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The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propounded : more largely & clearly handled and explained / published by John Downame ...The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ...
London: printed by Willi, 1625
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, That it be according to our sex, where gthe man wearing woman's apparel, or the woman, mans, is condemned, as being both an abomination to the Lord.
First, That it bee according to our sexe, where gthe man wearing womans apparell, or the woman, mans, is condemned, as being both an abomination to the Lord.
Secondly, That it be fitting to our Age: for which cause the Apostle hwilleth the elder women to go in long ⟨p. 205⟩garments, Titus 2. 3. and 1. Sam. 13. 18. the Holy Ghost noteth, that young Virgins, the Kings Daughters, were wont to go in a Gown of divers colours. Such a one Jacob made for Joseph, being a child of seventeen years of age, Gen. 37. 31.
Secondly, That it bee fitting to our Age: for which cause the Apostle hwilleth the elder women to goe in long ⟨p. 205⟩garments,