They are found in their present dress, not on the principle of an attachment to any particular form, or because any one form is more sacred than another, but on the principle, that an unreasonable deviation from any simple and useful clothing is both censurable and hurtful, if made in conformity with the fashions of the world.

These two principles, though they may produce, if acted upon, a similar outward appearance in persons, are yet widely distinct as to their foundation, from one another.

The former is the principle of idolatry.

The latter that of religion.

If therefore there are persons in the society, who adopt the former, they will come within the reach of the charge described.