7.Çomii1411rl. vpon the Commandeitents. 73 foule, who arc very much aboue their callingvnrefetuned in fhowe ? Man cannot enter to the inward heart, but iudgeth suer by the outward fruit, and religion within vlèth alwaies to Ihewe men effe &es without. For honcfy of body,though our hearts neuer meant any thing contrary to it ,yre doe vveby apparel! bring our credit in que- flion,i.vben it paíTeth our calling and conueniency: And therefore even in pollicy, if we care not for Chriflianity, we fhould beware.Laa ofall,modefly in apparrell both touchingmatter and forme, anfwereth to the originalofit wel , which was to hide vs after Gn,confirmethbypra &ifs chat appall-el isvaine, liurthaccording to the named fcriptures,efcaping the threatned euils,and finding promifed good , faucth our credit out of queffion, anfwereth the grauity oftee Gofpeil ; hindreth no piety ( for often vuder an ill garment a good heart is hidden ) and lafily, is fo far from alluring to lufly that it turn rutted) the Elliott of it , and very greatly fioppeth ir, Sex font enim que in_ ccrruptamfermata caftitatem , Sc;licet fobriet ss, operario inhihitiofen fuum, of eruac cub tus,rarita4Jermon's,emit-aria opportunitatis,perfoneilaci, &temporis. That is , .Thereare fixe thinges which l<eepe ch.ttfiiry vnterrupted: to wit, fobriety,lahour,reflrains ofear fenfes, sour feneffe ofapparell,rarenesoff peach, 1 efehety sgefopportunity ,ofperfon,place,ortime. O but yet it fiickes in ourheartcs that apparrell makes a manindeede many fo iudge both ofthemfelues and other,that they are made,and beautifiedby apparrell. But the veryheathen man (hall condemue vs, if we doe fo, who could thus fay , that : Orna; ment um eß quad ornat,ornat autem quod houeftiorem facit. Id autem non aterum, non fma4 ragdus,coccus fdquacunquegrauìtatis,pudoris,r moilcrationisfpeciemprabeuc. That s, an ornament ( faith he ) which a dory, ethos, and that adorned) vstbatmalçethvshosteller. Now that doth not gold, preciotuftone, abbartet, but that whicbgiuetb a.Jheme of grauitie, fhamefaflnes,andmoderation. And thus now let it fuffice a little to haue anfwcred your defsreeouching apparrell pretermitting theiudfinent of G OD upon Hermit euen Aft. r2 thenwhen her was moll royally clothed aboue all other times; with many thinges 100e , siiich to this end might be brought. And this I pray you. take hot fpoken to draws all to an equality,or yet any fromthe thing that is meere for their calling but to kindle care in all,that we deceiue not ourfelues withour worldly calling fo much, that we forget our calling to God,to his Gofpell; and to his metrics fo,many its left's Chrifl,and what is conuenient for the grauitie & excellencythereof.This is my mea- ning, and this is my end. Qycfl. Now then proceeds l prayyou to recite fuch otherprovocations to the breach of thiscommandement aoyóu knave. an fee. Thefe prophane and wanton flags plaies or enterludes, what an occafon they are of adultery and vacleannefleby geflore, by !peach, bycotïueyances, and (k- nifes to attains to fo vngodly defres,the world knoweth With too much hurt by long experience. Vanities they are if we make the bell ofthem, and the Próphetpraieth to haue his eies turned away by the Lord from beholding fuch matter : Euillmordesi.Coarç; corrupt good manners,and they haue aboundance. There is in them ever many dange- ,Thefí.s.;a; rous fights, and we moltabfrainfrom all., ppearanceofeitill.They 'corrupt the eyes with alluring get-lures : the eyes,the hearrand the heart,the bo,die,til all be horrible before the Lorde. Hiflrionicisgeftibusinquina sturamnia:faithChryfofiome) Thefeplayers be- haui000rpolluteeh all thtrçes. And of their Playeshee faith , they are the trafics. ofSa- than,the inuentions of the diuell &c. Councels baut decreed very fharply againft tbem,and polluted bodies by thefe filthie occafions haue on their death-beds confef- fed the daunger of them,lamented their ownefoule and grieuous.falles, and left their Warning for euer with vs to beware ofthem. Bin I referre you tethem, that vppon good knowledge of the abhominations ofthem, bane written largely & well again(# them.Ifthey be dangerous on the day time, more dangerous onthe night certainely: gall a figge, and in open courtes , much more in chambers and private houles. For there are manie tournes befide that,where the playis,and peraduanture the flrangenes of the placeand lacks ()flight to guide them, caufeth error in their way, more than good Chrifliansfhou ldin their houfesfufer; Quell* what elfe? linfm,
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