A faithful testimony against extravagant and unnecessary wiggs Ambrose Rigge.
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             A faithful testimony against extravagant and unnecessary wiggs Ambrose Rigge.
             Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.).
           
             Printed by T. Sowle ...,
             London :
             1698.
          
           
             "Reigate, the 3d. of the 10th Month, 1698."
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           A
           Faithful
           Testimony
           against
           Extravagant
           and
           Vnnecessary
           
             Wiggs
             .
          
        
         
           WHereas
           ,
           the
           Great
           and
           Wise
           God
           ,
           the
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           having
           made
           Man
           according
           to
           his
           own
           good
           pleasure
           ,
           hath
           bestowed
           on
           many
           a
           plentiful
           Quantity
           of
           Hair
           to
           keep
           them
           Warm
           ,
           some
           of
           one
           Colour
           and
           some
           of
           another
           ,
           but
           to
           Each
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           hath
           his
           Providence
           afforded
           such
           a
           Colour
           as
           will
           satisfie
           an
           Humble
           Mind
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           one
           hath
           not
           a
           sufficient
           quantity
           of
           Hair
           to
           keep
           him
           Warm
           ,
           or
           thro'
           Sickness
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           other
           Infirmity
           ,
           or
           Casualty
           looses
           his
           Hair
           ;
           a
           suitable
           and
           modest
           supply
           may
           then
           be
           very
           reasonable
           ,
           and
           no
           offence
           to
           God
           or
           Good
           Men
           ,
           and
           such
           supply
           of
           Hair
           being
           used
           ,
           till
           Natural
           Hair
           grows
           again
           ,
           may
           afterwards
           be
           well
           laid
           aside
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           for
           Pride
           ,
           or
           without
           any
           just
           occasion
           ,
           any
           that
           have
           sufficient
           Hair
           to
           keep
           them
           Warm
           ,
           do
           cut
           it
           off
           ;
           esteeming
           it
           not
           Fashionable
           or
           Modish
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           don't
           curle
           enough
           ,
           or
           is
           not
           of
           such
           Colour
           as
           they
           would
           have
           it
           be
           ;
           this
           is
           not
           right
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           is
           an
           evident
           Token
           ,
           his
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           Care
           and
           Providence
           is
           slighted
           and
           undervalued
           ,
           by
           those
           who
           are
           not
           contented
           with
           such
           Sort
           ,
           and
           Colour
           of
           Hair
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           seen
           fit
           to
           bestow
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           would
           alter
           the
           Work
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           mend
           what
           God
           hath
           made
           .
        
         
           I
           felt
           a
           Concern
           upon
           my
           Spirit
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           short
           Testimony
           against
           Excess
           in
           these
           things
           ;
           seeing
           to
           my
           Sorrow
           many
           ,
           both
           Old
           and
           Young
           ,
           run
           into
           unnecessary
           
             Wiggs
             ;
          
           and
           have
           found
           that
           it
           hath
           given
           occasion
           of
           offence
           in
           divers
           places
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           in
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           now
           flows
           in
           my
           Heart
           to
           all
           my
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           ,
           I
           entreat
           all
           to
           be
           Careful
           to
           shun
           such
           occasions
           ,
           and
           rather
           to
           deny
           themselves
           than
           to
           give
           offence
           to
           any
           .
        
         
           This
           Counsel
           I
           have
           taken
           my self
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           helping
           hand
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           I
           intend
           so
           to
           continue
           to
           the
           end
           of
           my
           days
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           in
           that
           ,
           but
           in
           avoiding
           all
           
             Superfluity
             of
             Naughtiness
          
           whatsoever
           :
           for
           so
           is
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           concerning
           us
           ,
           whom
           he
           hath
           chosen
           above
           all
           the
           Families
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           to
           place
           his
           Eternal
           Name
           in
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           the
           first
           Fruits
           to
           his
           Glory
           in
           these
           latter
           Ages
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           Oh!
           let
           us
           walk
           circumspectly
           ,
           not
           as
           Fools
           whose
           Eyes
           are
           abroad
           ,
           gazing
           upon
           the
           foolish
           Fashions
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           will
           pass
           away
           and
           Perish
           with
           the
           Using
           ;
           but
           follow
           him
           in
           our
           Day
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           given
           for
           a
           Covenant
           of
           
             Light
          
           to
           us
           
             Gentiles
             ;
          
           who
           still
           leads
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Self-denial
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           clean
           Path
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           which
           alone
           brings
           to
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           all
           who
           walk
           in
           it
           to
           the
           End
           of
           their
           Days
           .
        
         
           So
           the
           God
           of
           Consolation
           be
           with
           all
           his
           chosen
           Vessels
           ,
           whom
           he
           hath
           sanctified
           to
           do
           his
           Will
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           Preserve
           us
           all
           to
           the
           End
           of
           our
           Days
           in
           Faith
           ,
           Patience
           and
           Well-doing
           ;
           that
           the
           Worthy
           and
           Honourable
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           are
           called
           ,
           may
           be
           renowned
           by
           us
           for
           evermore
           ,
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             Reigate
             ,
             
               the
               
                 3d.
              
               of
               the
               
                 10th
                 .
                 Month
                 ,
              
               1698.
               
            
          
           
             I
             am
             a
             Brother
             ,
             and
             Fellow-Labourer
             in
             the
             Gospel
             of
             
               Christ
               .
            
             Ambrose
             Rigge
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           T.
           Sowle
           ,
           
             in
          
           White-Hart-Court
           
             in
          
           Grace-Church-street
           ,
           1698.