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Ornaments for the daughters of Zion. Or The character and happiness of a virtuous…Ornaments for the daughters of Zion. Or The character and happiness of a vertuous…
Ornaments for the daughters of Zion. Or The character and happiness of a virtuous woman: in a discourse which directs the female-sex how to express, the fear of God, in every age and state of their life; and obtain both temporal and eternal blessedness. / Written by Cotton Mather ; [Four lines in Latin from Tertullian, followed by a six line translation into English]Ornaments for the daughters of Zion. Or The character and happiness of a vertuous woman: in a discourse which directs the female-sex how to express, the fear of God, in every age and state of their life; and obtain both temporal and eternal blessedness. / Written by Cotton Mather ; [Four lines in Latin from Tertullian, followed by a six line translation into English]
printed by S.G. & B.G. i.e for Samuel Phillips, 1692
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.
and like Sarah of Old, she will not so much as take in, or cast out a Servant, without Consulting Him; nor will she receive any Guests or G•ods into the House, unless, like the Sh••amite, she may have her Husbands Approbation; and she will have at least some Implicit or General Consent of his, before she will Exercise any Secret Bounties wi•h his Possessions. His Anger will not cause her to Swallow a Reproof with discontent, and his Fondness will not make her to forget the Honour that she Owes unto him. indeed there is a Store of Michols in the World; Michol, is as much as to say, Who is▪ All (in the House) but She.? But let us ⟨p. 81⟩leave it unto such Michols alone, To despise their Husbands in their Hearts; God will punish them.
and like Sarah of Old, she will not so much as take in, or cast out a S•rvant, without Consulting Him; nor will she receive any Guests or G•ods into the House, unless, like the Sh••amite, she may have her Husbands Approbation; and she will have at least some Implicit or General Consent of his, before she will Exercise any Secret Bounties wi•h his Possessions. His Anger will not cause her to Swallow a Reproof with discontent, and his Fondness will not make her to forget the Honour that she Owes unto him. •ndeed there is a Store of Michols in the World; Michol, is as much as to say, Who is▪ All (in the House) but She.? But let us ⟨p. 81⟩leave it unto such Michols alone, To despise their Husbands in their Hearts; God will punish them.