36. That a woman ought not to be
adorned in a worldly fashion.
In the Apocalypse: “And there came one
of the seven angels having vials, and approached me, saying, Come, I
will show thee the condemnation of the great whore, who sitteth upon
many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed
fornication. And I saw a woman who sate upon a beast. And
that woman was clothed with a purple and scarlet robe; and she was
adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, holding a golden
cup in her hand full of curses, and impurity, and fornication of the
whole earth.”
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Also to Timothy:
“Let your women be such as adorn themselves with shamefacedness
and modesty, not with twisted hair, nor with gold, nor with pearls, or
precious garments, but as becometh women professing chastity, with a
good conversation.”
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Of this same thing in the
Epistle of Peter to the people at Pontus: “Let there be in
a woman not the outward adorning of ornament, or of gold, or of
apparel, but the adorning of the heart.”
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Also in Genesis:
“Thamar covered herself with a cloak, and adorned herself;
and when Judah beheld her,
she appeared to him to be a harlot.”
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Rev. xvii.
1–4
.
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1 Tim. ii. 9, 10
.
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1 Pet. iii. 4
. [This limitation to
“Pontus” is curious.]
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Gen. xxxviii. 14,
15
.