rent, &c.] All these are externall signs of penitency, warrantable, and commendable, when they proceed from an inward answerable devotion. First, Rending clothes sets out contrition of heart, 2 Kings 22:11. See the notes on 2 Kings 18:37. Secondly, Futting on sackcloth, acknowledgement of ones unworthinesse of any soft, or comely apparrell, Jon. 3. 6. Thirdly, Fasting, an acknowledgement of ones unworthinesse of any sustenance, 2 Samuel 12:16. Fourthly, Lying in sackcloth, a means to keep from sleep, that the soul might watch unto prayer, Joel 1. 13. See notes on Genesis 27:34. Fifthly, Going softly, a mourning disposition, Isaiah 38:15.