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i 26 Bcantiefetteredfrom true vertue,is to be contemned, z.Sam.xr.z. feazed on their concupifcence,And thus the beauti eofBeth_ and 13.1.2. fg,be betrayed her chaflitie vnto Dauid,and Thamars vnto Gen.r z. nd zo.and 39.7. e/lmnon, and thus alto did it endanger Saraes vnto'Pharaoh and Abimelech,and lofephs vnto his miflreffe. And therefore Tertull.de cul- one faith,that although beautie be not to beaccufed,ae being the to fceminarum fehcitie of the bodie, &e. yet it is to be feared in ref ell of the in- lib.. iurie and violence of the beholders; as it alfo caufed Abraham, the father of the faithful, tofeare,becaufeof the beautie of his wife, and faining that Sara was his filler, redeemed hisfafetie With a reproch. Whereas contrarttbife wee fballftnde them who Chiyfoft.in want this beautie, eafily freed from many impediments; for theft r.Tini.r.H0m.4 faulkners for beautie are not very earne/l in bringing them to their lure of lufi,bait Idle the fimple lambe they feed in quiet and infilence,in thepro/lace of their ihepheard, there being no Wolfe to diflurbe their peace. And thus it appeareth true which one btultos forma faith, that beautie bath made many adulterers, but neuer any fecit adulteros, chaff; and hath been often the bawd and baite which hath cafumnullum. betraied chaflitie, but neuer apatrone to defend it. And Petrach. de though there be Tome that haue been innocent of this fault, Remed.lib.z. and haue been rich in beautie and in chaftitie too, yet few dials. of them haue with all their skill and innocencie kept their names vnblemifhed, and free from the fpots of fufpition Chryfofì.in and iealoufie. For whereas (as one faith) thofe Mho are not r.Tim.4,Ho- adorned with this beautie, are not only free from fault,but alfo nai1+ from Its fpition ;the beautifull woman, vnle/f fbevfegreatcare, and much modeflie and honeflie, thoughfhebe innocent in fili, yet willcali/y make way to an ill opinion. Let vs therefore not fo much affcél this earthly beautie, which oftentimes is an occafion of finne, and feldome freed from the fufpition thereof; but rather fet our hearts and affe /3ions on verme and fpirituall graces which adorne the mindewith inward beautie,which is not only free from danger of finne,but al- fo prcferueth vs from the leaf+ fufpition and ieloufie ofenill; and place all our loueon that heaucnlybeautie and diuine glorie,ofwhich wee thall haue the fight and fruition after `Pertul.de cul- our diffolution ; which (as one faith) is not burthenfome ti to finnin, the otkners, nor pernicious to thins that loue andaffeflit, nor dargerostAto thofewloo araneers varovs,nor- expofed to tenta- tiont,