q$d That worldly thisgrarevnprofitable. con(ffng inchafe things which they further not: ifthere_ fore weexcell in the vfe ofreafon,and inthe knowledge and pra&ifeoftrue religion,ourgoodneffe is not impairedwhen all therefalle vs;but ifwe be defe&iue inthem,and beeitñer fooli(h men,or lame andbaflardly Chriffians,thefe outward ornaments will be butlike gay hangings onrotten andbro.. ken walks, whichcommend vs to the fight and view of o. thers, but doe not better vs in our felues, by flopping our breaches,and repairing our iui nes:andaschafe vt ho arefcke ofthe dropfie, feeme fat and ingood liking tochofe whoarc farreoff; whereas it plainly appeareth tochafewho look vp.: onthemneererhand, that their beautie proceedechnot from the good habitude oftheirbodies, but from theirfulneffeof humors, which is the true caufeoftheir difeaferfo thofe who aboundwiththere outward things, may, feeme better and more happie thenothers, tothofe that view them atthe ftrfi fight, but thofewhobetterconfider ofthem, eafily find that it isbut a difeafed beautywhich commendeth them, & that theyarenot in truth bettered byall che(e things, but rather thedifeafes and fpirituall fickneflès oftheir foules increafed, andmademore defperate and vncurable. Let vs not therfore account our fehues betteredby thefe outward things, for thë our goods and goodnefi'e will bothatonce fade vs, but by thofe things in whichour excellencie confifleth, and which being in vs, and peculiar to our felues, domakevs iufily to bepreferredbefore al other creatures.We know that aplayer is not better then his fellowes, becaufe he adeth a Kings part, feeing all his excellencie is in his outwardhabite, and nothing in his perfon,and ifanotherað hispartbetter,he is preferred farce before him, thoughhe fuffaine themeanef;t and bafcfl perfonage, becaufe his worth is meafured, notby hisgay cloathes, but by his excellencie inhis owne facultie and profellion.A furgeon isnot commended becaufehego. eth inbraue apparel,but for his great skill in curing wounds; and the fcholler is not magnified for his faire houle, or full thefts, but for his excellencie inall mauer ofknowledge and learning: nigher is thePilotpraired, becaufe he hash a faire flipgilt withgoldandwell rigged, . but for his skill innaui- gacion,
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