EpifikofS. PoalloTilts. CHAP.1.1s. they make their frienddrunke. This wicked cutlome it feemith had i 301 gotten footing among thePerfians ; whichwas the occafion of that law that none Ihould compellanother todrinksaboue that himfelfe would : the agar. likewhereofwere adifgrace tomake,but a greater flume not tobekept' ofChritliansttheHeathen King fhal condemne anumber of Chriflians, who wouldnot hauehis houfe a fchooleofintemperance, nor any one to drinke but according tohis thiríl and appetite. ppparall eor Secondly, in apparell thefe rules are tranfgreied. ThefirE1. a. When Akarelnot menor women weare orangeFafhions and guifes : feeing the ruleof the in TXaith. word for attire , is the prefidenceofthewife, graue,and godly, ofthat ¡ degree we hue in :Phil.4.9. whatfoeuer things arepure, hone(, andgood report,c c. thofe things mutt we doe: and the thrcatning is, that God' will viltailfucbat weave f range attire : and yet where can we cafi our zeph.r.9. eyes, andnot feenumbers wholebodies were they famonilrous, andof as many fafhions as their apparell is , they would foone be cafe our of the companyandaccount ofmen ? but whatfoeuer their bodies be,their minds appearemonflrous , filled withvaine and idle conceirs,caufing themmoll wailfully (pende their time , and goods : and all to (hew (not the hidden manofthe heart) but that lightnefì'e, vanitie, wanton - .3.1. anddifltonefl difpofition, whichwageth battailenot again$ ChriíSliani- ty only but euen ciuilitie , andhumanity it (elfe : fome wearing their apparell not tocouer their nakednes; the right end for which theLord inflituted it :but as hauing put cif all Shame to difcouer their nakedoes further then a Ban ofany modefly and ciuiil bchauiour would be wit- ling to looke vpon : others fo deuifing and wearing their cloathes,as if they were willing toput themfelues into a frame, wherein they cannot only not turne themfelues toany bufines,but are fcarfe at liberty to feed themfelues but as the pitture in a frame or table is wholly moonedor elfe neuer a whit,fo many women efpecially are fo fitted in their frames, as the whole frame mull be remooued before they can mooueany part about any profitable labour or bufines : and fo ate fit for nothing but as piólures in tables to be looked vpon. Sure I am, the vertuous woman wasneuer thus attyred: Prou.3o. 2. Thofetrangreffe the frft rule,who a by their apparell confound the feces. Theman may not weare the womant Deue,aa.r, apparell,nor the woman the mans: then which nothing is more common in maskes andplaies,euen herebymoll iuflly condemned. TheSecond rule is tranfgreffed by fuch,r:asweare any garment in re- a. Loco ligious or ciuill vie with the offenceofthe brethren. 2. who loofe their t. humilitie and towlines, and puffevp themfelues in pride of apparell a- 2 boue others oftheir degree, which is a ground of enuy and heart-bur. ping. 3.fuchas lay.fuch load on their backes, as vnfitteth them to good -- duties
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