Ofthe varsityefcoffly acrdbraueapparel!. 395 thisexcufe of abundance willbee no better, then if a man fhould caufe his garments to bee made farre too large and longfor his future, and excufe himfelfe by this, that hee had too much fluffe: foras it is abfurd and ridiculous, to make the garment not after the meafureofthe body, but the quanti tie ofthepeeceout of which itis cut: fo is it noleffe abfurdtowaft mans fubflance in fuch coftly apparell,as is abouehis calling,andnot fitting to his flare andcondition, becaufehe bath abundance ofwealthlying by him. Secondly, heerein they finne againft themfelues : firfl, by §.Sea, t 8. negleeting their foule, which is their moil excellent part, Tie much care whilefi their wholecare andpaines is taken vp in adorning in decking the oftheirbodies; fortoo muchcare of the bodieplainelyar- bhé ,argiel of guerh,thetoo little careofthefoule; richnesinapparel, po- tbe¡oule. uertie invertue; outward ornaments,inward deformities, and fpirituall nakednes; and (as one faith) Whileft men are tnduuseeur pus. cloathedwith filke and purple, commonly their confciences & fubinde ;on. are ragged and beggarly; whileft they glifter with iewels fciostia panno- andchains,their mannersvfually are loathfome and fordi-fa inter ;fulgent 'dour. In which refpe6t they are not vnfitly compared to mibar¡obrdenro beeres or coffins;for as they aremolt adorned, when as they gernardden haueadeadbodie in them ; fo thefe bodies are mot+decked Sophiam virg. with gorgeous attire, when they haue inthem a foule defii cute ofvertue and dead in finne. And in the fame regard one ofthe ancientscompareth them to the (lately temples of Egypt,which had the outward courts, porches, walles and Clemens A. roofes, richlyadorned withgold, filuer,curious caruing and lexand.pxdag;, ingrauing, and with all other (lately and gorgeous orna- lib.3.cap.a. ments; butifa man fhould goe on further into the inmoft parts, to fee the idoll which was there worfhipped, inHead offotne goodly image fet out according to the tell ofthe brauerie and pompe; hee fhould find nothing but the bafe pieture,or other refemblance of force cat, crocodile or vgly ferpent : for fo thefewomenwho loadthemfelues with gold, filuer,iewels, and cofily appareil, if this outward glorybee remoued,and they morenarrowly fea,ched what they haue in the inmoft temple oftheir heart, they cannot thew veto vs Gods image íhining in his fpirituall graces,butrather a man. 11=r
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