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John Trapp on Isaiah 3:19-23

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Isaiah3:19-23

Ver. 19.20, 21, 22, 23. And the chains and the bracelets, &c.] The particulars of all their bravery we can ſay little unto upon certainty; ſith we are at this day ignorant what Ornaments and Abiliments were then in uſe: and beſides, the Names here given unto them are ſuch as the Jews themſelves can hardly tell what to make of. It is a ſad thing that the gawds and gayeties of this Age and Country are ſuch and ſo many, as that not ſix or ſeven Verſes, but ſo many whole Chapters might be eaſily taken up in Inventarying them. Lyſander a Heathen will riſe up in Judgement againſt many amongſt us: for he would not ſuffer his Daughters to wear gorgeous attire, ſaying, it would not make them ſo comely as common. That is very remarkable that is ſtoried of Mr. Fox the Martyrologue,Hiſt of mod. Div. by Lupton. that when a ſon of his returning from his travels into forraign parts, came to him in Oxford, attired in a looſe outlandiſh faſhion, Who are you? ſaid his old Father, not knowing him. He replyed, I am your ſon: O what enemy of thine, ſaid he, hath taught thee ſo much vanity? The Hebrew word beghed for a garment, comes from Baghad, which ſignifieth to deal perfidiouſly or treacherouſly, as Iſa. 21.3. perhaps, becauſe it is tegumentum & teſtimonium, not more a covering of mans ſhame, then a teſtimony of his firſt ſin in falling from God. So that a man or woman hath no more cauſe to brag of his fine cloaths or to be proud of them, then a Thief of a ſilk-rope, or then one bath of a Plaiſter laid to his filthy ſore.

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