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Pro_20:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Ver. 16. Take his garment.] And so provide for their own indemnity. {See Trapp on "Pro_6:1"} {See Trapp on "Pro_6:2"} {See Trapp on "Pro_6:3"} {See Trapp on "Pro_6:4"} {See Trapp on "Pro_6:5"}
And take a pledge of him for a strange woman,] i.e., For a whorish woman, utcunque tibi sit cognita, vel etiam cognata. He that will undertake for such a one’s debts, or run in debt to gratify her, should be carefully looked to, and not trusted without a sufficient pawn. How can he be faithful to me that is unfaithful to God? said Constantinus Chlorus to his courtiers and counsellors. {a}
{a} Euseb. in Vit. Constant.