The crucifying of the world

5. Have you comely apparel for the adorning of your bodies? Glory not in it. This is so childish that its below a man, and therefore so sinful as to be unbeseeming a Christian. The emptyest person may have the best attire. It is not ⟨p. 248⟩your out-side that shows your worth. The Philosopher asks the Question, Why women are more addicted to look after neat attire then men? and he answereth, Because nature is conscious of their want of inward worth, it seeks to make it up with somewhat that is borrowed. It may make a man suspect that somewhat is amiss within, when there needs all this ado without. They are not alway the best horses, that have the neatest trappings. A fool may be as bravely dressed as a wise man: and few but fools and children do admire you, or think you ever the better, but many an one will envy you, and many take you to be the worse. A graceless soul will be but sorrily covered with neat attire. And whatever you hang without, we all know that there's dung and filth within. Pauls shop hath comelier Ornaments then these, 1 Tim. 2. 9. Let women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, but which becometh women professing godliness, with good works; learning in silence with all subjection.] Glory in the whole raiment of the Saints, even the righteousness of Christ, lest when you go naked out of the world as you come naked in, your souls should be found naked before an holy jealous God.

5. Have you comely apparel for the adorning of your bodies? Glory not in it. This is so childish that its below a man, and therefore so sin•ull as to be unbeseeming a Christian. The emptyest person may have the best attire. It is not ⟨p. 248⟩your out-side that shews your worth. The Philosopher asks the Question, Why women are more addicted to look after neat attire then men? and he answereth, Because nature is conscious of their want of inward worth, it seeks to make it up with somewhat that is borrowed. It may make a man suspect that somewhat is amiss within, when there needs all this ado without. They are not alway the best horses, that have the neatest trappings. A fool may be as bravely drest as a wise man: and few but fools and children do admire you, or think you ever the better, but many an one will envy you, and many take you to be the worse. A graceless soul will be but sorrily covered with neat attire. And whatever you hang without, we all know that there's dung and filth within. Pauls shop hath comlyer Ornaments then these,