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2Sa_13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
Ver. 13. And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go?] True it is that Invita virgo vexari potest, violari non potest; { a} A virgin forced may be vexed, but not violated. And Corpora sanctarum mulierum non vis maculat sed voluntas; { b} Not force but consent defileth the bodies of holy women. Nevertheless a ravished Tamar cannot but be ashamed ever after to show her face anywhere: the blot is indelible, like that of an iron mould. Lucretia would not outlive it, nor Paulina, - those Roman ladies.
Thou shalt be as one oy the fools in Israel.] A stigmatic Belialist, no way fit to succeed thy father: which if thou shouldst, yet God would surely cross thee, and curse thee in all thy proceedings. So he did Heraclius that incestuous emperor, who having married Martian his own brother’s daughter, and turning Monothelite, was soon overthrown by the Saracens, and, like the loss of Sennacherib, a hundred and eigthy-five thousand men of his army were found dead in one night without any apparent executioners. Himself also was followed with a strange priapism, which together with a dropsy ended his days, himself being no better esteemed than as one of the fools in Israel; and the rather for those two foolish and impious laws that he made; - one that whosoever would might marry his brother’s daughter, as he had done; the other, that no man should determine whether there were either one or two operations or wills in Jesus Christ.
For he will not withhold me from thee.] This she said, either as one unskilled in the law, which flatly forbiddeth such incestuous marriages, {Lev_18:6; Lev_18:11} - Papal dispensations in such cases were not then heard of, - or else as one willing, by any means she could make, to get out of his hands.
{a} August.
{b} Jerome.