yea for a Crowne vnto her Huſband[226], not a Gold-ring on his finger; nor a chaine of Gold about his necke, nor a Brouch in his hat; but for a Crowne vpon his head (an Ornament more conſpicuous and eminent than the former, the Principall Enſigne of Princes[227]) gracing him that hath her, as much as a Crown doth Him that weareth it: ſo that there is none aboue her, that feareth the Lord[228], None greater than ſhe, not Great Men, nor Iudges, nor Potentates[229]: Her Grace is aboue Gold[230]. Her Price is farre aboue Rubies[231]. Her Continent minde cannot be valewed[232], and by reaſon of Her, her Huſband is a Bleſſed Man[233], Not like other men[234].
FOOTNOTES:
[189] ... Nihil in illâ laudabo, niſi quod proprū eſt. S. Ierom ad Princip. And ſo of Paula he ſaith. Nihil laudabimus niſi quod proprium eſt & de puriſſimo ſanctæ mentis fonte profertur. Id. ep. ad Euſtoch. Nam cum omnia opera ſua laudauerit Deus, cœlum, terram &c. vbi ad Hominē vētum eſt, ſolus non videtur eſſe laudatus propter quem omnia generata ſūt. Quæ igitur cauſa eſt, niſi fortè ea, quia alia in ſpecie ſunt, Homo in occulto? quia aliorum Gratia foris, huius intus eſt. Aliorum in Natiuitate, huius in Corde.—Ideo ergò homo non antè laudatur, quia non in forenſi pelle, ſed in interiore Homine antè probandus, ſic prædicandus eſt. S. Ambros. Inſtit. Virg. cap. 3. tom. 1.
[190] 2 Ioh. 1. 1. Hebr. 13. 1. Epheſ. 5. 25.
[191] 1 Theſſ. 5. 13.
[192] Mark. 14. 9. Pſal. 112. 6.
[193] Gen. 23. 2. Ioh. 11. 33, 35. 1 King. 14. 13. 1 Theſ. 4. 13. Eccleſ. 22. 11, 12 & 38. 16, 17.
[194] Act. 8. 2. 2 Chron. 32. 33.
[195] Iam. 5. 10. Hebr. 12. 1. & 13. 7. 1 Cor. 11. 1.
[196] 1 Sam. 2. 30. Deut. 26. 19. Ioh. 12. 26. Eſai. 8. 13. Timor Hominis, Dei Honor eſt. Tert. de Pœnit. c. 7