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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 so Ready, that she can without Amazement Lay by the Li• •en wherein she would be▪ Laid out, in case like Rachel, she have such Hard Labour, that her Soul Depart. Her Sobriety renders her a ⟨image ?⟩true Sophr••ia, and causes her with Mode•• to govern all her Speeches and Passions; […] Temperance like Manoahs Wife, •o forbear noxious Excesses in Eating or Drinking; and with Chastity to Mortify a•l inclinations unto whatever shall be Loose, Lewd, Lascivious. Being thus prepared for the Hour, when, The Anguish of bringing forth her Child is upon her, she is then •ound Composing her self with Hope in God; and Resolving, Lord, A• what Time I am afraid, I will put my Trust in thee! Indeed, the Blessed Sabina, crying out when she Travailed in Prison, and being asked, How she would Endure the Torments and Burnings which her Enemies had prepared for her? answered▪ I now bear the punishment of my Sin; I shall then suffer Martyrdom for my Saviour. But a pregnant Christian will moderate her Complaints in the Hour, when Pangs take• hold on her, because, They have been brought by Sin, and because, There is a Saviour who thus came into the World.
and so Ready, that she can without Amazement Lay by the Li• •en wherein she would be▪ Laid out, in case like Rachel, she have such Hard Labour, that her Soul Depart. Her Sobriety renders her a ⟨image ?⟩true Sophr••ia, and causes her with Mode•• to govern all her Speeches and Passions; Temperance like Manoahs Wife, o forbr noxious Excesses in Eating or Drinking; and with Chastity to Mortify al nclinations unto whatever shall be Loose, Lewd, Lascivious. Being thus prepared for the Hour, when, The Anguish of bringing forth her Child is upon her, she is then ound Composing her self with Hope in God; and Resolving, Lord, A what Time I am afraid, I will put my Trust in thee! Indeed, the Blessed Sabina, crying out when she Travailed in Prison, and being asked, How she would Endure the Torments and Burnings which her Enemies had prepared for her? answered I now bear the punishment of my Sin; I shall then suffr Martrdom for my Saviour. But a pregnant Christian will moderate her Complaints in the Hur, when Pangs take hold on her, because, They have been brought by Sin, and because, There is a Saviour who thus came into the World.