Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

In 1 Cor. 11. The man is the glory of God, and the woman ¹is the glory of the man. The meaning of it is this; look how the woman is the glory of the man, so is the man the glory of God, that is, a man must have nothing in himself, for then he would have some glory to himself, but he must be wholly the Lords, he must be wholly fashioned and accommodated to him, (as the woman to the Husband) for then he is the Lords glory. Even as a picture, you know it hath nothing of it self but all from the Painter, therefore the picture is the glory of the Painter, we use to phrase it so, because it hath all from him; we call it the glory of the Painter, because it shows his glory. And so a woman hath all from the man, and she should seek to imitate him, because she is the glory of the man, she is to have no power of her own. Therefore that is to be observed, which is said, ver. 3. that the ²head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man. That is, Christ is the head of every man, as the man is the head of the woman. Now because the man is the head of the woman, the woman is to have no power upon her head, that is, no ensign of power; this is to be subject to the man. After the same manner Christ is every mans head, that is, no man is to have any power of his own, he is to do nothing of himself, or for himself, but to do all for Christ, to be perfectly subject to him, even as the creature to the creature, even as the clay to the Potter; for Christ is the head of the man, and God saith, he is Christs head. That is, Christ as he was the Son of God, and the Mediator, he looked to God, and was altogether subject to him.

In 1 Cor. 11. The man is the glory of God, and the woman ¹is the glory of the man. The meaning of it is this; look how the woman is the glory of the man, so is the man the glory of God, that is, a man must have nothing in himself, for then he would have some glory to himself, but he must be wholly the Lords, he must be wholly fashioned and accommodated to him, (as the woman to the Husband) for then he is the Lords glory. Even as a picture, you know it hath nothing of it self but all from the Painter, therefore the picture is the glory of the Painter, we use to phrase it so, because it hath all from him; we call it the glory of the Painter, because it shews his glory. And so a woman hath all from the man, and she should seek to imitate him, because she is the glory of the man, she is to have no power of her own. Therefore that is to be observed, which is said, ver. 3. that the