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An exposition of the prophecy of Hosea begun in divers lectures upon the first…An exposition of the prophesie of Hosea begun in divers lectures vpon the first…
An exposition of the prophecy of Hosea begun in divers lectures upon the first three chapters, at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jer. Burroughs.An exposition of the prophesie of Hosea begun in divers lectures vpon the first three chapters, at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jer. Burroughes.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1652
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Women adorn themselves immoderately with gold, and silver, and precious apparel, this is, saith he, crimen ambitionis, the sin of ambition; but for them to seek to adorn themselves solicitously careful about their hair, and their skin, and those parts that draw the eyes, this is crimen prostitutionis, it is the sin of a prostituted whore so to do.
Women adorne themselves immoderately with gold, and silver, and precious apparell, this is, saith hee, crimen ambitionis, the sin of ambition; but for them to seek to adorne themselves solicitously carefull about their haire, and their skin, and those parts that draw the eyes, this is crimen prostitutionis, it is the sinnne of a prostituted whore so to doe.
Yea besides, Tertullian in another book of his, De velandis verginibus, brings the Heathen, rebuking Christian women in those times: The very women of Arabia,1 saith he, shall judge you, for they do not only cover their faces, but even their heads, rather then they will have their nakedness appear, they will let the light but into one eye. Now if the Heathen did so, if they would not have their nakedness in any thing appear, much more should Christians cover those parts that are incitements to lusts. That which is the Bedlams madness, and the Beggars misery, namely, Nakedness, that is the whores pride, and the strumpets glory.
Yea besides, Tertullian in another book of his, De velandis verginibus, brings the Heathen, rebuking Christian women in those times: The very women of Arabia,1 saith he, shall judge you, for they do not onely cover their faces, but even their heads, rather then they will have their nakedness appeare, they will let the light but into one eye. Now if the Heathen did so, if they would not have their nakedness in any thing appeare, much more should Christians cover those parts that are incitements to lusts. That which is the Bedlams madness, and the Beggars misery, namely, Nakedness, that is the whores pride, and the strumpets glory.