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for_o our_o first_o parent_n coat_n of_o skin_n and_o therefo_o e_o we_o say_v that_o in_o man_n and_o woman_n both_o there_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o lord_n 1._o costliness_n and_o excessive_a bravery_n of_o apparel_n 1_o tim._n 2._o 9_o which_o say_v not_o that_o we_o be_v to_o foster_v sordidness_n or_o baseness_n or_o that_o man_n in_o all_o place_n or_o station_n and_o of_o all_o rank_n shall_v as_o to_o their_o apparel_n be_v equal_a but_o that_o none_o shall_v exceed_v it_o be_v strange_a that_o sometime_o the_o poor_a and_o mean_a for_o place_n and_o often_o for_o qualification_n be_v fine_a this_o way_n as_o if_o it_o be_v the_o best_a or_o only_o way_n to_o commend_v and_o set_v they_o out_o and_o that_o some_o shall_v have_v more_o in_o cloathâ—_n then_o in_o their_o stock_n be_v utter_o intolerable_a 2._o strangeness_n in_o the_o ever-changing_a fashion_n and_o extravagant_a mode_n of_o apparel_n while_o as_o the_o lord_n by_o nature_n have_v continue_v the_o shape_n of_o man_n body_n to_o be_v the_o same_o for_o what_o be_v mean_v else_o by_o strange_a apparel_n so_o often_o forbid_v in_o the_o scripture_n but_o â—hat_n which_o be_v common_o call_v the_o fashion_n or_o new_a fashion_n a_o new_a and_o uncouth_a garb_n and_o certain_o man_n mind_n be_v often_o infect_v with_o lascivious_a thought_n and_o lustful_a inclination_n even_o by_o the_o use_n and_o sight_n of_o gaudy_a and_o vain_a clothing_n and_o we_o will_v see_v light_n loose_a conceit_a mind_n discover_v themselves_o in_o nothing_o soon_o than_o in_o their_o apparel_n &_o fashion_n and_o conceitedness_n in_o they_o 3._o there_o be_v a_o lightness_n in_o clothing_n as_o to_o colour_n mount_v as_o they_o call_v it_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o dress_v of_o the_o body_n which_o may_v be_v see_v in_o these_o dress_n of_o the_o hair_n in_o powder_n lace_n ribbon_n point_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v so_o much_o in_o use_n with_o gallant_n of_o the_o time_n this_o especial_o in_o woman_n be_v insist_v on_o and_o condemn_v isa_n 3._o 16._o 17._o etc._n etc._n some_o thing_n indeed_o there_o mean_v oâ—ed_v be_v not_o simple_o unlawful_a especial_o to_o person_n of_o high_a quality_n and_o at_o all_o â—i_fw-mi â—es_n but_o the_o particular_n follow_v be_v condemn_v 1._o affect_v of_o and_o have_v a_o lust_n after_o brave_a clothing_n make_v our_o back_n our_o god_n as_o some_o do_v their_o belly_n phil._n 3._o 19_o and_o this_o may_v be_v where_o clothes_n be_v but_o mean_a yet_o the_o lust_n and_o appetite_n after_o they_o may_v be_v great_a 2._o haughtiness_n and_o vanity_n in_o clothes_n and_o dress_n when_o we_o think_v ourselves_o better_a with_o they_o then_o without_o they_o or_o esteem_v ourselves_o because_o of_o they_o above_o other_o in_o other_o thing_n superior_a or_o at_o