••e doth but give them temporall Punishment,
••hat they might feele a Fathers Chastisement:
••••d being almost loth to punish them,
••e makes a stand, first to admonish them:
••nd after, by degrees, takes fit occasion,
••o punish, and to give them Consolation.
••he while he leades them to the Den of Sadnes,
••non he brings them to the House of Gladnes:
One while he curses, and againe he blesses,
And (in a manner) thus his love expresses.
It pittieth me to see you thus distressed,
••t grieves my heart, and you shall be redressed;
〈◊〉〈◊〉 will redeeme you, you shall live againe,
My onely Sonne shall for your sakes be slaine:
••••hovah shall Himselfe your Nature take,
And so restore you for my Promise sake:
••nely believe, feare not in any case,
••hough you by Sinne have weakened much my grace;
••et I againe your Nature will renue,
Although my Image be decaid in you.
Meane-while thou Woman shalt for thy offence,
Receive this Burthen for thy recompence:
••hou shalt in Sorrow, by Conceptions, beare
••hildren on Children to increase thy Care:
••hou shouldst not so in thy first State have bin,
••ut see what thou hast gained by thy Sin:
••ortures in Body, in but bearing One,
••f barren, hated because thou hast None:
••n the beginning fruitfull; now againe
••ull of Conceptions, but with pinching Paine.
••hy VVill shall to thy Husbands subject be,
Before 'twas better, bitter (now) to thee:
For, since thou couldst not rule, learne to obey,
And governe now his Children, lest they stray.