Wise. That is true, therefore the Wise mans counsel is the best: 1Come not near the door of her house; for they are (as you say) very tempting, as is seen by her in the Proverbs. I looked (says the Wise man) through my casement,2 and behold among the simple ones, I discerned a young man void of understanding, passing through the streets near her corner, and he went the way to her house: In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night. And behold, there met him a Woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart; (* she is loud and stubborn, her feet abide not in her house. Now she is without, now she is in the street, and lieth in wait at every corner.) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him: I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings of Tapestry, with carved works, with fine Linen of Egypt: ⟨p. 81⟩I have perfumed my bed with Myrrh, Aloes, and Cinnamon; come let us take our fill of love until the Morning, let us solace our selves with loves. Here was a bold Beast: And indeed, the very eyes, hands, words and ways of such, are all snares and bands to youthful, lustful fellows: And with these was young Badman greatly snared.
Wise. That is true, therefore the Wise mans counsel is the best: 1Come not near the door of her house; for they are (as you say) very tempting, as is seen by her in the Proverbs. I looked (says the Wise man) through my casement,2 and behold among the simple ones, I discerned a young man void of understanding, passing through the streets near her corner, and he went the way to her house: In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night. And behold, there met him a Woman with the attire of an hariot, and subtle of heart; (* she is loud and stubborn, her feet abide not in her house. Now she is without, now she is in the street, and lieth in wait at every corner.) So she caught him, and kiss'd him, and with an impudent face said unto him: I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings of Tapestry, with carved works, with fine Linnen of Aegypt: ⟨p. 81⟩I have perfumed my bed with Myrrhe, Aloes, and Cinnamon; come let us take our fill of love untill the Morning, let us solace our selves with loves. Here was a bold Beast: And indeed, the very eyes, hands, words and ways of such, are all snares and bands to youthful, lustful fellows: And with these was young Badman greatly snared.
- 1Prov. 5. 8.
- 2Chap. 7. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
- *Signs of a who•e.
