5, upon whose heads, by the appointment of God, no razor
was to come.
"Nay," said Mr. Wigglesworth, "that was by a special appointment only,
and proveth the general rule and practice."
Uncle Rawson said that long hair might, he judged, be lawfully worn,
where the bodily health did require it, to guard the necks of weakly
people from the cold.
"Where there seems plainly a call of nature for it," said Mr.
Wigglesworth, "as a matter of bodily comfort, and for the warmth of the
head and neck, it is nowise unlawful. But for healthy, sturdy young
people to make this excuse for their sinful vanity doth but add to their
condemnation. If a man go any whit beyond God's appointment and the
comfort of nature, I know not where he will stop, until he grows to be
the veriest ruffian in the world. It is a wanton and shameful thing for
a man to liken himself to a woman, by suffering his hair to grow, and
curling and parting it in a seam, as is the manner of too many. It
betokeneth pride and vanity, and causeth no small offence to godly,
sober people.
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