Quote#Truth
I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus, that the elder women…
Quote byAnne Hutchinson · 1591–1643
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Trial and Interrogation (1637), Referring to Titus 2:1-5 "Speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given t.
English (original)
I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus, that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it.
— Anne Hutchinson
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