376 OfAppdrell. theyongerfort,asthey are not to haue the fame matter of their appareil;butone more coflly,another more meane and cheape according to theirqualifie; fo isitfit that theyfhould allo differand be dilringuifhedin their feuerall fafhions, as bell befitteth euery ones degree and calling. And thus in ZacM.t3.4. the time ofthe law the priefis hadapeculiar kind ofapparel allottedunto them.TheProphets had theirrough garments, Pfal.44, whereby theywere knowne : kings and queenes had their royallornaments; the man one kind of apparel], and the Deur.zz.q, woman another, whichwas vnlawfull for them to inter- 3 enel z4.z2. change. ThusRebeccahhad her golden abilements&brace- lets; and the Ifraelites their earerings andother iewels, and Exod.;.zz. I that by the appointment ofGod. himfelfe. And our Sauiour Chrift the wifedome of his father, feemeth to allowveto courts and kings houles, foft raiment and gorgeous appa- rel!, asbefeemingthofe who in the world are aduanced to Luk.7.zq, there highplaces. Yeabut theApoflles Pais! and `Peter doe forbid this brauerie andgorgeous garments as vnbefeeming xTim.z 9. chriflians. I anfwere,thattheir fayings arenot to bee vnder- food as general( and abfolute prohibitions ; but onely as admonitions, whereby they withdrew them from letting their.heartsvpon pride, vanityand brauery, as though they were things greatlyto be efleerned and defired,to the end I.Pct 3.3 4, they might fix them vpon the fpirituall ornaments of the foule,Gods fanélifying and fauing graces, as being much more excellent; which alto appearethby theantithefis there vied. Againe, this gorgeous apparell might be interdiéled thole chriflians vnto whom the Apofile wrote, asbeing r.Cor.r.2.5.24_in thole dales for the moil part of meane quality and con- dition, as the Apofileelfewhere affirmeth ; and therefore howfoeuer it were lawfiill in it (elfe, yet it was altogether vnbefeeming theireflate :befides that,theChurchwas then vnder grimes perfecutions, in which refpeelthere coftly ornaments were unfit, asbeing a time ofhumiliation;andal- fobecaufe ofthegreatwants ofmany thePoore; membersof Chrifl,which the richer fort were torelieue, not onlyout of their fuperfluities, buteuenout offuchneceflaries, asmight otherwifehauewell befeemed their placeand calling, LL'il So
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