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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.
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, Titus 2. 3. and 1. Sam. 13. 18. the Holy Ghost noteth, that young Virgins, the Kings Daughters, were wont to goe in a Gowne of diuers colours. Such a one Iacob made for Ioseph, being a childe of seuenteene yeeres of age, Gen. 37. 31.
Thirdly, That it be agreeable to the custom of the place where we live. Contrary whereunto is new-fangled apparel, against which Zephaniah the Prophet thundereth, I