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pable of the works of God. The earth then did at God ’s voice and command renderthis creature from his bowels, his head firft appearing and after that his body, with allthe parts and members of the fame into whom God conveyed life, which as ibon as liehad received, witneffed itfeif; for colour began to fliew itfelf red in his lips, his eyelids'began to difclofe the two lights of nature, the parts of his body betrayed their motion,and his underftanding being informed, he acknowledged his maker and gave himworfhip.

That this creature might not be alone who was made by nature fociable, God fecondedhim with a companion, which was woman, to whom not fo much the outward lhape asthe likenefs of the mind and difpofition feemed agreeing : And the firft man’s namewas Pourous, and the woman’s name was Parcoutee, and they lived conjoined together asman and wife, feeding on the fruits of the earth, without the dellru&ion of any livingcreature.

Thefe two living in this conjunction had four fons; the firft was called Brammon,the feccnd Cuttery, the third Shuddery, the fourth Wyfe. Thefe four brethren wereof natures diftintl each from the other, the four elements claiming in each of them adifferent predominance : for Brammon was of an earthly conftitution, and therefore me-lancholy ; and Cuttery was of a fiery conftitution, and therefore of a martial fpirit;Shuddery was of a phlegmatic conftitution, and therefore of a peaceable or converlabledifpofition; Wyfe was of an airy temper, and therefore full of contrivements andinventions.

And becaufe Brammon was of a melancholy conftitution and ingenious, God enduedhim with knowledge, and appointed him to impart his precepts and laws unto the people ;•his grave and ferious look belt fitting him for fuch a purpofe; for which caufe hegave him a book containing the form of divine worfhip and religion.

And becaufe Cuttery was of a martial temper, God gave him power to fway king-doms with the feepter, and to bring men into order, that the weal-publick might thriveby united endeavours for the common good ; as an emblem of which the Almightyput a fword into his hand, the inftrument of victory and domination.

And becaufe Shuddery was of a nature mild and converfable, it was thought meetthat he fhould be a merchant , to inrich the commonwealth by traffick, that so everyplace might abound with all things by the ufe of fhipping and navigation. As amonitor tp put him in mind of which courfe of life, he had a pair of balances put intohis hand, and a bag of weights hung at his girdle, inftruments moft accommodate to hisprofefiion.

I.aftly, becaufe Wyfe was of an airy temper, whofe conceits ufe to be more fubtle andapprehenfive, he was endowed with admirable inventions, and was able by h’’s firftthoughts to form any thing that belonged to the mechanick or handicrafts man : forwhich purpofe he had a bag of tools or inftruments, confifting of fuch variety as wereneceffary to effedluate the works of his fancy or conceit.

Thus, you have the firft man and woman, and the progeny from them defeending ac-cording to Banians tradition ; and a world to be raifed of fo few, the perfons (as theythink) could not be better fitted to the fame, the whole world being well eonfidered,confifting of and fubfifting by fuch four kinds of men.

The world began in this maiden purity, that the generations of men might not bederived from a polluted beginning of mankind: the Almighty gave not Pourous andParcoutee any daughters, left fome of thefe four fons, preferring the need of propaga-tion before piety and religion, Ihould have deflowered their fillers, and have blemilhed theworld with impurity : but providing better for tips holinefs and fanftity of our anceftors,