Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Beatific festered from true vertue,is to be contemned. IT) is nothing inferiou r to that n hich lieth open to the vtetb, and is dei,r,in hoeM. feebieEt to thefenfes; for whereas he conf flcth of foule and bodie, nexibil eïün the bodte which isfeene doth feriae and obey, and the /oule which Ámbrof.deIn- is not feene doth Beare rule and gouerne; and therefore man is au fi ¡mr.virg.cap, not to be fo admired for his be nie and outward parts, as 3.tom.r, for his fecret verrues, and hidden operations of his mind. Neither in truth doth the excellencie of the outward parts, which doe chiefly intitle a beautie, confifl herein that they are beautifull,which is onely their ornament,but in their fe- Chryfofl.in 'feral' offices and funélions, for which they were ordai- 1.Tim.:.Ho ned : as for example,this is not the excellencie of the eies, mil.4,in Mor. that they are gray or black, glancing or rolling, but that they excel' in the acutenes and vigour offeeing; it is notthe excellencie ofthe note or Bare, that they are of this, or that colour or farnion, but in their perfe&lion of hearing and lïuelling; nor of the hand that it hash a fine proportion, or white colour,but in that it is a readie and expert inflrument of all our aclions; nor of the teeth to be white and euen, but that they be fit to prepare conuenient nourifhment for the flomacke ; in all which excellencies, the deformed and beautiful' exceed not one another,but are both equal!. But the worthlefileffe of this beautie which is feuered 4,Set1.6. from vertue and true wifedome, may more plainely appeare The vaxitie of both by teflitnonies:and reafons. The wifefl among the fons beautie prooucd ofinen faith,that fauour is deceit full and beautie is vanitie,but by,:ellimoniu. aToman that feareth the Lord,fheJima be praifed. And fuch ill harmonic he thinketh tobebetweene beautie and folly ,that he iudgeth it as abfurd and ridiculous, to fee a faire woman Prou.31.30. lacking difcretion , asaietvello oldina Winer nout.AnotherDioa.n.za. f f f Diogenesa- compareth a beautifulibodie with euill conditions to a faire pud Lacrtium houfe,and abad inhabitant;and another,to a good Blip that devin.& mo- bath a bad pilot.To which purpofe alto Chryfoflom faith,that rib.Philof he doth not fe much recuire thebeautie of the bodie,as the hone - Ifocrares. .solo pulchritu Erie of the mind.Fer lbhat(faith he)is a beautifullwomau ?a pain - dinem esoporis, ted feptelcher, vnleffe Jim he fober, chaff andmodeft; and bean- honeieatem tie Irithout the fe vertues4 an open gulph,and a poifon composa- menai der' for [toles todrixhe, &e. e/lnd therefore if thou fie* aman Chrylofl.in urlbameen beautifall,:dee.not admire them; for the loftie and pfalm.fo.Ho I 4 flranS ruila.