I have put off my coat - The bride must have been in a dream or in much disorder of mind to have made the frivolous excuses here mentioned. The words relate to the case of a person who had gone to take rest on his bed. As they wore nothing but sandals, they were obliged to wash their feet previously to their lying down. I have washed my feet, taken off my clothes, and am gone to bed: I cannot therefore be disturbed. A Hindoo always washes his feet before he goes to bed. If called from his bed, he often makes this excuse, I shall daub my feet; and the excuse is reasonable, as the floors are of earth; and they do not wear shoes in the house - Ward.

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Proverbs 3:28 Say not to your neighbor, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when you have it by you.

Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 22:13 The slothful man said, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Matthew 26:38-43 Then said he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry you here, and watch with me...

Luke 11:7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed...

Romans 7:22,23 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man...

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