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| Virginity to Be Cultivated and Commended in Every Place and Time.
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Chapter VI.—Virginity to
Be Cultivated and Commended in Every Place and Time.
Further, the expression in Jeremiah,2632
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Jer. ii. 32. The author, in quoting from the
LXX., slightly alters the text, so as to make it almost a command,
instead of a question. The original has ἐπιλήσεται;
in the text it is ἐπιλαθέσθαι. | “That a
maid should not forget her ornaments, nor a bride her
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Literally, breastband. | shows that
she should not give up or loosen the band of chastity through wiles and
distractions. For by the heart are properly denoted our heart and
mind. Now the breastband, the girdle which gathers together and
keeps firm the purpose of the soul to chastity, is love to God, which
our Captain and Shepherd, Jesus, who is also our Ruler and Bridegroom,
O illustrious virgins, commands both you and me to hold fast unbroken
and sealed up even to the end; for one will not easily find anything
else a greater help to men than this possession, pleasing and grateful
to God. Therefore, I say, that we should all exercise and honour
chastity, and always cultivate and commend it.
Let these first-fruits of my discourse suffice for thee,
O Arete, in proof of my education and my zeal. “And I
receive the gift,” she said that Arete replied, “and bid
Thallousa speak after thee; for I must have a discourse from each one
of you.” And she said that Thallousa, pausing a little, as
though considering somewhat with herself, thus spoke. E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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