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Good news to the good women, and to the bad women too that will grow better the like to the men, but here the women are put in the first place, (the which is now out of their place) because this book chiefly treats of the women : shewing what the Scripture saith of the good women, and also what the Scripture saith of the bad women : and for satisfaction to the Jews, herein is proved whose seed it is the serpents head shall bruise.
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the great Signs and Wondâ—rs that had been done And therefore She covenanted with the Men which she had hid for the Saving of her self her Househould and Relations By which means they were preserved And she believing in the God of Israel She was afterwards taken to wife into that Line of which the Messias came Mat. 1.5.6 Who when his Enemies are made his Footstool he will take to himself his own great Power and Reign Rev. 11.15 17. And Ruth for the Love She had to her Mother-in Law and Israels God She forsook her Country her Kindred and her Fathers House And resolved to cleave with her Mother to the true God For which she was taken to wife into that Line of which the Messiah came Ruth 1.16 Chap. 4.13 And after the Reign of many wicked Kings in Judah who had set up false Gods and worshâ—ped them and the Law of the Lord was cast aside by them But when Hilkiah the Priest found the book of the Law of the Lord he sent it to the Good King Josiah who when he heard the Words of the Law and the threatned Punishments which God had pronounced against those Sins which his Predecessors had committed in that Place He rent his cloaths And at the time of this good King and good high Priest Huldah the wife of Shallum was Prophetess and the good and humble King did not disdain to enquire of the Word of the Lord by Her and the humility of the good High Priest was such that he went unto her 2 Chron. 34.14 19 22. to understand the mind of the Lord tho he was the high Priest of Gods setting up And with the high Priest was the Ephod with the Breast-plate in which was the Vrim and Thummim Exod. 28.28 30. And the High Priest might have said I will rather enquire of the Lord by the Ephod by which the Lord doth answer the High Priest 1 â—am 23.9 10 11 12 than go to a woman to know the mind of the Lord. But his humility was such as to desire the knowledg of the Word of the Lord let the Lord declare his Mind by whom he pleases And now tho' there is no Prophets nor Prophetesses as was formerly yet by whomsoever God makes the Scriptures to agree it is visibly evident the Lord must be assisting therein seeing no Mortal of themselves could do it Since by men they have been set at an unreconcileable difference The beast desiring to charge Times and Laws and it was given into his Hands untill a time and times and the dividing of time Dan. 7.25 By which we have lost the right Sentiments of the Word and of the World to come By which means the Scriptures are made to contradict themselves So as thereby the Sheep of Christ Eat that which others have trodden and Drink that which others have souled with their Feet Ezek. 34.19 But by whomsoever the Lord shall make the Scriptures to agree whether by Man or Woman Man is bound to acknowledg it and to own the whole Truth without they will for the sake of by-ends be found in wilful Rebellion against God and thereby draw the threatned Judgments upon themselves which otherwise they might escape And man by the Apostasy having laid the World in darkness therefore God accordingly brings forth the whole Truth another way Now Moses did prophesy to the Time of this Kingdom that is yet to come For he prophesied of the Vine whose Grapes are Gall and Clusters Bitter For which their Foot shall Slide in due time from the greatness and Grandeur they are in when the Lord doth Whâ—t his Glittering Sword and his hand take hold of Judgment And then it is the Lord will restore his People and cause the Nations to rejoyce with them Deu. 32.32 35 41 42 43. This Song gives an account of Israel's being brought into the Land of Canaan their waxing fat and kicking therein their being cast out of their Land their being moved to Jealousy and provoked to Anger by a foolish Nation They were moved to Jealousy because the Heathen were brought in to be the Vine of the Earth at the Messiahs first coming and they were provoked to Anger by a foolish Nation for the Romans took their Country and destroyed their Cities and Temple And the Romans were term'd a foolish Nation because when they had embraced the Faith they soon let go the Truth Now Moses prophesied of this time and of the day of Judgment but Hannah was she that first prophesied what should be done in the Kingdom or World that is to come That God will raise the Poor out of the Duâ—t and lift up the Begger from the Dunghill to set them among Princes and to make them inherit the Throne of his Glory 1 Sam. 2.8 according as in Psal 113.4 5 6 7 8. And though the Lord be high yet hath he respect unto the Lowly but the Proud he knoweth affar off Psal 138 6. And before destruction the Heart of Man is Haughty and before Honour is Humility Pro. 18.12 And in this time it was the Women Midwives that saved all the Male Children of the Hebrews alive when Pharaoh through Self-interest Pride and Cruelty ordered them to be destroyed For which the Lord rewarded the Midwives Exod. 2.15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22. And it was Pharaohs Daughter who brought up Moses as her Son And he was the Type of the true Messiah And for Pharaohs Wickedness and Cruelty God hardened him in Unbelief of his Power so as he followed Israel into the Red Sea in which he and his Host were overthrown Exod. 14.28 And when Christ came into the World to suffer he did not only come of a Woman but the knowledg of his coming first came amongst the Women For the blessed Virgin went and acquainted her Cozin Elizabeth with the Glad tidings who upon the hearing of the Sound of her Salutation was filled with the Holy Ghost Luke 1.41 We are here likewise to take notice that Women were first said to be filled with the Holy Ghost And the Blessed Virgin said He that is mighty bath done to me great things and holy is his Name For behold from hence forth all Generations should call her blessed Luke 1.48 49 And it was Anna the Prophetess published in the Temple Christ's first coming to all them that looked for Redemption in Jerusalem Luke 2.38 And it likewise was a Woman that anointed Christ's head with the precious Ointment at which some murmured the Ointment being of such Value Mark 14.3 5. And it was a Woman that washed the Lords Feet with her Tears and wiped them with the Hair of her Head and anointed them with Ointment Luke 7.38 And it was Women that did Minister to Christ of their Substance Luke 8.2 And a Woman of the Gentiles a Samaritan the Lord Christ declared himself to and she made him known to the Men of Samaria and brought them to Christ John 4.26 28 29 30 39 40 41 42. And at
allusion to this glorious Kingdom the good Women have all along bore great sway For tho' it was said that Sarah obeyed Ahraham yet as concerning this Kingdom she commanded For she said to Abraham cast out this Bond-woman and her Son for the Son of this Bond-woman shall not be Heir with my Son even with Isaac And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his Son Gen. 21.10.11 Yet notwithstanding God said unto him in all that Sarah hath said unto thee hearken unto her Voice verse 12. God could have declared to Abraham his Mind and Will as to this thing without Sarah his Wife shewing her Authority herein But that this thing was of God to shew that the Women in the Kingdom which is to come should be restored to that perfect state Woman was in before the Fall And likewise the Church or Spouse of Christ is always compared to a Woman the which in time to come will bear sway above all the Queens and Concubins and Vâ—rgiâ—s withâ—ut number Cant. 6.8 For that Nation and Kingdâ—m that will not serve thee shall perish Isa 60.12 Which thee is Israel in the glorious time And then it is that those who afflicted them shall come bending unto them and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the Soles of thy Feet verse 14. And none can come into the Glory promised that does not in this time come in as the Seed of Abraham And as concerning this Kingdom also Rebeckah after Esau had sold to Jacob his Brith-right and so he by Purchase became the First-born Jacob then by obeying the Voice of his Mother obtained the Blessing Gen. 27.8 28 29. Unto which is annexed the promised Glory The which is to be made good in time to come when the promised Land will be their own so as they shall move no more 2 Sam. 7.10 When they according to Promise receive it for an everlasting Inheritance Gen. 17.8 And then it is Japhet shall dwell in the Tents of Shem Gen. 9.27 For the true Believer is to come in with them And then it is they shall be all taught of God Jer. 31.31 32 33 34. And then it is of which the Lord said Isa 59.21 My Spirit that is upon thee and my words which I have put into thy Mouth shall not depart out of thy Mouth nor out of the Mouth of thy seed nor out of the Mouth of thy seeds seed saith the Lord from henceforth and forever And Miâ—iam the Prophetess when Israel was gotten from under the Egyptian Bondage and thro' the Red Sea she took a Timbrel in her hand and all the Women went out after her with timbrels and with dances Exod. 15.20 in token of Victory According to which it will be in time to come Jer. 31.10 11 12 13. And when Sisera the chief Captain of the King of Canaan was with his host to be destroyed whose Land was given to Israel for an Inheritance at the time of this great Conquest Deborah the Prophetess govern'd Israel And then it was that Jael the Wife of Hebâ—r the Kenite killed Sisera for Deborah had before told Barâ—ck that was to be the Leader of the Army that the Victory should not be to his Honnour for the Lord should sell Siscra into the Hand of a Woman the which did not make Barak refus'd to do the thing that was reqired of him and made known to him by Deborah and then did the hand of the Children of Israel prosper and prevailed against Jabin King of Canaan until they had destroyed them And of Sisera's mighty host with nine hundred Chariots of Iâ—on there was not one man left Judg. 4.4 9.16 21 24. Hereby is represented Israel's Victory in time to come And likewise we are to take notice That the Goverment and Victory was not given to Woman until Israel by their often transgressing did evil in the sight of the Lord for which he sold them into the Hand of the King of Canaan verse 2. And the Lord wrought their deâ—iverance and his destruction in the time the Woman had the Government so likewise when the Lord and his raised Saints and Spouse doth Rule then Israels Enemies will be subdu'd Isa 60.14 But whreas it is said Isa 3.12 As for my People Children are their Oppressors and Women rule over them Here God by the Prophet must have his reference to those Women that usurpt Authority over the Men and were not of his setting up For God set up no Woman Ruler in Israel to judge the People but Deborah Judges 4.4 Of whom the Scripture doth not say she did any thing amiss The like of which is not in Scripture to be found of any King But in this place God speaks of those women that set up themselves in Authority Such as Jezabel who sttirred up Ahab to work wickedness I Kings 21.25 And she said to Ahab I will give thee the Vineyard of Naboth the Iezreelite vers 7. And by her wicked contrivances she did accomplish it And also Athaliah the Daughter of Ahab 2 Chron. 21.6 drew King Jehoram to walk in the ways of Ahab And likewise her Son Ahaziah walked in the ways of Ahab for his Mother was his Counseller to do wickedly Chap. 22.3 And after her Son was Slain by Jehu She then arose and destroyed the Seed Royal of the house of Jâ—dah verse 10. And set up herself to reign by Usurpation and Murder And when such Idolatrous women rule there can be no good Goverment expected And it was Idolatrous women that drew King Solomon to Worship false Gods 1 Kings 11.4 For he should not have taken of the Heathen women to wife untill they had been brought to the worship of the true God but he let his heart go out to Idolatrous women and took to him seven hundred Wives princesses and three hundred Concubins Now in that he said One Man among a Thousand have I found but a Woman among all those have I not found Eccle 7 28. And no wonder that among those Thousand he found not one good one And that he spake of them Women by whom he was intangled is farther Evident from his words in the 26. verse For he saith I find more bitter than Death the Woman whose Heart is Snares and Nets and her hands as bands c. The which he had found by wofull experience And we often read and find the good to be drawn away by the bad but rarely that the bad are drawn by the good Now without doubt King Solomon kept company with the best of Men tho' not with the best of Women and therefore no wonder to find a good Man amongst a Thousand But as King Solomon declares against evil Women So he doth as highly extoll the Vertuous and good Women Pro. 12.4 Chap. 11.16 And it was a Woman Rahab by Name that received and Hid the Spies that was sent to view Jericho Josh 2. 1. And she believed in the God of Israel because of