Mark 1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 1. According to our ability and maintenance in goods or lands. 2. Answerable to our station and dignity, in that place and calling wherein we live. 3. According to the laudable custom of that country where we live. 4. Such as may serve to express the inward graces and virtues of the mind, such as modesty, humility, etc. Therefore it must be comely and decent, not gaudy or garish. 5. Following the example of the most grave and sober men and women that live in the Church and are of our own rank; not after that of the lightest and vainest sort of the people. 6. Our apparel must be worn and used to the right ends for which it is appointed by God. (G. Petter.) Parallel Verses KJV: And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; |
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