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114 Ofbeantis. t.5ami6.6. upon that the Lords annointed waa before him; yea the Lord himfelfe is Paid to take pleafure in the beautie of his Church; :Pfalm.45.tt.. vnto whom nothing agreeth that is euill, not fo much as by an allegorie or fmilitude. §.Sec`i.z. Beautie therefore being good may be moderately loued What isregeai. and efteemed, when it is in a good and vertuous fubieel, the red to snake outward beautie ofthe bodie, and the inward beautie of the toevsygoodva -mind being ioyned together: Peeing ithelpeth to adorne Granordrpul- venue to the outward fenfe, and caufeth it to be accepted ebro veni ens in with more applaufe and liking, when it is found in beauti- cosporevirtus, full bodie, then in one il-fauoured and deformed ; euen as a adi: uat.virg precious iewell is more graced when it is kept in a rich cabi tl'aeidlib, p net, then in an vnfeemely box. As alto when it is well vied by thole that haue it, that is to fay, when frft it is not too much affeéted and vnnaturally forced:to which purpofe one 8ernardlib. de faith, that at an arti ftn ìoarketh better when he bath fit matter ordinevim,. to work! vpen ;f alfamodes`tiedotWhinemore clearely, when it it in a comely bodie: yet f ,that this beautie of the bodte be not too notchaffelted, 6ut naturall, frmple and neglected, rather then o- ffer earneffs y defired : nor fupported and helpedwith otter preti- ereandgloriouagarments,dnt withfilch as are ordinarie,thatfo neither any thing be wanting to rreceftie and hone1 comlinefe nor any thingadded tocleanely neatneffe. Secondly, when it is ioyned with modelheand friamefalines; for nothing ismore oppofed to vertuous beautie, then immodeflie and bold im- pudencie.Thirdly,ifthe beautie ofthe.bodie bean effeetuall reafon to moue them that haue it, to a more diligent care of adorning their minds with verme and truepiety,and to keep a.vigilant watch ouer all their adtions,thac they do not com- mit any thing foule and faulty, misbefeeming inch a beauty. Zuciuidpuleius And thus the wife Socrates is laid to haue perfwadcd his deIdaya.lib.1. fcholcrs, that they fhould often looke themfelues in their glaffes,that he who was pleafed & delighted with his beau- tie, might earnefily indeuour not to difgrace the dignitie and comlineffe of his bodie with euill conditions; and that hewho found himfelfe il- fauoured fhould f rive to couer his deformities with his vertues and good manners. To which ptirpofe ally an ancient Father demandeth, e,4rtthon (faith he) ..