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Be.utie fxered from true vertue,is t o be contemned. I 2 7 tions, nor comp hdwith fcandales; but bringeth mtích ioy to them that behold it, and endleffe happineffe to them that haue it. Finally,this worldlybeautie much hurteth thole that haue 4serf i4 it, by making them proud and infolent, and confequentlyBeautiemaketh forgetful! ofGod and of all good duties which they Owe Proud,asd cate.. vnto him; neither is there any thing fo vaine that maketh lerh chafe that fo proud,offo fnall worth,thae doth caufe the heart to Ewell haze ìt to nrQ- more in loftines of conceit, or doth more fill it with felfe ?e all holy du- loueandadmirationof their owne excellencie; nothing of Pal! ¡toitseli put. fuch flight importance that caufeth greater negligence in ebris,fèguitnr the duties ofGods feruice, Peeing it vfually hindreth thoferaperbia forma. that haue it, or thatdefire to haue it, from comming to the Ous .t.Fafì. exercifes of religion, their time being wholly taken vp ira decking and adorning oftheirbodies, that fo their beauties may be let out to the {hew ; andalfo much diflxae:eth them when they come, carrying away their thoughts from the exercifes ofreligion,and fixing them vpon that which they haue made their idol) : for when they looke vpon others, they either view their forme and beautie,difdainingchofe who are inferiour,vyingwith thofe who are equal!, and en- uying thole who being fuperiour, feeme to robbe them of the title of excellencie;.or elfe they obferue their habites and attires,that out of this glade ofvanitie they may learne to deck rhemfelues more curioufly againft their next com- ming. And as it maketh them proudly to negle6iall dutie to God, fo allo infolent towards men, as appeareth in the ex- ample of fratbti, who being puffed vp with pride,becaufe the King was fo rauifhed with her beautie,that bee defired Hefl.a.au.a 2. to make fhew ofit to his Princcs,refufed to yeeld obedience vnto his commandement, making no queflion but that her beamie would haue made peace betwecne them at the next parley. Whereby it appeareth,that as nothing more then it adorneth the bodie in the eyes ofinen,fo nothing more de- formeth.the foule in the fight ofGod,feeing it fpotteth and polluteth it with this filthie leprole of pride, which of all other vices he mofi loatheth and ahhorrcth. Whereof is is that the Lord denicth vnto them his fancgifying graces, which