100 mendable in them; but their quick forsaking of those things, when they were where they would be, shew'd that they either never tooke them up for conscience, or were corrupted by their prosperity to take up those vaine things they durst not practise under persecution. Among other affected habitts few of the pnritanes, what degree soever they were of, wore their !mire long enough to cover their eares, and the ministers and many others cut it close round their heads, with so many little peakes, as was something ridiculous to behold; whereupon Cleaveland, in his Hue and Crie after them, begins, VVith hayre in Characters and Luggs in Text, &c. From this custorne of wearing their haires, that name of Roundhead became the scornefull terme given to the whole parliament party; whose army indeed marcht out so, but as if they had bene sent out only till their .haire was growne: two or three yeares after any stranger that had seene them, would have enquir'd the reason of that name. It was very ill applied to Mr. Hutchinson, who having naturally a very fine thicksett head of !mire, kept it clean and handsome, so that it was a greate ornament to him, allthough the godly of those dayes, when he embrac'd their party, would not allow him to be religious because his hayre was not in their cutt, nor his words in their phraze, nor such little formallities altogether fitted to their humor, who were, many of them, so weake as to esteeme rather for such insignificant circumstances, then for solid wisdome, piety, and courage, which brought reall ayd and honor to their party: but as Mr. Hutchinson chose not them, but the God they serv'd, and the truth and righteousnesse they defended, so did not their weakellesses, censures, ingratitude, and discouraging behaviour, with which he was abundantly exercis'd all his life, make him forsake them in any thing wherein they adher'd to iust and honorable principles or practizes, but when they apostatized from these, none cast them of with greater indignation, how shining soever the profession wet·e that
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