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A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Non est conveniens luctibus ille color.
And verily those gay and gaudy dresses which multitudes garb themselves with at this day, are no whit suitable to the sad times upon which God hath cast us.
3. Yea, and humble gestures also, which may best express a solemn serious mind. Though no particular gesture is absolutely commanded, yet nothing ought to be discovered either in the countenance or any actions and gestures of the body that may be unsuitable to the nature of the day, and the solemn duties thereof; wherein partly the light of nature, and the custom of the place may direct and regulate us.
The Jews had three sorts of gestures that were used in worship.