A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

neither shall a Man put on a Woman's Garment, for all that do so are Abomination to the Lord thy God. By these Ends the Abuse may be conceived.

(1.) It is a foul Abuse of Apparel and Ornament, when Men and Women disguise Nature, and seek to mend that which God hath made, by patching, painting, and other Varnishes of Art. Jezebel is infamous in Scripture for Painting; and dare any sober Woman that pretends to be a Christian, put her self into her Garb and Fashion? They reprove God, that seek to mend Nature. Cyprian saith, It is a Dislike of God's Work. So Tertullian before him, They dislike God's Workmanship in their own Faces, and consult with the Devil how to mend it. That which is natural is from God, and that which is artificial is from the Devil. How shall God own them at the last Day, when they are ashamed of his Workmanship? Will thy Maker own thy disguised Face? He will say, this is not the Face that I made. We should appear before Men with no other Face than we would appear before God with at the Day of Judgment. Would I have God see me thus disguised, patched and painted? Doth not Conscience startle at the thought of it, when God shall come to take knowledge of all the Works he hath made? wouldst thou appear then with these Spots and artificial Varnish?

(1.) It is a foul Abuse of Apparel and Ornament, when Men and Women disguise Nature, and seek to mend that which God hath made, by patching, painting, and other Varnishes of Art. Iezebel is infamous in Scripture for Painting; and dare any sober Woman that pretends to be a Christian, put her self into her Garb and Fashion? They reprove God, that seek to mend Nature. Cyprian saith, It is a Dislike of God's Work. So Tertullian before him, They dislike God's Workmanship in their own Faces, and consult with the Devil how to mend it. That which is natural is from God, and that which is artificial is from the Devil. How shall God own them at the last Day, when they are ashamed of his Workmanship? Will thy Maker own thy disguised Face? He will say, this is not the Face that I made. We should appear before Men with no other Face than we would appear before God with at the Day of Judgment. Would I have God see me thus disguised, patched and painted? Doth not Conscience startle at the thought of it, when God shall come to take knowledg of all the Works he hath made? wouldst thou appear then with these Spots and artificial Varnish?