ToconuerfeWith women, the thirdSondayinLent. Ser. z3. :4ti is to kill the Soule. man, they might haue had fome ground for it. For conuerfation with women (according to Saint Bafil) is that leaucn which foureth the foule; bee aman ne- uer foholy, neuer fo good,Tamenin ipfocongrefu, ec.In theverie meetingyet,the diuerftieandfix isfoonedafcouered: And therfore he C.iith,Thatthat man is happie which bath leaft to doe with them,but molt happie that doth neuerfee them. S.cyprian faith,That foraman tobe inuironed oncuerie fidewith flamesoffire, and not bee burned ; Nazianzen, That Flaxe Ihould bee necre the fire, andnot take flame 5 that a youngman fiiouldbee in familiar conuerfationwith a young handfome maid, andnot beetemptedwith ancui11 thought,is a miracle. Theo philait delivers untovs, That afterthat miracle ofthe Loaues and Fifhes, the Apoflles remained in the companieof certain deuout women which had fol- lowed our Sauiotir Chrift into theDefert, and were indeering veto them the geatneffe ofGods power;and that to diuertthem from their conuerfation,coe- git íllos,he inforced them to imbarke,andto put fbrth tofea; and a fèarefull tern- pelt followed thereupon : in token, that amongli thole rough billowes, furious waues,andtempeftvous winds, theydid runne leflè danger, than in the conuer- fationofthofe goodand holywomen. One ofthenames(amongft manyother) which the Phylofophers and diners othergodly menhawg;uenvnto women, was, Tumulus Viuorum , The Graue orSepulchre ofthe Lining. Andas vpon your TombesandSepulchres there areEpitaphs written, which fpeake thus, His ja_ eet,6.c. Here liesfuch a one ; fo vpon this liuingSepulture, innumerable Epi- taphsmaybe put : Here lycs the Prophecie ofDavid; herelyes the Wifedome of Salomon Heere lyes the ftrengthofSampfn; Here,the valourofHercules: for woman is that fhelfe or quickfand, wherein thevalianteft, thewifeft, and ftrongeft menin the world, haue hafardedboth their hues . and reputation. romz THE
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