Apparel, as tiledfor this Carnal End, 8tc. obfervation towards you, and one asketh, Who is yonder that is fo fine?and another ask!, Who is yonderiand when theyperceive that you are more witlefs and worthlefs then other folks they will but laugh at you, and defpife you. Excefs in apparel, is the very fign of folly, that is hang'd out to tell the world what you are, as a SIgn at an Inn-door acquaints the paffenger that there he may have entertainment. You draw folks to fufped that all is not well with you where there needs all this ado. Its fore a lorry houfe that needeth ma- ny props : and a difeafed body that needeth fo much medici- ning? and a deformed face that needeth painting : And what is gaudy attire to the body, butfuch as painting is to the face ? If I fee artificial teeth inyour heads, I mull think that you want the Natural ones that were better. If I perceive your breath to be 11111 fweetnedby art , I fhall fufped that it would flink without it. And if I fee people inordinately careful of their apparel, I mull needs fufped that there is fome fpecial caufe for it : all is not well whereall this care and curiofity is necelfary. And what is the deformity that you would hide by this ? Is it that ofyour mind ? Why you bewray it more ? you tell all that feeyou, that you areempty, filly fouls, as plainly as a Morrice-dancer, or a Stage-player doth tell folks what he is by his attire. Is it the deformitiesof your bodies that you would hide this way I I confefs thats the bell exrufe that can be made for this excels : For apparel will do more to hide the deformities of the body then of the mind. But the/hay of your clothes is fitteft for this (fo far it is fit to be attempt- ed :) For the bravery of them will do little, but draw mens obfervation the more upon your infirmity. If you fay that you have no fuch extraordinaryneceffity ; then I mull fay that you do your felves wrong to tice people to fufped it. 2. And alfo youmake anopen oftentationofpride, or lull, or both, to all that look upon you. Inother cafes you are care- ful tohide your fin, and take it for an hainous injury ifyou be but openly told of it and reproved:Flow comes it then topafs- that you are here fo forward your felves to make it known, that youmust carry thefigna of it open in the world !Is it not a difhonour to Rogues and Thieves, that have been burnt in T the 141
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