Bsactiefeveredfrom true vertue,isto becontemned. r a t ofmen .7-howart notfairer then thepeacockor thefwan;andof- Chry fofl.ad tenttmes bafe boiesandgirles,harlors andeffeminatmc,haue had pop.hom.4o. agreat!harein thisglorie. And is this thereforeoffiici worth, totm.4. that forit thoulheuldeffbeexalted andextolled?Seeing there- foreGods eftimate, which being grounded on infinit wif- dome and iuftice,crieth downe the valueofthisvaine beau- tie,which israiled vpby carnall men to fuch high rates, let vsiearne toconforme our iudgements vnto his, flightly ac- countingofthis outward forme and colour, towhich mans vaineopinion bath given it chicle excellencie, andhighly valuing the inward beautiesof the mind, the venues and fanétifyinggracesofGods fpirit,whichhow vnhandf?mfo- euer we feemebefore men in our outward feature,wil make vstoappeare beautiful! in the fight of God; andofour huf- band Iefus Chrift, whom if wee pleafe, it little skilleth, thoughwe be vnpleafing in the eies ofmen. Againe,theworthiefueffeof beautiemay herebyappeare, pea g. in that ifit bring anydelight, it is rather to thofe who fee it, Beautie is good then to thole that haueit; or if at all itbe pleating to the rather to thole owners, it is in regardof the liking and admirationof the that it,thetil lookers on, hawing nothing in themfelues to tell vpon for jtethat their contcntment,but dependingvpon the.iudgeement and cenfure ofothers,either to be extolled by their commenda tions,or to be abafed by their difpraifes; andwhat worth is in that, whichrifeth and falleth at euery ones deuotion? or howcannot that be efteemed vain,which hath it being,and fubfiftence in thevaincbreathofthe vulgar multitude?Nei- ther in truth would they at all admire it, or though they fhould,yetwould not their idle breath puffe vsvpwith the wind ofpride,ifeither they or we did but confider,.what. loathfome matter lieth hid vnder this faire skinne. For if our ties cannotpearce any deeper then theoutfide only, yet lookewhat filthie excrements iffue out ofthe note, cares, . pores andother paffages, and iudge what the fountaineit felte is,tromwhich proceedfuch loathfome fireames:confi- der what wee were before ourbirth, and what afterwards,. thenplaced inthemiddeftofexcrements,and nowmade the receptacles ofdirt andfilth. And therefore when the beau, tie
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