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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 she will carry 'em one after another alone into her Closet with her, wh•re she do's wrestle with God for them •ll, professing, I will not let thee go, except ••ou Bless them H•r Children being thus well •rought •p she will do as the Lady Cornelia did unto the Ladies who expected she would show them her Jewels, as they had shown her Theirs ▪ even Bring forth her well Educated Children as her Jewels.
And she will carry 'em one after another alone into her Closet with her, wh•re she do's wrestle with God for them •ll, pr•fessing, I will not let thee go, except ••ou Bless them H•r Children being thus well •rought •p she will do as the Lady Cornelia did unto the Ladies who expected she would show them her Jewels, as they had shown her Theirs ▪ ev•n Bring forth her well Educated Children as her Jewels.
VI. If she meets wi•h any Disasters […] her ⟨image ?⟩Children, by her Patience and her Piety •he ••rns them into Benefits. 'Tis possible, her Children may Sin; but this causes her presently to reflect upon the Errors of her own Heart and Life, and especially upon any Dect in her Conduct unto them. So she is put upon, The Repentance which is not to be Repented of! 'Tis also possible, her Children may Die; […] is not then like the overwhelmed Women of Bethlehem, Weeping for their Children, and not willing to be Comforted, because they are not. instead of saying like Jacob, All these things are against me, she raher says, like Joseph, God may mean it unto Good She do's not Roar like a Beast, and Howl, I cannot bar it; but she rather says, I can take any thing well at the Hands of God She follows them to the Grave, as a very moderate Mourner, with Hopes, That God is carrying on the Everlasting Designs of […] Grace in her Soul by these Dispensations; and with Hopes. That their Souls are gone to be, With Christ, which is by far the Best of all. She looked upon her Children as mere Loans from God, which He may cll far, when He please; and she quietly submits, if God say, Give them up, […] have had […] long enough! Of old, such as could not Encounter an Affliction patiently were condemned therefore, To Wear Wom Clothes; but the Clothes of our Good Wman, will not be a Bar to her Bearing […] This Afction patiently. She pats with […] Children in such Terms as Jerome on th Occasion directs his Friend unto; Lord To ast ow taken from me the Children which […] firts Given to me; I do not complain […]