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John Trapp on 1 Timothy 2:12

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1 Timothy2:12

Verſe 12. Nor to uſurp authority] As they will eaſily do, [non-Latin text not transcribed], To have wh[illegible: 2 letters] ſhe will. if ſuffered to preach. Preachers are Rulers, Guides, Captains, Heb. 13.7▪17. If the hen be ſuffered to crow once, &c. Camdens Eliz. A prudent wife commands her husband by obeying him, as Sarah, Livia.

But to be in ſilence] Video, taceo, I ſee and ſay nothing, was Queen Elizabeths Motto. Where ſhould the tongue be but in the head?

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