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obnubilari_fw-la vult_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ideo_fw-la voco_fw-la ab_fw-la co_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la velum_fw-la hebraice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d voco_fw-la arabe_n illud_fw-la vocant_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cant._n 5_o 7._o isa_n 3.23_o quarum_fw-la vocum_fw-la illa_fw-la enim_fw-la â—_o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ista_fw-la a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d utrumque_fw-la autem_fw-la thema_fw-la significat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dominari_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d potestatem_fw-la in_o aliquem_fw-la exercere_fw-la itaque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-fr mâ—le_fw-fr reddi_fw-la potest_fw-la si_fw-la primitive_a vocis_fw-la propâ—â—am_fw-la significâ—â—ionem_fw-la spectemus_fw-la velum_fw-la autem_fw-la illud_fw-la dietum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la haebraeis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ideo_fw-la quod_fw-la esset_fw-la signâ—â—s_fw-la subjectionis_fw-la faeminarum_fw-la erga_fw-la viros_fw-la facile_fw-la concesserim_fw-la d._n fesseli_fw-la adversa_fw-la sacra_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 17._o sect_n 6._o camer_n in_o locum_fw-la off_o from_o the_o woman_n head_n for_o by_o power_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o veil_n which_o be_v the_o sign_n power_n the_o thing_n signify_v this_o metonymy_n be_v frequent_a in_o scripture_n thus_o camerarius_fw-la gloss_n upon_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d power_n that_o be_v a_o cover_n or_o veil_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o the_o power_n of_o her_o husband_n to_o which_o the_o woman_n be_v subject_v to_o now_o the_o reason_n be_v subjoin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o of_o the_o angel_n who_o be_v guardian_n of_o the_o church_n and_o assistant_n of_o the_o church_n assembly_n these_o will_v be_v offend_v at_o it_o so_o we_o see_v the_o text_n be_v clear_a and_o the_o argument_n strong_a all_o irreverence_n and_o indecency_n must_v be_v avoid_v in_o our_o public_a assembly_n because_o it_o be_v not_o only_o odious_a unto_o god_n but_o even_o offensive_a to_o the_o holy_a angel_n who_o presence_n god_n have_v afford_v to_o be_v both_o spectator_n and_o assister_n in_o his_o public_a worship_n have_v thus_o clear_v the_o text._n i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o remove_v these_o four_o doubt_n follow_v §_o 7._o quest_n 1._o but_o may_v it_o not_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n who_o be_v often_o call_v angel_n as_o the_o revelation_n of_o st._n john_n mention_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n viz._n the_o pastor_n and_o minister_n of_o those_o place_n answ_n it_o be_v grant_v regulae_fw-la calvin_n in_o los_fw-la habet_fw-la sensum_fw-la pareus_n autem_fw-la ibid._n verba_fw-la regulae_fw-la they_o be_v call_v angel_n sometime_o but_o that_o rule_n that_o calvin_n lay_v down_o will_v tell_v we_o when_o the_o word_n angel_n be_v not_o to_o be_v apply_v to_o they_o angelorum_fw-la nomen_fw-la absolute_a positum_fw-la 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look_v into_o the_o text_n and_o context_n we_o may_v find_v all_o the_o argument_n there_o to_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o indecorum_n the_o indecency_n itself_o and_o not_o from_o the_o remote_a and_o occasional_a consequence_n of_o it_o as_o tempt_v to_o lust_n and_o the_o like_a and_o therefore_o i_o humble_o conceive_v the_o argument_n in_o the_o ten_o verse_n speak_v reference_n immediate_o to_o the_o good_a angel_n and_o not_o to_o the_o bad_a §_o 9_o quest_n 3._o suppose_v it_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o holy_a angel_n yet_o may_v it_o not_o be_v understand_v by_o way_n of_o exhortation_n rather_o than_o aggravation_n that_o be_v be_v they_o not_o exhort_v to_o have_v a_o veil_n on_o their_o head_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o angel_n who_o have_v a_o special_a care_n to_o reverence_v the_o bless_a trinity_n and_o therefore_o with_o two_o wing_n cover_v their_o face_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n 6.2_o isa_n 6.2_o so_o shall_v woman_n be_v veil_v in_o token_n