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;ti Of the vanitieand vnlatvfitlnefe of painting; and only yeeldeth a place or roomewhereinthe foule may flew forth his excellencies :let vs not dote vpon this bodily beauty,but fet our hearts and aífeétions on the inward beau.. ty of the foule, labouring more andmore to adorne it with vertue and Gods fanótifying graces,which will not fade and perifh, that fo alto we may attainc veto the fruition ofthat eternal) beautie and goodneffe, which will bring with itful- neffe ofioy and happineffe,thac[gall endure for evermore. CHAP. XIIII. Ofrhe vanityand lbickednefe of painting the free. ¿.Set/. T Nd thus haue I [hewed that worldlybeauty is That the dittell to be contemned of Chriftians, and therea- wee the inuen- Ions which may induce them to defpife it: I ter of this art of 1 y P painting.,; " will addefomethingofthc counterfeit there. of, painting and colouring of the face, com- monly vfed by vaine women, that hereby they may get the praife ofbeauty by their art, which nature hath denied vnto them. The which is not like the other, euill onelyin regard of abufe, but vtterly vnlawfull, wicked and abominablein it owne naeure,and in the generali prabèife thereof, as offen- ding not onlyagainit the law of God, but alfo the light of nature; feeing they who haue not a dram of grace, nora fparke of true knowledge, doe brand it with the note of ignominie and reproach wherefoeuer it is difcouered; yea cuen chofe who pra&ife it doe condemne it in their owne conferences, and would be much afhamed (if long cufleme bath not made them impudent) to be taken with the fa& But that all Chriffians may be moucd to dctell and abhorre this wicked prattife; let them confider that God is not the author of this beauty,but the diucll himfelfe, who bringeth ", onfit4t the works of God into difgrace, not only by counterfeiting them, but by labouring to excel! them. With this accordeth Deus feet, ¡fd 7 } g qua dtabetus the iudge;nent ofthat godly Father, and blcffed martyr Cy- infecit. Cypri- prian,who thinketh that when the wicked angels (profefling an. dev elan. . uetolewdewomenthattheymightdefiroythem )abufcd Virgin-lib, their