Bible Encyclopedia: Widows: when Young, Exposed to May Temptations

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Baptism.
... to be delayed, because they are exposed to temptations, as ... their promises by death,
or may be deceived ... that the unmarried, especially young widows, cannot with ...
//christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/chapter ii baptism.htm

Letter cxxx. To Demetrias.
... is left to every individual, whether old or young. ... staid and serious women, particularly
widows and virgins ... imagined greater than to find oneself exposed to the ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter cxxx to demetrias.htm

From the Beginning of 1785 to the End of 1786
... for those who play when they are young will play ... Susquehanna, which empties itself
into it, lying exposed to view ... on the circuits, and for the widows and worn ...
/.../chapter 1 from the beginning.htm

part viii.
... with certain virgins whom they had before exposed to the ... They scourged the widows
on the soles of their feet ... one Epictetus [1771] a novice, a bold young man, he ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/part viii.htm

Doctrinal and Moral Treatises. Index of Subjects.
... 450; term properly used of virgins and widows, [977]450 ... purpose of, implied in lying,
[1058]458; may be by ... of, [1072]451; care needed for, being young, and a ...
/.../on care to be had for the dead /doctrinal and moral treatises index.htm

Acts vii. 54
... were ordained in the matter of the widows [407] : the ... their clothes at the feet of
a young man, whose ... reason of having no fold or stable, exposed to depredation ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xviii acts vii 54.htm

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
... Bunyan's account of his singular trials and temptations may have excited alarm in
the minds of some young Christians lest they should be in an unconverted state ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/grace abounding to the chief.htm

Rom. viii. 12, 13
... were to promise suddenly to make you young, and to ... say that we were ignorant how
exposed to accidents ... nor the pillars, but the bodies of widows furnished with ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xiv rom viii 12.htm

Seasonable Counsel: Or, Advice to Sufferers.
... clothes down at a distance from the place, at a young man's feet ... is so, without great
watchfulness, and humble walking with God, we may be exposed to shame ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/seasonable counsel or advice to.htm

The Epistle of St. James
... Thus Socrates told young men to look at themselves in ... had no pity on orphans and
widows, but neglected ... world, even in doing charitable actions, exposed one to ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the epistle of st james.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Timothy 5:11-14
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Subtopics

Widows

Widows Remarrying

Widows were Clothed in Mourning After the Decease of Husbands

Widows were Frequently Oppressed and Persecuted

Widows were Released from all Obligation to Former Husbands

Widows were Under the Special Protection of God

Widows: A Desolate Condition

Widows: A Type of Zion in Affliction

Widows: Allowed to Marry Again