Ofthevanit foil J and braceapparel!. 387 (pending our time & ft yaboutvarietyofcolours,in bray_ dery,iewels,aÿmg and curlingof haire,painting,periwigs, and fuch like vanities ?Finally, feeingwe profeffe our (clues pilgf'iïns on earth ; why fhould we goe like, not onelyciti- zens, but courtiersofthe world ?and feeingwe fay that wee &aare trauelling towards ourheauenlycountrie; why doewee Orloade notfomuchour bodies, asour minds, with the intol_ ktablewaightand heauie careof variety and fuperfluityof -*-fuits, mademore maflie and burthenfome with gold,filuer, and precious iewels;all whichbefore wee come to our iour- nies end,we mull leauebehindvs,ifatleall we donot make thepoore our porters to beare them for vs. Fourthly, that wee may beeweaned from this vanityof 4Sety.Ir. colily andgorgeous appareil; let vs confider that it is ofno That thisbra. worth andexcellencie : for the moll rich clothes do not bet- ter bath in the body that weares them ;much leffe the mind that noaorihor Y excei(encie. takes care to prouide them; but as it is vnto thisthe bel- lowesofpride,fo vnto the other an vnprofitable burthen ; and were it not for opinion and affeEtion which lightens the loade; what leffewaight and cumber is there inachaine ofgold, then in achaine ofiron? what leiTe trouble tohaue co/bantam the fingers loaded with gold rings fet with pointeddia- conilriugit,lrc, monds, then to weare vpon them rings ofbrafTe fet with %aureCt. flint or(mall peebles? feeing the price doth not lighten the geturanfern. burthen, but onely a deceiued and falfeconceit ? Againe, siceruixpre- what excellencie or worth is there in the richefllilkcs,andmito f'grari& fineficlothes, thematter of the onebeing the excrement oft: ncefl u. crawling wormes, the other the fleece of the fillie fheepe? uar.Ambroi de bothwhichwithin a fhorttimeweare out to ragges,orwith virgin.bb.t. untimely decay maybee confumedwith moathes and fillie Vermine; and what excellencie is in that, which aswormes breed,fo wormesdefiroy ?And of what worth isthat tobe valuedwhich man borroweth from beafles and creeping things,which arecreatures farre infeiiourvnto himfelfc? A nobleman much fcorneth to borrow clothes of a meane yeoman; or being by prefent need conflrained tobee thus beholding, he would rather be afhamed then glorie in it; although therebothare creatures ofthe fame kind, made by C c a the
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