um quoque boni recensere.
the better, let vs follow | Quid enim sectandum sit, magis
_Tertullians_[x] rule, and oppose | illummabis, si quod vitand[=u] sit,
one against another, a vessell of | proinde digesseris. Tertul. de
dishonour against a vessell of | Patien. c. 5. tom. 2._]
honour, a woman not Fearing, |
against a woman Fearing the Lord. | [Note: _A wom[=a] fearlesse of
| God._]
She that fears not the Lord, sets |
light by Gods anger and her | [Note y: _Esth. 1. 12, 17, 20, 22.
Husbands[y], not caring whether | Eccl. 26. 26. Es. 36. 9. & 3.
they bee pleased or displeased. | 16. Prou. 30. 33. Eccles. 25.
Shee neglects to plant the feare of | 13. & alibi passim. Vbi vero timor
the Lord in her childrens hearts, | Dei non est, ibi dissolutio vitae
chusing rather to be an example of | est. S. Aug. de Temp. ser. 213.
wickednesse vnto them, and to | tom. 10._]
misplace them in mariage for |
sinister respects. She brings want |
of things necessary to her family |
by her wastefulnesse, brauery, and |
idlenesse. She contemnes her |
naturall and legall kindred, lifts |
vp her selfe aboue her equalls, |
disdaines her inferiours, |
dishonours her place by an |
ouer-loftie or an ouer-base and |
contemptible behauiour in the same. |
She alienates the hearts of Gods |
people from her, by neglecting the |
offices of courtesies and |
helpfulnesse. She declines and |
vnderualewes the most searching |
meanes of Saluation, the Word, |
Prayer, Conference, Repentance, |
Meditation, Sacraments; in a word |
(according to Saint _Ambroses_[z] | [Note z: _Aliud est timere quia
Distinction) she feares hell | peccaueris, aliud timere ne pecces.
torments, because shee hath sinned, | Et ibi est formido de supplicio,
but shee feares not Gods | hic solicitudo de praemio. Epist.
displeasure, lest she should sinne, | 84. tum. 3. Est quem timor Dei
and therefore shee liues and dies | ligat, qui non expauescit ad vultus
in worldlinesse, wantonnesse, | homin[=u], sed ad memoriam
pride, hatred, variance, | gehennalium tormentorum. Et hic
emulations, wrath, strife, reuenge, | quidem peccare non metuit, sed
impatiencie, gluttonie, or some | ardere. S.