They shall both bathe themselves - What a wonderful tendency had these ordinances to prevent all excesses! The pains which such persons must take, the separations which they must observe, and the privations which, in consequence, they must be exposed to in the way of commerce, traffic, etc., would prevent them from making an unlawful use of lawful things.

Leviticus 15:4-9 Every bed, where on he lies that has the issue, is unclean: and every thing, where on he sits, shall be unclean...

Proverbs 2:16-19 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words...

Proverbs 5:3-13 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil...

Proverbs 6:24,35 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman...

Proverbs 7:10-27 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart...

Proverbs 9:13-18 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing...

Proverbs 22:27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands...

1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Memoir of John Bunyan
THE FIRST PERIOD. THIS GREAT MAN DESCENDED FROM IGNOBLE PARENTS--BORN IN POVERTY--HIS EDUCATION AND EVIL HABITS--FOLLOWS HIS FATHER'S BUSINESS AS A BRAZIER--ENLISTS FOR A SOLDIER--RETURNS FROM THE WARS AND OBTAINS AN AMIABLE, RELIGIOUS WIFE--HER DOWER. 'We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.'--2 Cor 4:7 'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.'--Isaiah 55:8. 'Though ye have lien among the …
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