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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 may you carry such Awakened Souls unto the Lord Jesus, as unto Him▪ wh•m God ha's Exalted, that He may bestow both Repentance and Remission of Sins upon His Israel.
and may you carry such Awakened Souls unto the Lord Jesus, as unto Him▪ wh•m God ha's Exalted, that He may bestow both Repentance and R•mission of Sins upon His Isra•l.
THAT so the Address now made you, may be as well Agreeable as Effectual, give me Leave to press it, under the Notion of a MARRIAGE whereof the Son of God now makes you m•st Condescending Overtures. Never were you treated with such an Important and Concerning Affair▪ as that which I now Challenge your Earnest Heed unto; and therefore let the Words once used by a Woman, be now with a little Alteration Mine, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for I must prevail With thee to take m• God▪ and my Christ, as thine for ever. The Ministers of the Lord Jesus Christ are called […] Friends of the Bridegroom; Now let one […] ⟨image ?⟩Th•• inform you, That▪ the Prince of Life▪ the Lord of Glory, the King of Heaven, makes unto you, even unto sinful Worthless YOU, a Motion of a Marriage wi•h Himself. O do not slight the Motion of such a Transcendent Match! but, that I may speak in the Apostles Language, Let me Espouse you to one Husband, that I may present you, as a Chaste Virgin to CHRIST. We read in