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 This Rib the Lord from Adam took, he then

With great Advantage him reſtor'd again;

When of the Rib he'd taken from his Side,

He now preſents him with a glorious Bride:

Fleſh of Man's Fleſh, and Bone of Adam's Bone,

Was Woman made, theſe two were made of one;

And being two, the Lord ordained then

That theſe ſame two ſhould be made one again.

All Creatures now are made of every Kind,

That he to make within ſix Days deſign'd:

For Woman was, as Scripture gives Relation,

The Stroke that clos'd and finiſh'd the Creation.

hen Adam dropt from his Creator's Hand,

In Soul and Body upright he did ſtand;

The Law in Sum was then with holy Art

Engrav'd and ſtampt on Adam's upright Heart,

Into his Soul then did each Faculty

Exactly the divine Rule comply;

With Rays of Heav'n, and Light that was divine,

His Underſtanding like a Lamp did ſhine.

He then enjoy'd Serenity of Mind,

Without a Cloud of whatſoever Kind.

His Knowledge was in every thing compleat,

In Things divine and natural exquiſite.

His Will then ſtraight like to a Line did ly,

And to his Will that made him, did comply.