8._]
|
| [Note o: _Est ira consummationis, &
| est ira c[=o]sumptionis, (nam omnis
| Vindicta Dei, Ira dicitur) sed
| aliquando ad hoc vindicat Deus, vt
| perficiat: aliquando ad hoc
| vindicat, vt damnet. Idem in
| Psal. 58 to. 8. s. 599._]
|
| [Note p: _----Qui glutine Deo
Thus wee haue seene who she is, who | conglutinatur, id est charitate ...
_shall be praised_, lest we should | terribilius & horribilius ipsa
praise Her vnawares, whom we should | Gehenna iudicat, in re leuissima
not praise. And now it were good we | vult[=u] omnipotentis scienter
did thinke a little better on the | offendere. S. Bern. de Tripl.
Reason, why _she shall be praised_, | Coharen. Vincul._]
euen because she is such _a woman |
fearing the Lord_. | [Note: _The Reason._]
|
For if any thing, so rare and | [Note q: _1 Pet, 3. 7. Vir itaq,
excellent a Grace as the _Feare of | nominatus est, quod maior in eo Vis
the Lord_ is, should moue vs to | est quam in foemina, & hinc Virtus
affect it, and labour for it, | nomen accepit. Item Mulier a
especially being found in so weake | mollicie est dicta ... velut
a Vessell as a Woman is[q]. For I | Mollier. Lact. de Ops. Dei. cap.
could tell you, there are more | 12._]
_Michals_[r] than _Abigails_[s], |
more _Iezebels_[t] than | [Note r: _1 Sam. 18. 21. & 25.
_Sarah's_[u], more proud | 41._]
_Vasthy's_[x], than humble |
_Esthers_[y], more Fearefull women, | [Note s: _2 Sam. 6. 16, 20._]
than Women _Fearing the Lord_; and |
therefore the rarer such Phoenixes | [Note t: _1 King. 21. 7. 2 King. 9.
are (as S. _Ierom_ calls them[a]) | 22, 30._]
not _One_ to be found by wisest |
_Salomon_[A], among a _Thousand_, | [Note u: _1 Pet. 3. 6._]
greater is her praise _that feareth |
the Lord_[b]. | [Note x: _Esth. 1. 12._]
|
| [Note y: _Esth. 8. 5._]