Shame

Lev. xviii. 15, 17, &c.SHAME, Ignominia. To uncover the Shame, Ignominy, or Nakedness of a Person, are synonymous Terms. Isaiah threatens the Egyptians, that they should be led away Isai. xx. 4.Captive stark naked, without any thing to¹ cover their Shame, or their Nakedness. The golden Calf worshipped by the Israelites in the Wilderness, is call’d by Moses, Ignominia Exodus xxxii. 25.sordis, a filthy Shame, an Idol of Dross and Filth. Habakkuk calls shameful Hab. ii. 16.Spewing, that which a Man is obliged to return, in a shameful and indecent manner, after drinking to Excess. St. Paul calls Rom. i. 26.shameful or vile Affections, those ignominious and brutish Passions, which were indulged Prov. iii. 35.by the carnal Pagans: Shame shall be the Promotion of Fools; Stultorum exaltatio ignominia. The Promotion of Fools shall be their own Shame, and the Disgrace of those who promote them. He that reproveth a Prov. ix. 7.Scorner, getteth to himself Shame: He loseth his Labour, and shall only get Discredit by Psal. lxxxii. 16.it. Fill their Faces with Shame, says the Psalmist: Reprove them, O Lord, and let them fall into Disgrace. When the Syrians took King Joash Captive, they executed shameful Judgments against him; they 2 Chron. xxiv. 24.treated him shamefully, or made him suffer Corrections that were shameful, and not befitting the Dignity of a King.

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