Faith. The Eternal God grant thee strength that thou mayst do as thou hast Promised. And now, my Daughters, I have something further to say to you, Observe well what Counsel I have given your Brothers; for 'tis to you as well as to them: But since I see those of your Sex are in these evil days, so exceedingly addicted to Pride, I do fore-warn you of it; For my part, while ye are under my Roof, I will never suffer you to wear foolish and antic Garbs and Fashions: 'Tis a shame that Parents professing Godliness, should be allured by the Divil to please their Children's natural and pernicious Appetites; by which means they become mere Slaves to Lucifer, by sending their little Daughters to School to learn to Dance (as Herodias did) where they are taught the hellish Mode of naked Breasts and Shoulders, Antic and ⟨p. 40⟩Fantastic Garbs, Spotting, Patchings and Paintings, Towers, Bulls, Shades, Curlings and Crispings and other Curiosities of the Devil's devising; as to deck their Fingers with Rings, their Ears with Jewels, their Neck with rich Bracelets or Necklaces of Gold and Pearl, whereby they seem rather like little Morris Dancers, than the young Off-spring of Christian People: And thus being bravely dressed up and the sparks of Pride kindled in them, they go with stretched out Necks and haughty Hearts, that in a short time they are too high and proud to know themselves: And thus growing wanton, the Devil teaches the• other hellish Inventions, viz. How to make set Faces, to cringe A-la mode de France, the sober Smile the quaintest Dialect to humour ⟨p. 41⟩Discourse well, to get rolling Eyes, to cast amorous Glances, to read Love-Romances, and frequent Play-Houses, and also to get store of filthy and obscene Draughts or Pictures, decored with all sorts of allurements, and the secret Discharges of Venus's lascivious Mysteries, painted with the true Colours of Ovid's Works; as the disguising of naked Gods, and Venus dallying with Adonis, Tarquin at strife with Lucretia, and such-like wanton Objects, with Pretty conceits to encourage the unwilling, and warm the cold humour of their Ravage.
God deliver you, my Daughters, from this Poisonous Infection and Epidemical Disease? I charge you to dread it more than the Plague, as ever you do hope to enjoy the Favour of God, and ⟨p. 42⟩abide in my love. Come, give your selves up to Prayer, and strive to be Sober and virtuous betimes;
Fath. The Eternal God grant thee strength that thou mayst do as thou hast Promised. And now, my Daughters, I have something further to say to you, Observe well what Counsel I have given your Brothers; for 'tis to you as well as to them: But since I see those of your Sex are in these evil days, so exceedingly addicted to Pride, I do fore-warn you of it; For my part, while ye are under my Roof, I will never suffer you to wear foolish and antick Garbs and Fashions: 'Tis a shame that Parents professing Godliness, should be alured by the Divil to please their Childrens natural and pernicious Appetites; by which means they become meer Slaves to Lucifer, by sending their little Daughters to School to learn to Dance (as Herodias did) where they are taught the hellish Mode of naked Brests and Shoulders, Antick and ⟨p. 40⟩Fantastick Garbs, Spotting, Patchings and Paintings, Towers, Bulls, Shades, Curlings and Crispings and other Curiosities of the Devil's devising; as to deck their Fingers with Rings, their Ears with Jewels, their Neck with rich Bracelets or Necklaces of Gold and Pearl, whereby they seem rather like little Morrice Dancers, than the young Off-spring of Christian People: And thus being bravely drest up and the sparks of Pride kindled in them, they go with stretched out Necks and haughty Hearts, that in a short time they are too high and proud to know themselves: And thus growing wanton, the Devil teaches the• other hellish Inventions, viz. How to make set Faces, to cringe A-la mode de France, the sober Smile the quaintest Dialect to humo• ⟨p. 41⟩Discourse well, to get rowling Eyes, to cast amorous Glances, to read Love-Romances, and frequent Play-Houses, and also to get store of filthy and obscene Draughts or Pictures, decored with all sorts of alurements, and the secret Discharges of Venus's lascivious Mysteries, painted with the true Colours of Ovid's Works; as the disguising of naked Gods, and Venus dallying with Adonis, Tarquin at strife with Lucretia, and such-like wanton Objects, with Pretty conceits to encourage the unwilling, and warm the cold humour of their Ravage.
God deliver you, my Daughters, from this Poysonous Infection and Epidemical Disease? I charge you to dread it more than the Plague, as ever you do hope to enjoy the Favour of God, and ⟨p. 42⟩abide in my love. Come, give your selves up to Prayer, and strive to be Sober and vertuous betimes;
