offalraation amnation, 105 brietie. Modefaie is a vertuewhich keepeth in each worke an holy decoratm' or comelines : and it is feene, I. in the countenance and eyes, namely, when. they neither expreffe,nor excite the concupilcence ofthe heart. lob.3 made covenant withmineeye,rvhy thy:AmidI thinks! ona maydï Gen.24.64. Rebekah lift vpher eyss,andwhenfhefaro Izha1, fbe lighteddownfrois the c<: mell.65. SofbetooIea vaile, and coweredher f :ce. Prou.y. t 3 , She caught h.m, and led him,andwith an impudentfaceJâidontohim, crc. l I. I n words : when a mans talke is dccent,in fpeakingoffuck things,we cannot but bee a- iliamed of. Gen.4. r. Then Adamknew Heuahhiswife whoa r..Pfalin. 51.1 11 Pfalm ofDauid,when the Prophet Nathancame unto hrm,after he badgcre intoBathfeba.Efay.7.2o. In that dayfliall theLord!banewitharafartbat is hired, euen 6y thembeyondthe rimer, by the Kingofe4fhnmr, t heheadand'he haire oft hefeete,andit flail confume the beard. Iudg.3.24. whenbermsgone out, htsferuants carne :who facing that thedovesofthe parlar wereflirt, they faid,Saarelybecouereth b feete, (that is,he (loth his eafement)inhisfamine., chamber. Againe, a mans talkemutt be little and fubmiife. Matth.r i s i 9: Be- holdmyferuant whom Ihavechofen,heflail notffrine,nor crie, meitber f all any manheart his voyce in tbefreetes. Prover. t o. r 9. Inmany words there cannot want iniquitie : but he that refraineth his bps ùwife.Anditisanote ofaftri:m' pet t®bee a giglot,and loud tongued. Prou.7.i i. She is babblingand loud. In apparel!, weemufi obferue an holycomelines. Tit.2.3. Theelder women me bee offr#ch 6ehauiour, becommethholinej'T. Holy comelines is that which expreffethto theeye the finceritie,thatis,the godlineffe,temperance,andgram uitie,either ofman or woman.This decencie will moreplainly appeare, ifwe confiderthe ends ofapparell, which are in number fiue. 5. Necefsitie, to the end that our bodiesmay be defendedagainfi the extremitieofparching beate, and pinchingcoide. 2. Honef+ie, that that deformitie ofour naked bodies might be couered,whichimmediatlyfollowed the tranfgrefsion ofour firft pa- rents. 3. Commoditie,wherebymen,as their calling,worke,andtrade oflifc- is different,fodoe theyappareil themfelues : and hence it is, that forne appareil is more decent for certaine elates ofmen, thenother. 4. Frugalitie, when a mans attyre is proportionable to his abilitie and calling. 5. Diflin6tionof perlons, as offexe, ages, offices, times, andaaions. For amanbath his fat at- tire, a woman hers, ayoung man apparelledon this fafliion, an old man on: that. And therefore it is vnfeemelyfor aman to put ona womans apparell,or a vvotnan the mans. Deut.2 2.5. Thewomeinfballnot weare thatwhichpertainetha to themars, neither ¡ all amart put enwoman! raiment :for all that doefo, arean abomination to the Lord thy God. To let downeprecifelyout ofGods wordwhat apparell is decent, is very' hard rwhercfore in this cafe,thc iudgernent and praetifc ofmodelî,graue, and fincere men, in eueryparticular elate, is mofftobe follòwcd, and menmutt rather keepe toomuch within thebounds ofmeafure, then to fleppe on foote without the precinas. Concerning thepurgingofexcremeuts ofnaturc,care muft
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