218. Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity, unto the elders of the city in the gate. But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel; then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her with stones that she die; because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house; so shalt thou put evil away from among you. Deut. xxii. 15, 20, 21. 219. Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, _and spit in his face_, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. Deut. xxv. 9. 220 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections; _for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature_; and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the women, _burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly_, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. Romans i. 26, 27. 221. Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this Sun. 2 Samuel xii. 11. 222. And there appeared a great wonder _in heaven_, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. And she _being with child, cried travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered_. And there appeared another wonder in heaven, and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. _And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,_ and did cast them to the earth; _and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered,_ for to devour her child as soon as it was born. _And she brought forth a man-child_, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. Eev. xii. 1 to 5. 223. And there was war _in heaven_; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels. Eev. xii. 7. 224. And he was clothed with a vesture _dipped in blood;_ and his name is called, The Word of God. _And the armies which were in heaven_ followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Eev. xix. 13, 14. PASSAGES ABSURD AND UNNATURAL.