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z z z Ofbeautïe. 4.Sta.9. Seeing therefore this idle, and vnfruitfitll knowledge is That we are te net onely vaine and vnprofitable, but alfo exceeding hurt.. labourafte, la- full,both in this Iife,and the life to come; let vs not elleeme aing knowledge. and main it, but contemne and defpife it, labouring after that fruitful! knowledge,'which alone will make vs wife to z.Pet.t.5% our faluation. And as the Apofile Peter exhorteth, let our knowledge bee lincked in the chaise of all other ver- tues, feafoned with pietie, and the true feare of God, and . fruitful! in allholy obedience; and then,though it make not fo great a flourifh in worldly difcourfcs, nor winne the ap- plaufe and praife ofmen; yet fhall it make vs approoned ve- to God,and will certainely guide vs in that way, which in the end will bring vs to endleffe ioy, and heauenly hap- pineffc. CHAP. XIII. That beautie is to bee contemned in;refpeEl o f f pirittlall graees,or heauenly excellencies. §.Sea.!. = == _ Nd thus much concerning the tentations of That beautie it _ worldly profperity,arifng from the faculties ' g ood,as being _; and properties ofthe mind. In the next place the gift ofGod. wee are to intreate of fuch,as haue their be- ginning and growth from the properties and qualities ofthe bodie; as for example, from beautie,flrength, and health. For howfoeuer there are all good in themfelues,as I (hall particularly fhew,yet they are abidedthrough the malice of the diuell, and our owne cor.. ruption,as baites to allure, and draw vs unto finne. Concer- pulchritude ring the firf!'Beautie(as Auflin defineth it)isa proportionable corporis cil can- um,eumco g ruit y> and f t agreement o f allthe partsof the body Coined with gruentia pari- qua. a certaine fia °eetneffeofcolour and countenance .The which in it dam coiorir owne nature is good, as being a gift ofGod, the which bee fuauitate bellowed ingreatefl meafure vpon our firfl parents in their Auguß.ad Ne creation,and farre aboue any oftheir pofleritie, whom finne bridium. defaced and deformed,as wel in theirbody as in their foule; and referueth a far molt excellent degree and portion there - of