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184

Meik,

per

f

ons

like

Gd.

with

fear

:

whofe

adorning, let

it

not be

that

outward adorning

of

plaiting

the

haire,

and

of

wear'ng

of

gold,

or

of putting

on

of

appa-

rell

:

But

how

then

women are much .addiCied to

thole

things

,

therefore the

Holy

Ghoul

mentions

thefe

particulars

-:

But

faith

he

,

Let

it

be

the

hidden

man

of

the

heart,

in

that

which

is not

corruptible, what's

that,

what

particular

will

the

Holy

Ghat

inftance in for

the hidden

man

of

the

heart,

even

faith he

,

a

meeke

and

a

quiet

fpirit

, which

is in

the

fight of

God

of great

price

:

Give

me

any

Scripture

that puts

fuch

a

com-

mendation

upon

any

particular ?race

;

Indeed

we

have

in effe&

other

commendations

that

come

to

as

much of

faith

,

for that's

the great

grace

of

the Covenant

by

which

Chrift

is

made

ours,

but for

an

explicite

expref-

fion

allmoft

of

any

grace whatfoever,

a

meeke

and

a

qui-

et

fpirit

is

of

great price

with

God

:

or

force

of

your

books have

it

,

is much

let

by

:

Why

would

you have brave Cloaths and Ornaments

you account them

to

be precious ,

to

have cofily

Laces,

and coftly

Dref

fangs

and

attire

you

thinke to goe in things that

are

coftly,

I

but

what

are

thefe

to

God,

as

if

the

Holy

Ghoul

íhould

fay ,

if

you have

but the plaineft

Garment,

you

are

as

acceptable with

God

he lookes into

the

inward

man

:

Now

to

fee

a

man

or Woman

to

have

brave

,

Cloaths

,

and have

a

froward perverfe

fpirit ,

O

fuch

are

loathfome

to

God

,

God

lookes upon thofe

as

having

an

ugly

dreffe

upon

them

:

But now

though

you

be never

fo

cloathed outwardly

,

yet

have

you

a

meeke

and

a

quiet

fpirit

,

and

that

from

the

grace

the

Spirit

of God

in

you, O

faith

the

Holy Ghoul, here's

an

Ornament , this

is

of

great price

with

God,

it's

much

let

by

with

God

,

O

be

iíì

love

wish

it

;

you

ufe

to

fay

when

you

have

a

friend

comes

to

you,

if I

did

but

know what you love

I

would

have

it

for

you

Naw

women

and

others , fay thus

to God,

ô

-hat

I

did

but

;know

what thou doff love , what

God

loth

moll

value

can