Bern. de Tripl.
such darling sinne: and tell me | Coberent: Vincul. &c. Es. 33. 14._]
(Beloued) if such a woman not |
beautified and adorned with |
religion and the feare of the Lord, | [Note a: _Tertul. de Habit. Mulieb.
be worthy to bee praised of the | & de Cultu Foem. tom. 2. S. Cyprian
Lord? I am sure the ancient Fathers | de Discipl. & Hab. Virg. to. 2.
[a]declaime bitterly against her | Greg. Naz. aduers. mulier:
filthy heart, false haire, | Ambitiose se ornantes. to. 2. S.
adulterate paintings, naked | Ephraem aduers. improbas mulieres
breasts, new-fangled fashions of | tom. 1._ if his workes. _Riuet. l.
superfluous, monstrous attire: & | 3. c. 21._]
the holy Scriptures[b] vilifie her |
to her face, threatning her | [Note b: _2 King. 9. 20, 30, 34.
(notwithstanding all her other | Es. 3. 16, &c. & 32 9, 10, 11. 1
ornaments and excellencies of | Pet. 3. 3, 4. Matth. 5. 36. & 6.
nature, art, policie, preferment,) | 27. Eccles. 25. 13, 19._]
that without this _Feare of the |
Lord, it shall not be well with |
her, Eccles. 8. 13. The Lord will |
come neare to her to iudgement, he | [Note c: _Eccles. 23. 26. Prou.
will be a swift witnesse against | 10. 7._]
her, Mal. 3. 5. She shall leaue her |
memorie to be cursed[c], and her | [Note d: _Eccles. 26. 25._]
reproach shall not be blotted out, |
she shall be counted vngodly of | [Note e: _Eccles. 7. 26_]
all[d], more bitter than death[e]. |
As rottennesse in her husbands | [Note f: _Prou. 12. 4._]
bones[f], As spittle[g],_ yea _As a |
Dogge[h],_ and at last she shall be | [Note g: _Eccles. 26. 21._]
cast into hell fire, _Salua Venia_, |
without pardon from God, because | [Note h: _Eccles. 26. 25._]
(saith _Tertullian_[i]) she hath |
sinned _Saluo metu_, without any | [Note i: _Sic ergo & ipsi, salua
feare of God. | venia in gehennam detrudentur, dum
| saluo metu peccant. De paenit. c. 5.
But on the other side what | Reuel. 21. 8. & 22. 15._]
personall sufficiency, what |
singular duty is there requisite in |
a Woman, either in respect of God, | [Note: _A wom[=a] fearing the
or of her husband, children, | Lord._]
kindred, seruants, place, and of |
Gods people, which the life of | [Note k: _G