Gen2:18-25
Power over the creatures was given to man, and as a proof of this
he named them all. It also shows his insight into the works of God.
But though he was lord of the creatures, yet nothing in this world
was a help meet for man. From God are all our helpers. If we rest
in God, he will work all for good. God caused deep sleep to fall on
Adam; while he knows no sin, God will take care that he shall feel
no pain. God, as her Father, brought the woman to the man, as his
second self, and a help meet for him. That wife, who is of God's
making by special grace, and of God's bringing by special
providence, is likely to prove a help meet for a man. See what need
there is, both of prudence and prayer in the choice of this
relation, which is so near and so lasting. That had need to be well
done, which is to be done for life. Our first parents needed no
clothes for covering against cold or heat, for neither could hurt
them: they needed none for ornament. Thus easy, thus happy, was man
in his state of innocency. How good was God to him! How many
favours did he load him with! How easy were the laws given to him!
Yet man, being in honour, understood not his own interest, but soon
became as the beasts that perish.
