388 Ofthevanityofeellyandbraueapparell. the fameworkeman,and cafoutofthe fame mold, andyet man borroweth ornaments fromall the inferiour creatures; from one hisfleece, from another his skinne, from this his Iight feathers, from that his teeth and folìd bones, from wormes their intrailes,from cats their excrements,from the (ands his (tones,from the earth his gold ; and when with the crow hehathmade himfelfe gay with thefe borrowed fea- thers, heglorieth and vauntethhsmlèlfe in his owne worth, as thoughthey grew all vpon his owne backe; and that na- ture and norarc,had put this difference betweenhim ando- thers. i.Sei1.I2 Let not therefore any who profeffe chrillianity much af- Thatinthis fe6l thefe trifling vanities,.or hauing. them, glory in thefe braatriewe bale coies,vnto which beans, birds,and fillie wormeshaue hase noprehe. the firft titleand molt naturalI intere (t, whereas min onely mìnencebarore commmethb them as it were by con ue(t violenceand thofe who areof Y Y q bale condition. force ofarmes.With all which ornaments whenmenor wo- úd enim(ìbi vult pluming illudauram ? enim qui in fcenafunt ilia canueniunt,& treretriembus, qua omnia ad hocfaciunt vt fpeatentur. Chryfat.in men haue with great colt and labourdecked themfelues, yet Thal theyfind final excellency inthem,feeing hereinthey are matched by many,& exceededby force ; and that not thofe onelyof the noble)) rancke,but allo filch as are ofineane and bate condition; as players,dancers,harlots,who adorn them. fclues with asglorious appareil as the be(t,that raining the minds,and dazling the ties oftheir beholders, they may allure them to offer to this idoli of beautieandglory, thefa- crificeoffooles, and to become contributors towards their. Hebrxos cap: maintenance in there lawleffe courbes. Yea not onely are 11.Homil.s8. they herein matched by meu, but alto with their honks, whomvfuallythey adornewith gold, veluet, and imbroide- rie; and fo caute them to communicate with them in ane- quail fiare ofthis gloryand brauerie ; and what excellencie ris efr, eorum is in that, whereinman is not priniledged aboue thebrutifh rationem exert-.creatures?To thispurpofe oneof theancients fpeaketh fitly` liamosqui de- Wilt thou(faith he) thatteeexamine their courfe which equally auratisire clothe their borfesand wines ìbitbgolden ornaments? force/ides Baa, er vzorei amiciunt,o.c. other thtnqs, thispriniledge richeshaue,to makemenfools .They Chryloft.in. communicatethefame honour to their horfes and their wisees, iP.3, oneknd of ornament belongeth to them both.; andby thefame lctm. t0, things,,
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