morning with the sun; but the Interpreter would have them tarry a while,
for, said he, you must orderly go from hence. Then said he to the
damsel, Take them, and have them into the garden to the bath. Then
Innocent the damsel took them, and had them into the garden, and brought
them to the bath. Then they went in and washed, yea, they and the boys
and all, and they came out of that bath, not only clean and sweet, but
also much enlivened and much strengthened in their joints. So when they
came in they looked fairer a deal than when they went out. Then said the
Interpreter to the damsel that waited upon those women, Go into the
vestry, and fetch out garments for these people. So she went and fetched
out white raiment and laid it down before him. And then he commanded
them to put it on. It was fine linen, white and clean. Now, therefore,
they began to esteem each other better than themselves. For, You are
fairer than I am, said one; and, You are more comely than I am, said
another. The children also stood amazed to see into what fashion they
had been brought. William Law--I thank God, I think, every day I live
for that good day to me on which He introduced me to His gifted and
saintly servant--well, William Law used every morning after his bath in
the morning to put on his livery, piece by piece, in order, and with
special prayer. The first piece that he put on, and he put it on every
new morning next his heart to wear it all the day next his heart, was
gratitude to God. And it was a real, feeling, active, and operative
gratitude that he so put on. On each new morning as it came, that good
man was full of new gratitude to God. For the sun new from his Almighty
Maker's hands he had gratitude. For his house over his head he had
gratitude. For his Bible and his spiritual books he had gratitude. For
his opportunities of reading and study, as also for ten o'clock in the
morning when the widows and orphans of King's Cliffe came to his window,
and so on. A grateful heart feeds itself to a still greater gratitude on
everything that comes to it. So it was with William Law, till he wakened
the maids in the rooms below with his psalms and his hymns as he went
into his vestry and put on his singing robes so early every morning. And
then, after his morning hours of study and devotion, Law had a piece of
livery that he always put on and never came downstairs to breakfast
without it. Other men might put on other piece