{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0080048.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0080048.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0080048.htm","text":"Chapter IX.\u2014Samson\u2019s Admonitory Fall.\nHast thou not heard concerning Samson the Nazarite, \u201cwith whom was the Spirit of God,\u201d 474 the man of great strength? This man, who was a Nazarite, and consecrated to God, and who was gifted with strength and might, a woman brought to ruin with her wretched body, and with her vile passion. Art thou, perchance, such a man as he? Know thyself, and know the measure of p. 64 thy strength. 475 \u201cThe married woman catcheth precious souls.\u201d 476 Therefore, we do not allow any man whatsoever to sit with a married woman; much less to live in the same house with a maiden who has taken the vow, or to sleep where she sleeps, or to be constantly with her. For this is to be hated and abominated by those who fear God.","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Two Epistles Concerning Vi...","type":"page"}