TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. 173 letthem ask theirhusbands at home." 1 Also to Timothy : " Let a woman learnwith silence,in allsubjection.But I permitnot a woman to teach,nor to be setover the man, but tobe in silence.For Adam was firstformed,then Eve ; and Adam was not seduced,but the woman was seduced."3 47. That it arisesfrom our faultand our desertthat we suffer,and do not perceiveGod's help in everything. In Hosea : " Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: because judgment is from the Lord againstthe inhabitantsof the earth,because there isneithermercy nor truth,nor acknowledgment ofGod upon theearth;but cursing, and lying,and slaughter,and theft,and adulteryisscattered abroad upon the earth: they mingle bloodto blood. There fore the land shallmourn, with allitsinhabitants,with the beastsof the field,with the creepingthingsof the earth,with the birdsof heaven ; and the fishesof the sea shallfail: so thatno man may judge,no man may refute."3 Of thissame thing in Isaiah: " Is not the Lord'shand strongto save,or has He weighed down His ear that He may not hear? But your sinsseparatebetween you and God ; and on accountof your iniquitiesHe turns away His face from you, lestHe shouldpity.For your hands arepollutedwithblood,and your fingerswith sins; and your lipshave spoken wickedness,and your tongue devisesunrighteousness.No one speaks true things,neitheris judgment true. They trustin vanity,and speak emptiness,who conceivesorrow,and bringforthwicked ness."4 Also in Zephaniah : " In failing,letitfailfrom the face of the earth,saiththe Lord. Let man fail,and cattle; let the birdsof heaven fail,and the fishesof the sea; and I willtake away the unrighteousfrom the faceof the earth."5 48. That we must not take usury. In the thirteenthPsalm:6 "He thathath not given his money upon usury,and has not receivedgiftsconcerningthe 1 1 Cor.xiv.34,35. * 1 Tim.ii.11-14. * Hos.iv.1-4. * Isa.Iix.1-4. 8Zeph.i.2,3. * The Oxfordeditionhas" thefourteenthPsalm."