non habet
| Laudem, in Muliere praedicatur, &c.
| S. Ambros. Instit. Virg. cap. 3.
| tom. 1._]
To Her Children shee shall be |
Commended; because by her they haue | [Note h: _Prou. 14. 26. & 11. 22._]
a place of Refuge[h]; by Her they |
haue good meanes to bring and | [Note i: _Deut. 5. 29. Psal. 112.
continue true Honour vpon them[i], | 2._]
and if They (the Fruit) be a great |
Blessing[k] (as it is to haue Issue | [Note k: _Psal. 127. 3._]
by such a One) what is the Root |
that beareth it[l]? | [Note l: _Psal. 128. 3._]
|
But I must hasten: How shall she be | [Note m: _Gen. 29. 9._]
Praised in respect of her Parents? |
euen as _Rachel_[m] for doing | [Note n: _Eccles. 3. 7._]
seruice to them as to her Masters |
(the true propertie of one that | [Note o: _Ruth. 4. 15._]
_feareth the Lord_[n].) In respect |
of her kindred by mariage, as | [Note p: _Ruth. 1. 8._]
_Ruth_, louing them[o], Dealing |
kindly with them[p], and Cleauing | [Note q: _Ruth. 1. 14. & c. 2. 11_]
vnto them[q]. And in respect of her |
kindred by bloud, as _Esther_, who | [Note r: _Esth. 2. 20._]
did the Commandement of _Mordecay_ |
when she was a Queene, like as when | [Note s: _Esth. 4. 4._]
she was brought vp with Him[r], who |
was exceedingly grieued at his | [Note t: _Esth. 4. 16._]
Griefe[s], and procured the |
Enlargement and Deliuerance of her | [Note u: _Esth. 8. 3._]
kindred with her _Feasts_[t], her |
_Teares_[u], and the Hazard of her | [Note x: _Esth. 4. 11, 16._]
_Life_[x]. |
| [Note y: _Prou. 14. 1._]
In regard of her Seruants also, she |
shall be commended because she | [Note z: _Prou. 31. 14._]
Buildeth her House[y]: _Shee is |
like the Merchants ship, She | [Note a: _Prou. 31. 15._]
fetcheth her food from farre_[z], |
_She giueth meat to her | [Note b: _Prou. 31. 21._]
Houshold_[a], _She cloatheth them |
all with Scarlet_[b], _and Shee | [Note c: _Prou. 31. 27._]
looketh so well to their waies_[c], |
that _As the Sunne when it ariseth | [Note d: _Eccles. 26. 16._]
in the high Heauen; So is her |
beautie in the O