i 4z Apparel, as ufe4for this Carnal End, &c, the hand or fore-head, or muft ride about with a paper pied on their backs declaring their crimes to all that fee them ; So that every one may fee,yonder is a tbicf and yonder is a perjured man And is it not much like,it for you to carry the badge of pride or lull abroad with you in theopen {freers and meetings ? why do you defire to be fo fine, or neat, or exceflive comely ? is it not to draw the eyes and obfervations of men upon you ? and to what End ? Is it not to be thought either Rich, or beau- tiful, and ofanhandfom perfon ? And to what end defire you thefe thoughts ofmen ? Do you not know that this defire is Pride it felf? You mutt needs be fome body ? and fain you would be obferved and valued ; and fain you would be noted to be of the befit or higheft rank, that you can ex- pect to be reckoned of : Andwhat is this but Pride ? And I hope you know that Pride is the Devils fin , the firft born of all iniquity ; and that which the God of heaven abhors ! fo that it were more credit for you in the eyes of men of wifdom to proclaim your felves beggars, fots or ideots, then to proclaim your pride. And too oft it thews a pang of /lift as well as pride :efpecially inyoung perfons : and few are fo for- ward to this fin as they. This bravery and finenefs is but the fruit of a procacious mind ; its plainly a wooing , alluring : It is not for nothing that they would fain be eyed and be thought comly or fair in others eyes! fomewhat they want : youmay conjecture what ! And even married people, if they love their credit, should take heed by fuch means of drawing fufpicion upon themfelves. Sirs , if you are guilty of folly, pride and loft, your belt is way to leekofGod an effectual cure, and toufe fuch means as tends to cure it ; and not fuch as tend to cherifh it , and increafe it ; as certainly finenefs in clothing doth : But if you will not cure it , for fhame conceal it , and do not tell every one that fees you what is in your heart : what would you think of one that fhould go up and down the ftreet telling all that meet him [I am a theif, or I am a fornicator] would younot think that he were a compound of foolery and knavery ? And how little do you come thort of this that write upon your own backs, [Folly, Pride and Loft] or tell them by your
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