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John Trapp on Proverbs 7:10

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Proverbs7:10

Verſ. 10▪ And behold there met him a woman] Fit Lettice for ſuch lips; a fit helve for ſuch a hatchet. Every corner is full of ſuch duſt-heaps, the Land is even darkened with them, as Egypt once was with the locuſts, Exod. 10.15.

With the attire of an Harlot] See the Note on Chap. 6.25. The Hebrew word here ſignifies a ſet habit or ornament finely fitted to the body: veſtitus in quo plicae, ſaith Lavater, pleated garments, plaited hair, &c. let ſuch take heed of the plica polonica, [non-Latin text not transcribed] pro [non-Latin text not transcribed] qua[illegible: 1 letter]i nudato pudendo, ut cum ad concubitum accenderet. that dreadful diſeaſe.

And ſubtile of heart] Or, Truſſed up about the breaſts, with her upper-parts naked: So Leus Ben. Gerſom. Erat nudo collo & pectore, corde tenus, &c. Shee met him with her naked-breaſts (at this day too commonly uſed by ſuch as would bee held no Harlots) yea, with ſomething elſe naked (as ſome ſenſe this text) which modeſty forbids to name.

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