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This doth teach us two things: as the first Adam was a figure of the second Adam, so the first Adams sleep, was a figure of the second Adams sleep,¹ and the first Adams spouse, was a figure of the second Adams spouse. That is, as in the sleep of Adam, Eve was borne, so in the sleep of Christ the church was borne; as a bone came out of the first Adams side, so blood came out of the second Adams side. As Adams spouse received life in his sleep, so Christs spouse received life in his sleep: that is, the death of Christ is the life of the Church,² for the Apostle calleth death a sleep:³ but Christ which died is called life,⁴ showing that in his death we live. Secondly, this sleep which the man was cast into, while his wife was created, doth teach us, ⟨p. 7⟩that our affections, our lusts, and our concupiscences, should sleep while we go about this action. As the man slept while his wife was making, so our flesh should sleep while our wife is choosing,⁵ least as the love of venison wan Isaac to bless one for another, so the love of gentry, or riches, or beauty, make us take one for another.

This doth teach vs two things: as the first Adam was a figure of the second Adam, so the first Adams sleepe, was a figure of the second Adams sleepe,¹ and the first Adams spouse, was a figure of the second Adams spouse. That is, as in the sleepe of Adam, Eue was borne, so in the sleep of Christ the church was borne; as a bone came out of the first Adams side, so blood came out of the second Adams side. As Adams spouse receiued life in his sleepe, so Christs spouse receiued life in his sleepe: that is, the death of Christ is the life of the Chruch,²