An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

and the heart, The Sun of mans body, by whose lustre, beams and influences, all the other parts are quickened and refreshed; hence we say, when the heart fails all fails, and while the heart holds, all holds. The third part of the body, or the lower venture containing all parts necessary for the nutrition of individuals, or the propagation of the species, carrieth a clear resemblance with the elementary or lowest parts of the universe.

and the heart, The Sunne of mans body, by whose lustre, beams and influences, all the other parts are quickned and refreshed; hence we say, when the heart fails all fails, and while the heart holds, all holds. The third part of the body, or the lower venter containing all parts necessary for the nutrition of individuals, or the propagation of the species, carrieth a cleare resemblance with the elementary or lowest parts of the universe.

There are five things in particular, which as so many rounds of a lather, may help us to raise our thoughts higher in the duty of holy admiration about this work of God.

First, That God frameth up this goodly and beautiful fabric ⟨p. 518⟩out of such mean and improbable materials. To consider out of what stuff our bodies are made, advanceth the honour of him who made us. Man can make his work (except the form) no better then the matter out of which he formeth it. But as the form of mans body is better then the matter, so the matter becomes better then it was, before it received that form.

First, That God frameth up this goodly and beautifull fabrique ⟨p. 518⟩