1. He endeavours to wean them from the vanity of outward Ornaments,1 v. 3. whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning, &c. This doth not forbid the sober and moderate use of decent Ornaments, when it is according to the Quality, Place, and Station, and in due season, (not on days of Fasting and Humiliation, when 'tis proper for Ornaments to be laid aside, Exod. 33. 4, 5.) But it forbids the inordinate Love, and excessive use (that is, the abuse) of them. There may be the plaiting of the Hair,, and the wearing of Gold, and there must be the putting on of Apparel, that shame which came into the World with sin hath made it necessary; But we must not make these things our adorning; that is, we must not set our hearts upon them, nor value our selves by them, nor think the better of our selves for them, nor pride our selves in them, as if they added any real excellency to us, nor say to them as Saul did to Samuel, Honour me now before this People, out of a vain ambition to make a fair show in the flesh. We must spend no more care, or thoughts, or time, or words, or cost, about them, and lay no more stress or weight upon them than they deserve, and that is but a very little. It is but glory hung upon us, as the expression is, Isa. 22. 24. and hath no glory if compared with the glory that excelleth it even in the ⟨p. 3⟩Creatures that are far below us;2 for Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed or beautified like one of those Lilies which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the Oven. We must not seek first these things, nor seek them most, as if we had Bodies for no other end but to bear out our clothes, and had nothing else to do with them but to make them fine. It was the Folly, and proved the Ruin of that rich man in the Parable, that he made his Purple, and his fine Linen, (with other the Ornaments and Delights of the Body) his good things, the things in which he placed his happiness, and in which he had his Consolation, Luke 16. 19, 25. that is, in the Language of this Scripture, he made them his adorning, 3and so, being unclothed of these, he was found naked. Let not the wearing of Gold, and the putting on of Apparel be [Greek or Hebrew]; the World; so it may be rendered: ('tis Mundus muliebris†.) Let not these things be all the World with us, as they are with many, who reckon to be out of the Fashion (whatever it be) is to be out of the World.
1. He endeavours to wean them from the vanity of outward Ornaments,1 v. 3. whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning, &c. This doth not forbid the sober and moderate use of decent Ornaments, when it is according to the Quality, Place, and Station, and in due season, (not on days of Fasting and Humiliation, when 'tis proper for Ornaments to be laid aside, Exod. 33. 4, 5.) But it forbids the inordinate Love, and excessive use (that is, the abuse) of them. There may be the p•aiting of the Hair,, and the wearing of Gold, and there must be the putting on of Apparel, that shame which came into the World with sin hath made it necessary; But we must not make these things our adorning; that is, we must not set our hearts upon them, nor value our selves by them, nor think the better of our selves for them, nor pride our selves in them, as if they added any real excellency to us, nor say to them as Saul did to Samuel, Honour me now before this People, out of a vain ambition to make a fair shew in the flesh. We must spend no more care, or thoughts, or time, or words, or cost, about them, and lay no more stress or weight upon them than they d•serve, and that is but a very little. It is but glory hung upon us, as the expression is, Isa. 22. 24. and hath no glory if compared with the glory that excelleth it even in the ⟨p. 3⟩Creatures that are far below us;2 for Solomon in all his glory was not array'd or beautified like one of those Lillies which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the Oven. We must not seek first these things, nor seek them most, as if we had Bodies for no other end but to bear out our clothes, and had nothing else to do with them but to make them fine. It was the Folly, and prov'd the Ruin of that rich man in the Parable, that he made his Purple, and his fine Linnen, (with other the Ornaments and Delights of the Body) his good things, the things in which he placed his happiness, and in which he had his Consolation, Luke 16. 19, 25. that is, in the Language of this Scripture, he made them his adorning, 3and so, being uncloathed of these, he was found naked. Let not the wearing of Gold, and the putting on of Apparel be ; the World; so it may be rendred: ('tis Mundus muliebris
